Vascular plants of the Amur River Basin, Russia: specimen based occurrence dataset of 100 selected species

Sergey V. Dudov; Ksenia V. Dudova; Natalia S. Gamova

doi:10.15468/ekg8cl

Vascular plants of the Amur River Basin, Russia: specimen based occurrence dataset of 100 selected species

Citation

Dudov S V, Dudova K V, Gamova N S (2019). Vascular plants of the Amur River Basin, Russia: specimen based occurrence dataset of 100 selected species. Version 1.2. Lomonosov Moscow State University. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ekg8cl accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-15.

Description

The dataset includes specimens of vascular plants deposited in seven major Russian herbaria: LE, MW, MHA, VLA, VBGI, NSK, and TK. The dataset includes 12,571 records of 103 taxa collected in the Amur Basin and adjacent seacoast in Russian Federation from 19th century.

We selected species with diverse geographical distribution over the study area and a variety of zonal and altitudinal patterns. The list of species includes nemoral Manchurian species (Fraxinus mandshurica, Maackia amurensis, Menispermum dauricum, Onoclea sensibilis, Paeonia lactiflora, P. obovata, Schisandra chinensis, Tilia amurensis, etc.); steppic Dahurian (Stipa baicalensis, Stellaria dichotoma, Stellera chamaejasme, Youngia tenuifolia, Orostachys malacophylla etc.), boreal Okhotian (Coptis trifolia, Chamaepericlymenum canadense, Aconitum ranunculoides, Spiraea betulifolia etc.), boreal circumpolar (Lycopodium annotinum, Antennaria dioica) and Eurasian (Juniperus sibirica, Vaccinium myrtillis).We choose a variety of life forms like trees (Tilia amurensis, Ulmus japonica, U. macrocarpa), shrubs (Lespedeza bicolor, Corylus heterophylla, C. mandshurica, Syringa amurensis, Spiraea media, S. ussuriensis), vines (Menispermum dauricum, Schisandra chinensis), and perennial herbs (Streptopus streptopoides, Youngia tenuifolia, Viola dactyloides, Waldsteinia ternata). Thirty eight species have a legal protection status being included into the regional Red Lists.

The species name, locality, collection date, collector, and habitat are recorded for each specimen. Records with no georeference or with precision >10 km are removed from the dataset.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Russian part of the Amur River catchment area is the immense territory with diverse bioclimatic conditions. Following Nakamura et al. (2007), boreal and temperate climatic zones with maritime and continental sectors are present in the area. The area is dominated by mountain landscapes like Sikhote Alin, Bureinskoe nagor'e, Yankan-Tukuringra-Djagdy, Stanovoy, Olyokminsky Stanovik, Yablonovy, Borshovochny Ranges, etc. Mountains are interrupted by plains such as Amuro-Zeyskoe Plateau, Zea-Bureya Plain, Amur-Ussuri and Lower Amur Lowlands etc. The study area is drained by the Amur River and its tributaries – Onon, Ingoda, Shilka, Argun, Zeya, Bureya, Ussuri, Amgun, etc. Some short rivers are going straight to the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan (Razdolnaya, Partizanskaya, Botchy, etc.). Phytogeographic singularity of study extent is provided by four main flora and vegetation complexes and adjacent natural regions (according to Komarov 1897, 1898) which are Manchurian broadleaf, okhotsk boreal and siberian boreal. The vascular flora of the Russian part of the Amur River basin includes approximately 2800 species (Kozhevnikov & Kozhevnikova, 2007), however the synopsis or checklists on all study area are absent. The vegetation of the area is diverse with deciduous broadleaf and broadleaf-conifer forests (Pinus koraiensis, Querqus mongolica, Tilia amurensis, Fraxinus mandshurica etc.), boreal dark-conifer (Picea ajanensis, Abies nephrolepis) and larch (Larix gmelinii, L. cajanderii) forests. East Asian steppe vegetation dominated by Stipa baiсalensis, S. krylovii, Festuca lenensis, etc. is present in Transbaicalia. Betula lanata woodlands, Pinus pumila, Alnus fruticosa and Rhododendron aureum krummholz and tundras are typical for upper mountain belts.

Sampling

See steps.

Quality Control

Quality assessment included three major steps. Firstly, we routinely took photo or scan documentation of the specimens in herbaria. Secondly, we selectively controlled label capturing quality during the contributors works. Finally, we double-checked geographical coordinates and other parameters in table using sorting by localities, collectors and dates.

Method steps

1. We searched and imaged specimens from the Amur Basin in the major Russian herbaria for selected species: Komarov Botanical Institute RAS, St. Petersburg (LE); Moscow State University, Moscow (MW); Tsitsin Main Botanical Garden RAS, Moscow (MHA); Institute of Biology and Soil Science FEB RAS, Vladivostok (VLA); Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Vladivostok (VBGI); Popov Herbarium of Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS, Novosibirsk (NSK); Tomsk State University, Tomsk (TK).
2. Thereafter we included label data (locality, habitat, collection date, collectors etc.) into the xls-database. The majority of specimens were bearing no precise coordinates in the label. We georeferenced specimens manually using label localities. Finally, we excluded duplicates and ca. 40–70% specimens with georeference precision more than 10 km.
3. For georeferencing, we used numerous modern and historical maps, literature (starting from “The journey in the Ussuri valley” by R. Maak (1861), “The journey to the Ussurian territory in 1867–1869” by N. Przhevalsky, etc.). Large scale renaming of the Chinese and Manchurian toponyms in Primorye Territory during the 1970s, disappearing of the former settlements, and mistakes in labels were the most typical difficulties during the georeference. We solved these issues mainly using primary sources.

Additional info

The first open access dataset of the Amur River Basin flora in Russia.

Taxonomic Coverages

100 selected species of vascular plants: Aconitum ranunculoides, Adenophora stenanthina, Adiantum pedatum, Aegopodium alpestre, Allium senescens, Antennaria dioica, Aquilegia oxysepala, Artemisia commutata, Artemisia gmelinii, Artemisia tanacetifolia, Arundinella anomala, Astragalus membranaceus, Atractylodes ovata, Atragene ochotensis, Betula dahurica, Betula exilis, Cacalia auriculata, Caragana fruticosa, Carex campylorhina, Carex nanella, Carex siderosticta, Carex sordida, Carex vanheurckii, Carex xyphium, Caulophyllum robustum, Chamaepericlymenum canadense, Chloranthus japonicus, Cimicifuga dahurica, Cleistogenes kitagawae, Cleistogenes squarrosa, Clintonia udensis, Convallaria keiskei, Coptis trifolia, Corydalis gigantea, Corylus heterophylla, Corylus mandshurica, Delphinium crassifolium, Delphinium grandiflorum, Dendranthema mongolicum, Dendranthema zawadskii, Eremogone juncea, Festuca extremiorientalis, Filifolium sibiricum, Fraxinus mandshurica, Fritillaria maximowiczii, Galium paradoxum, Galium verum, Gueldenstaedtia verna, Hemerocallis minor, Iris humilis, Iris uniflora, Juniperus davurica, Juniperus sibirica, Lathyrus humilis, Lespedeza bicolor, Lespedeza juncea, Lycopodium annotinum, Lycopodium obscurum, Maackia amurensis, Menispermum dauricum, Onoclea sensibilis, Orostachys malacophylla, Paeonia lactiflora, Paeonia obovata, Plagiorhegma dubia, Platanthera hologlottis, Platycodon grandiflorus, Potentilla fragarioides, Ribes diacantha, Salix dahurica, Salix gracilistyla, Salix kochiana, Saposhnikovia divaricata, Scabiosa lachnophylla, Schisandra chinensis, Schizonepeta multifida, Schizopepon bryoniifolius, Scutellaria baicalensis, Selaginella helvetica, Serratula centauroides, Spiraea beauverdiana, Spiraea media, Spiraea ussuriensis, Stellaria dichotoma, Stellera chamaejasme, Stevenia cheiranthoides, Stipa baicalensis, Stipa sibirica, Streptopus streptopoides, Syringa amurensis, Thalictrum baicalense, Tilia amurensis, Ulmus japonica, Ulmus macrocarpa, Ulmus pumila, Vaccinium myrtillus, Vicia pseudorobus, Vicia ramuliflora, Vicia unijuga, Vicia venosa, Viola dactyloides, Waldsteinia ternata, Youngia tenuifolia

Tracheophyta
common name: vascular plants rank: phylum

Geographic Coverages

The dataset covers the Amur River Basin in Russia and partly the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan coasts (South Siberia and South Far East). The area is 1,145,000 sq. km. It covers five administrative units of the Russian Federation – south-eastern part of Trans-Baikal Territory, southern part of Khabarovsk Territory, Amur Region, Jewish Autonomous Regions, and Primorye Territory.

Bibliographic Citations

S. V. Dudov. Modeling of species distribution with the use of topography and remote sensing data on the example of vascular plants of the tukuringra ridge low mountain belt (zeya state nature reserve, amur oblast). Biology Bulletin Reviews, 7(3):246–257, 2017. -
С. В. Дудов. Моделирование распространения видов по данным рельефа и дистанционного зондирования на примере сосудистых растений нижнего горного пояса хр. Тукурингра (Зейский заповедник, Амурская область). ЖУРНАЛ ОБЩЕЙ БИОЛОГИИ, 77(2):122–134, 2016. -

Contacts

Sergey V. Dudov
originator
position: Researcher
Moscow State University
Leninskie Gory 1
Moscow
119234
RU
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Ksenia V. Dudova
originator
position: PhD student
Moscow State University
Leninskie Gory 1
Moscow
119234
RU
Telephone: +7 (905) 750-62-73
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Natalia S. Gamova
originator
position: Postgraduate
Moscow State University
Leninskie Gory 1
Moscow
119234
RU
Telephone: +7 (916) 274-48-71
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Sergey V. Dudov
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Moscow State University
Leninskie Gory 1
Moscow
119234
RU
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Moscow State University
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Moscow
119234
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Moscow State University
Leninskie Gory 1
Moscow
119234
RU
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