SAIN Invasive Plant Pests Resource Collection for: Moth mullein
Species (scientific name): Verbascum blatteria
| Title: Flora und vegetation der deiche an der mittleren Elbe zwischen Magdeburg und Darchau.Flora and vegetation of dikes of the middle course of the river Elbe between. |
| Author: Magdeburg and Darchau (Germany).Brandes-Dietmar. |
| Source: Braunschweiger-Naturkundliche-Schriften. 6 (1): 199-217. |
| Source Type: Journal |
| Publication Date: 2000 |
| Abstract: The flora and vegetation of the dikes of the river Elbe have been investigated between Magdeburg and Darchau with special interest to their ecological importance. Using spot-test measures 216 species were counted, the real number is estimated to 230-240 species. In contrary to the opinion given in literature, the recent investigations show no significant differences between the facing the river side of the dike and the corresponding back side. The flora depends first of all on the exposition and the age of the dikes. Ancient dikes are important growing places of species of sand grasslands. The dikes are also secondary habitats for threatened meadow communities of the flood plains, especially for the Eryngium campestre-(Arrhenatherion)-community and the Campanula patula-Leucanthemum vulgare-community. Dikes are able to act as a leading path as well as a barrier for the spreading of plants. So Eryngium campestre, Carduus nutans and Verbascum blattaria (rare!) have been able to migrate along the dikes far to the northwest. For the expensive weeds, which have established themselfes on the riverbanks of the Elbe during the last two decades, the dikes acts as a barrier, which they have not been able to surmount till now. |
| Title: Further additions to the flora of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. |
| Author: Wiltshire-Elinor. |
| Source: London-Naturalist. (78): 75-80. |
| Source Type: Journal |
| Publication Date: 1999 |
| Abstract: Forty-one species, one hybrid and two forms are added to the vascular plant records for Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens which commenced in 1988 (Wiltshire 1994, 1996). Six species result from establishment of reed-beds in The Long Water, seven are Taraxacum dandelions, and four are aliens of birdseed origin. About fourteen others surfaced as a consequence of reduced mowing and of soil improvement measures, including notably Campanula rotundifolium harebells and Koeleria macrantha crested hair-grass. Among other finds of interest was a colony of Verbascum blattaria moth mullein. Lathyrus pratensis meadow vetchling and Geranium pyrenaicum hedgerow cranesbill, recorded for the first time in Kensington Gardens, are included here, as are unusual forms of Centaurea nigra common knapweed and Lactuca serriola prickly lettuce. Apium graveolens wild celery, noted in 1994 (Burton 1995) but inadvertently omitted from these records, is now added. The moss Pohlia lescuriana is an addition to the bryophyte flora. As previously, Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens combined are referred to as the 'park'. |
| Title: Effects of ambient UV-B radiation on the above-ground biomass of seven temperate-zone plant species. |
| Author: Cybulski-Walter-J-III ; Peterjohn-William-T. |
| Source: Plant-Ecology. Nov., 1999; 145 (1): 175-181. |
| Source Type: Journal |
| Publication Date: 1999 |
| Abstract: Variations in the amount of solar ultraviolet-B radiation (UV-B) reaching the biosphere may alter productivity in non-agricultural plants. We examined how ambient levels of UV-B modify the biomass of seven temperate-zone species including three grass species (Echinochloa crusgalli, Setaria faberi, Elymus virginicus), three forbs (Verbascum blattaria, Lactuca biennis, Oenothera parviflora), and one tree species (Quercus rubra). Plants were grown outside in enclosures near Morgantown, WV, USA (39degree N, 79degree W) for one season under near-ambient or no UV-B conditions. The different levels of UV-B were achieved using filters which differentially transmit UV-B irradiance. There was a trend towards reduced above-ground biomass in L. biennis (14%) and significantly increased above-ground biomass in O. parviflora (10.2%) under ambient UV-B. The partitioning of biomass between individual plant parts was altered by ambient UV-B in O. parviflora. Leaf biomass was significantly increased (18%), and there were trends toward increased stem (6.7%) and reproductive (9%) biomass. In addition to biomass stimulations, O. parviflora grew significantly taller (5.3%) under ambient UV-B. This study provides evidence that some non-agricultural plants exhibit species-specific growth responses to variable UV-B, with short-lived forbs appearing to be the most sensitive. If the biomass and morphological alterations observed for the forbs in this study were to persist over several years, they might modify population dynamics, competitive interactions, and productivity in ecosystems as UV-B levels fluctuate in the future. |
| Title: Evolution of flower shape in Veroniceae (Scrophulariaceae). |
| Author: Kampny-C-M ; Dengler-N-G. |
| Source: Plant-Systematics-and-Evolution. 1997; 205 (1-2) 1-25. |
| Source Type: Journal |
| Publication Date: 1997 |
| Abstract: Floral evolution in the tribe Veroniceae was examined using phylogenetic analysis combining 24 adult morphology and chromosome number characters with 22 qualitative and quantitative floral development characters. Taxa sampled included nine species of Veroniceae and as an outgroup one species each of Digitaleae and Verbasceae, Veronica, Besseya, and Synthyris formed one clade, subtended by Pseudolysimachion and then by the Hebe group; Veronicastrum or Wulfenia represent the basal-most branch of the tribe. The ancestral flowers of the Veroniceae may have been small with moderately short corolla tubes and lobes; long corolla tubes arose four times in the tribe and large corolla lobes twice. |
| Title: Experiments and comments on glycosides of some species of Verbascum genus. |
| Author: Iga-Adrian; Mester-Lotus-Elena; Iga-Dumitru-Petru. |
| Source: Analele-Universitatii-Bucuresti-Biologie.; (46): 93-98. |
| Source Type: Journal |
| Publication Date: 1997 |
| Abstract: Liposoluble glycosides from Verbascum blattaria seeds were obtained by extraction with mixtures of chloroform - methanol - water followed by colum chromatography on Florisil, silicic acid and thin layer chromatography. Quantitative determination of glycosides was accomplished by anthrone reaction, preceded by hydrolysis with hydrochloric acid and partition between chloroform and water. Total concentration of glycosides was estimated to 0,28 micromoles carbohydrates per gram of seeds. At least ten compounds giving positive reaction to orcinol were identified in the respective biological material. The chemical and chromatographic pattern of glycosides from V. blattaria seeds has been compared with the pattern of glycosides from other species of the same genus. |
| Title: Anales-del-Jardin-Botanico-de-Madrid. |
| Author: Perez-Badia-Rosa; Soriano-Guarinos-Pilar. |
| Source: Fragmenta chorologica occidentalia 4962-4974. 1993 (1994); 51 (2) 295-296. |
| Source Type: Journal |
| Publication Date: 1993 |
| Abstract: NA |
| Title: Plant finds in the vicinity of Seeheim (southern Hesse) I. |
| Author: Hillesheim-Kimmel-U. |
| Source: Hessische-Floristische-Briefe.; 42 (2) 28-32. |
| Source Type: Journal |
| Publication Date: 1993 |
| Abstract: NA |
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