Valentina V. Fateryga

T. I. Vyazemsky Karadag Scientific Station – Nature Reserve of RAS – Branch of A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS

The number of individuals and the ontogenetic structure of seven coenopopulations of Glaucium fl avum Crantz were studied in the South Coast of the Crimea during fi ve years (2011–2015). Several types of ontogenetic spectra were revealed; they can change each other within the same coenopopulation in different years. The basic ontogenetic spectrum o...

A review of 80 vascular plant taxa is given. There are 47 species and subspecies (including five hybrids) added to the flora of the Karadag State Nature Reserve (Crimean Peninsula). Among them, 29 taxa have been reported from the Karadag Mountains for the first time and the 18 remaining taxa have already been listed in different references. At the...

Twenty species of the orchid genus Cephalanthera are known in the World and seven species occur in Russia. One of them, restricted in Russia to the Black Sea coastal area of the Krasnodarsky Krai in the North Caucasus, has a long story of misidentifications and taxonomic confusions. The present study revealed that the correct name for this species...

The orchid genera Epipactis Zinn and Ophrys L. are well-known by their complicated taxonomy and extensive debates over species richness within them. These genera are represented in Turkmenistan by two species each. Two of them, namely E. turcomanica K. P. Popov et Neshat. and O. kopetdagensis K. P. Popov et Neshat., were hitherto accepted as specie...

The genus Holosteum L. distributed mostly in temperate Eurasia has very confused taxonomy. Modern estimation of the species richness varies from one species worldwide to seven species occurring just in Eastern Europe. One of the most problematic species of the genus is H. glutinosum (M. Bieb.) Fisch. et C. A. Mey. usually treated as a subspecies or...

A male of Eucera (Synhalonia) tricincta Erichson, 1835 was recorded as the first known flower visitor and pollinator of Himantoglossum formosum (Steven) K. Koch. The bee specimen was carrying four pairs of the orchid pollinaria, three of which were with partially spent massulae. About a half (48.6%) of all flowers of H. formosum in the locality und...

Taraxacum pobedimovae Schischk. was previously considered a synonym of T. hybernum Steven. The type of the former species consists of several plants mounted on a single specimen, which were found to belong to two different taxa: typical T. hybernum and the species previously referred to as the pinkish-achened form of T. hybernum. The lectotype of T...

Ancistrocerus capra was described by de Saussure in 1857 from North America and then was synonymized with the Palaearctic A. antilope (Panzer, 1798) by Bequaert in 1944. Although these species share a combination of two characters (impunctate and shining metapleuron and lateral surface of the propodeum and a bifurcate apex of the aedeagus) not know...

Isodontia nigella (F. Smith, 1856) is native to the Eastern Palaearctic, Oriental region, and Australia. A sheaf of reed canes installed as a trap nest in the Crimea was occupied with 73 nests of this species in 2021. The nests contained one to eight cells separated by partitions made of packed fragments of grass stalks and blades; the closing plug...

Cephalanthera caucasica had been reported previously from the Samur Forest in Dagestan (Russia), but that report was considered doubtful: a possible misidentification of supposed hybrids between C. damasonium and C. longifolia as C. caucasica was speculated. Moreover, this species was recently reduced to a synonym of C. kotschyana in the «Plants of...

New records of Celonites tauricus Kostylev, 1935 are reported from Chios, Rhodes, Samos (Greece), Dagestan (Russia), Georgia, and the main portion of Azerbaijan (previous records were made from the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic only). Flower visits of imagines were observed at six species of Lamiaceae, four of them being recorded for the first tim...

With this paper we continue a new annual series, the main purpose of which is to make significant floristic findings from Russia and neighboring countries more visible in Russia and abroad. In total, this paper presents new records for 48 vascular plant species from 6 Eurasian countries, obtained during field explorations, as well as during taxonom...

Two natural interspecific hybrids of Ophrys mammosa Desf. s. l. and O. oestrifera M. Bieb. (O. × aghemanii Renz) are reported from Russia: a very rare O. mammosa subsp. mammosa × O. oestrifera from the Crimea (vicinity of Zelenogorye) and a relatively abundant O. mammosa subsp. caucasica (Woronow ex Grossh.) Soó × O. oestrifera from the Krasnodar T...

This is the fourteenth of a series of miscellaneous contributions, by various authors, where hitherto unpublished data relevant to both the Med-Checklist and the Euro+Med (or Sisyphus) projects are presented. This instalment deals with the families Apocynaceae, Compositae, Crassulaceae, Cyperaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Gramineae, Leguminosae, Nyctaginace...

Supplementary figures: Fig. S1. Nerium oleander L.; Fig. S2. Mirabilis jalapa L. (photographs by P. Novák)

New combinations are validated: Jacobaea erucifolia subsp. grandidentata (Ledeb.) V.V. Fateryga & Fateryga, comb. nov. (Asteraceae), Bituminaria bituminosa subsp. pontica (A.P. Khokhr.) V.V. Fateryga & Fateryga, comb. nov. (Fabaceae) and Phlomis herba-venti subsp. taurica (Hartwiss ex Bunge) V.V. Fateryga & Fateryga, comb. & stat. nov. (Lamiaceae).

Two females of Leptochilus regulus (de Saussure, 1855) were observed nesting in reed stalks of a Fabre’s hive serving as a block of trap nests in Crimea, with the timekeeping of all their nesting behaviours. The building material used by the females to separate the nesting cavity into the cells consisted of pellets of dry soil, gravel particles, an...

Nesting of Leptochilus limbiferus (Morawitz, 1867) was observed in the Krasnodar Territory, Russia. Twelve nests were studied; all of them were located in empty shells of a terrestrial snail species, Xeropicta derbentina (Krynicki). The building material used by the wasps was pellets of dry soil and gravel particles, as well as shell bits, and some...

The only known modern locality of Cypripedium calceolus L. in the Crimea is situated in the vicinity of Sokolinoye. The species is growing along a small stream on a forest gap with participation of Fagus sylvatica L. and Pinus sylvestris L. A total of 32 vascular plant species were revealed in the community within the limits of the coenopopulation...

This is the eleventh of a series of miscellaneous contributions, by various authors, where hitherto unpublished data relevant to both the Med-Checklist and the Euro+Med (or Sisyphus) projects are presented. This instalment deals with the families Anacardiaceae, Asparagaceae (incl. Hyacinthaceae), Bignoniaceae, Cactaceae, Compositae, Cruciferae, Cyp...

The variety Limodorum abortivum var. viride is known from five localities of the Crimean South Coast. Communities of Quercus pubescens represent all of them, while L. abortivum var. abortivum grows in various forest types. Limodorum abortivum var. viride differs from the nominotypical variety by shorter, thinner, and completely green floral stem an...

The data on noteworthy records of five species are reported: new localities within the peninsula are provided for Allium regelianum and Frankenia pulverulenta; Ornithogalum arcuatum and Phelipanche arenaria are confirmed for the flora of the Crimea; Tetradiclis tenella was found by us after 94 years since its previous collection.

Род Ophrys L. широко известен благодаря своей системе привлечения опылителей путем полового обмана, и считается, что диверсификация внутри рода является результатом смены адаптаций к различным опылителям. Несмотря на эти узкие адаптации, интрогрессия внутри рода Ophrys достаточно обычна. Следствием особенностей эволюционного процесса является сложн...

The genus Epipactis Zinn is one of the most complicated genera of the family Orchidaceae. The majority of species in the genus are locally evolved self-pollinating taxa isolated from each other due to autogamy. A tendency to describe a large amount of cross-pollinating species, leading to taxonomic inflation, however, can be observed in recent year...

The Red Data Book of Sevastopol contains information on 384 species of plants and animals that protected in the administrative boundaries of Sevastopol region, including 176 species and subspecies of vascular plants, 11 species of algae and 19 fungi. In turn 178 animal species and subspecies, including 122 species of invertebrates and 56 species of...

A new self-pollinating species, Epipactis euxina, is described from Gelendzhik District of Krasnodar Territory. The species is closely related to E. persica from which it differs by its remarkable long pedicel, distinctly longer epichile, and indistinct or absent viscidium. It grows in sparse pine forest mixed with oak, on calcareous soils. Four ot...

Allium regelianum A. K. Becker was rediscovered in the Crimea after 63 years since its previous collection. The species was recorded in the vicinity of Cape Chauda in Kerch Peninsula within plant communities of saline desertic steppe. About 260 flowering specimens were observed at three localities. The nomenclature of the species is discussed; its...

The results of a study of Opuntia humifusa and O. phaeacantha naturalised in the Karadag Nature Reserve (southeastern part of the Crimean Peninsula) are presented. There, the largest coenopopulations of Opuntia plants are confined to the «biostation» territory (bordering with the park, administrative buildings and housing estate). Twelve localities...

Epipactis leptochila (Godfery) Godfery is reported from the southwest part of the Crimea. The data on the diagnostic characters of the species as well as the collected herbarium specimens are provided. The species is reported for the flora of Russia for the first time.

The book is the official document containing the data on species and subspecies of plants, algae and fungi protected in the territory of the Republic of Crimea. It contains 405 species: 297 species of vascular plants, 35 species of mosses and liverworts, 18 species of macroalgae, 22 species of lichens and 33 species of macrofungi. The description o...

The present state of the flora of the Karadag Nature Reserve is characterized. The floristic list of vascular plants reflected nomenclatural and taxonomical changes and new data received during the period of 10 years (2003–2013) is given. According to the new data, the list of vascular plants of the reserve contains 1,165 species and subspecies of...

A new obligately self-pollinating species, Epipactis krymmontana, is described from the Crimea. The species is closely related to E. condensata from which it differs by its relatively loose and usually much shorter inflorescence, relatively elongate ovaries, much paler epichile with less protruding bosses and absence of a viscidium. It grows in bee...

The present range of distribution of a rare relict Crimean endemic, Lepidium turczaninowii Lipsky (family Brassicaceae) is described in the article; the data on the ecological and coenotic peculiarities of three habitats of the species are provided. A total floristical list of the communities with Lepidium turczaninowii is presented. An estimation...

New finding of Blackstonia perfoliata (L.) Huds. (Gentianaceae) which was formerly regarded as extinct species in Ukraine is reported from the new locality in Baydarskaya Valley (the Crimea). The data on the amount of discovered plants and collected herbarium specimens are provided. The measures for the conservation of this species in the Crimea ar...

A self-pollinated orchid, Epipactis muelleri Godfery, is reported from the Crimea as a new species for the flora of Ukraine. Data on key diagnostic characters of the species and collected herbarium specimens are provided.

The most effective and specialized pollinators of Epipactis (sect. Epipactis s.str.) and Scrophularia are wasps of the family Vespidae. Vespidophilous pollination syndrome is regarded as the basal in both groups. Further principal diversification of these genera and the ancestry of self-pollinated species groups are the result of the deficiency of...

The nectarless orchid, Steveniella satyrioides (Spreng.) Schltr., occurs in the mountain part of the Crimean Peninsula; it is known from 26 localities 10 of which were found during the last 50 years. Pollination ecology of the species was studied in Ayan Natural Landmark (Simferopol District). From 1 to 55 individuals of this species flowered here...

The pollination effectiveness of singly blooming specimens and specimens blooming in aggregations was studied in six species of orchids. In Platanthera chlorantha and Ophrys oestrifera aggregations of racemes are more attractive for pollinators than solitaries. On the contrary, in Cephalanthera rubra and Orchis tridentata solitary racemes are more...

The pollination effectiveness of the 11 orchids species was studied in Crimean foothills. The highest pollination rate peculiar to Orchis picta (62%), O. tridentata (49%), O. laxiflora (47%), O. purpurea (43%), O. simia (35%), Dactylorhiza incarnata (35%) and Steveniella satyrioides (35%). Middle pollination rate peculiar to Platanthera chlorantha...