Francisco Lara

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Biología, Faculty Member

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Address: Departamento de Biología (Botánica), c/ Darwin 2, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain

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New bryological data for the Balearic Islands. III

Anales de Biología, 2021

Se aportan datos corológicos para 27 briófitos de las Islas Baleares. La mayoría de las citas de ... more Se aportan datos corológicos para 27 briófitos de las Islas Baleares. La mayoría de las citas de esta contribución corresponden a especies relativamente raras de áreas montañosas de las Islas Baleares (principalmente de Mallorca), para las cuales, la información sobre su distribución en el archipiélago es escasa y poco actualizada. Se cita por primera vez la presencia en el archipiélago balear de Hypnum resupinatum, Lewinskya fastigiata y Ptychostomum kunzei. Por otro lado, Epipterygium tozeri constituye novedad para Mallorca. Son destacables las nuevas localidades en Mallorca de Plagiochasma appendiculatum, una especie amenazada en Europa. Chorological data on 27 bryophytes from the Balearic Islands are presented. Most of the bryological records included in this contribution correspond to relatively rare species limited to mountain areas in the Balearic Islands (mainly in Mallorca), for which the information about their distribution in the archipelago is scarce and outdated. The pr...

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The 2016 release of the PREDICTS database

A dataset of 3,250,404 measurements, collated from 26,114 sampling locations in 94 countries and ... more A dataset of 3,250,404 measurements, collated from 26,114 sampling locations in 94 countries and representing 47,044 species. The data were collated from 480 existing spatial comparisons of local-scale biodiversity exposed to different intensities and types of anthropogenic pressures, from terrestrial sites around the world. The database was assembled as part of the PREDICTS project - Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems; [www.predicts.org.uk](http://www.predicts.org.uk).\r\n\r\nThe taxonomic identifications provided in the original data sets are those determined at the time of the original research, and so will not reflect subsequent taxonomic changes.\r\n\r\nThis dataset is described in [10.1002/ece3.2579](http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2579). A description of the way that this dataset was assembled is given in [10.1002/ece3.1303](http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1303).\r\n\r\n* `columns.csv`: Description of data extract columns\r\n* `database...

The Lewinskya affinis complex (Orthotrichaceae) revisited: species description and differentiation

The Bryologist, 2020

Abstract. In a recent integrative taxonomy study, we verified that the previously accepted concep... more Abstract. In a recent integrative taxonomy study, we verified that the previously accepted concept of Lewinskya affinis (≡ Orthotrichum affine) actually comprises a complex of sibling lineages encompassing both known, accepted species (L. affinis s.str., L. praemorsa and L. tortidontia), recovered synonyms (L. fastigiata and L. leptocarpa), and four species yet unpublished. In the present work, we present detailed descriptions of the previously identified species and the new species, L. scissa from the Canary Islands, and the North American L. arida, L. pacifica and L. pseudoaffinis. In addition, we provide a key to the species in the complex, and discuss the morphological distinction of the species according to geographical areas. All included species are illustrated.

Epiphytic bryophytes of Quercus forests in Central and North inland Iberian Peninsula

Frontiers of Biogeography, 2015

Diversity patterns are governed by a complex network of interacting factors. Studies directed to ... more Diversity patterns are governed by a complex network of interacting factors. Studies directed to disentangle the most important factors affecting diversity have frequently shown divergent results, which has encouraged a rewarding debate about the relative importance of each factor. Scale dependency has been identified as a direct cause of at least part of such divergences. However, studies with spatially-explicit measurements at different scales are costly and therefore they are relatively scarce despite their importance. Here, we present a database to disentangle the cross-scale variation in the importance of factors affecting the diversity of epiphytic bryophyte communities in Quercus dominated forests (Quercus ilex L., Quercus pyrenaica Willd. and Quercus faginea Lam.) in the Northwestern region of the Iberian Peninsula. We provide species-per-site abundance information with more than 9000 entries and an environmental table containing 20 in situ measured variables at three different scales (forest, stand, and sample). The database will help to advance the research of cross-scale effects of diversity patterns while at the same time providing valuable information on the distribution of a poorly known group of organisms.

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Is it really you,Orthotrichum acuminatum? Ascertaining a new case of intercontinental disjunction in mosses

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2015

Intercontinental disjunct distributions are a main issue in current biogeography. Bryophytes usua... more Intercontinental disjunct distributions are a main issue in current biogeography. Bryophytes usually have broad distribution ranges and therefore constitute an interesting subject of study in this context. During recent fieldwork in western North America and eastern Africa, we found new populations of a moss morphologically similar to Orthotrichum acuminatum. So far this species has been considered to be one of the most typical epiphytic mosses of the Mediterranean Basin. The new findings raise some puzzling questions. Do these new populations belong to cryptic species or do they belong to O. acuminatum, a species which then has a multiple-continent disjunct range? In the latter case, how could such an intercontinental disjunction be explained? To answer these questions, an integrative study involving morphological and molecular approaches was conducted. Morphological results reveal that Californian and Ethiopian samples fall within the variability of those from the Mediterranean Basin. Similarly, phylogenetic analyses confirm the monophyly of these populations, showing that O. acuminatum is one of the few moss species with a distribution comprising the western Nearctic, the western Palaearctic and Palaeotropical eastern Africa. Pending a further genetic and phylogeographical study to support or reject the hypothesis, a process of long-distance dispersal (LDD) is hypothesized to explain this distribution and the origin of the species is suggested to be the Mediterranean Basin, from where diaspores of the species may have migrated to California and Ethiopia. The spore release process in O. acuminatum is revisited to support the LDD hypothesis. 180, 30-49.

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Insights Into the Evolutionary History of the Subfamily Orthotrichoideae (Orthotrichaceae, Bryophyta): New and Former Supra-Specific Taxa So Far Obscured by Prevailing Homoplasy

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021

Mosses of the subfamily Orthotrichoideae represent one of the main components of the cryptogam ep... more Mosses of the subfamily Orthotrichoideae represent one of the main components of the cryptogam epiphytic communities in temperate areas. During the last two decades, this taxonomical group has undergone an extensive revision that has led to its rearrangement at the generic level. However, their phylogenetic relationships and inferences on the evolutionary patterns that have driven the present diversity have little advanced. In this study, we present a dated molecular phylogenetic reconstruction at the subfamily level, including 130 samples that represent the 12 genera currently recognized within the subfamily, and the analysis of four molecular markers: ITS2, rps4, trnG, and trnL-F. We also analyze 13 morphological characters of systematic value to infer their origin and diagnostic utility within the subfamily. The phylogenetic reconstruction yields three main clades within the subfamily, two of which correspond to the tribe Zygodonteae, and one to Orthotricheae. Within Zygodonteae,...

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Earliest herbarium evidence for the occurrence of Lewinskya acuminata (Orthotrichaceae) in East Africa

Journal of Bryology, 2019

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Tortula schimperi MJ Cano, O. Werner & J. Guerra, una especie común en los montes de Valsaín (Segovia)

Boletín de la Sociedad Española de …, 2007

una especie de afinidad eurosiberiana con escasos registros ibéricos, ha sido encontrado en los M... more

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Aperçu sur la bryoflore des thuriféraies et autres forêts d’altitude du Maroc

Epiphytic bryophytes of forests in Central and North inland Iberian Peninsula

Frontiers of Biogeography, 2015

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On the presence of Orthotrichum patens Bruch & Brid. in the Iberian Peninsula

Cryptogamie Bryologie, 2008

Orthotrichum patens Bruch & Brid., considered to be a rare moss in the Iberian Peninsula, is repo... more Orthotrichum patens Bruch & Brid., considered to be a rare moss in the Iberian Peninsula, is reported from two localities in Northern Spain (Asturias and Navarra). After revision of the herbarium material corresponding to previous records of this species in the Iberian Peninsula, we conclude that most of them (Asturias, Alava, Leon and La Rioja provinces) are erroneous. However, two early records (Sierra Nevada and Sierra de Ancares) remain uncertain since the corresponding herbarium material has not been found. We also provide details of two new localities of Orthotrichum patens in Romania and two in Turkey, where the species has been poorly recorded. Finally, we discuss the characters that allow the discrimination of Orthotrichum patens from related species, especially from O. stramineum Hornsch., the moss that has most often been confused with it in Spain. Mosses / Spain / Romania / Turkey / European rare species / Orthotrichum alpestre / Orthotrichum handiense / Orthotrichum sca...

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Orthotrichum rogeri Brid. in Sweden: past and present

Journal of Bryology, 2021

Orthotrichum rogeri Brid. in Sweden: past and present Francisco Lara a,b and Niklas Lönnell c Dep... more Orthotrichum rogeri Brid. in Sweden: past and present Francisco Lara a,b and Niklas Lönnell c Departamento de Biología (Botánica), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Calle Darwin 2, 28049 Madrid, Spain; Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Cambio Global, 28049 Madrid, Spain; Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU Swedish Species Information Centre, PO Box 7007, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden

Lewinskya lamyana sp. nov. (Orthotrichaceae, Bryopsida), a Distinct Moss from an Exceptional Habitat in the Southern Iberian Peninsula

Cryptogamie, Bryologie, 2018

An ew species, lewinskya lamyana F.Lara, Garilleti, Draper &M azimpaka,i s described. It is am ai... more An ew species, lewinskya lamyana F.Lara, Garilleti, Draper &M azimpaka,i s described. It is am ainly epiphytic moss, so far exclusively found in southernmost Spain on the summit area of Sierra Bermeja, ac oastal mountain, which is exceptionali ns everal environmental aspects. The new moss is characterized by as et of morphological traits, most of them easily observed: medium to large plants; leaves lanceolate and acuminate with recurved margins; calyptra campanulate with scattered stout hairs; capsule fully immersed, brown, cylindrical, with 8b road and prominent ribs; exostome of 8p airs of teeth easily splitting, all fused basally in ac ontinuous low ring; teeth opaque, cream-coloured, recurved to revolute when dry; endostome of 8hyaline, linear and relatively stout segments; operculum convex to conic, wider than capsule mouth, long rostrate, with ac onspicuous red basal rim. The new moss is illustrated and compared to similar taxa.

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The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

Ecology and evolution, 2017

The PREDICTS project-Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems... more The PREDICTS project-Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems (www.predicts.org.uk)-has collated from published studies a large, reasonably representative database of comparable samples of biodiversity from multiple sites that differ in the nature or intensity of human impacts relating to land use. We have used this evidence base to develop global and regional statistical models of how local biodiversity responds to these measures. We describe and make freely available this 2016 release of the database, containing more than 3.2 million records sampled at over 26,000 locations and representing over 47,000 species. We outline how the database can help in answering a range of questions in ecology and conservation biology. To our knowledge, this is the largest and most geographically and taxonomically representative database of spatial comparisons of biodiversity that has been collated to date; it will be useful to researchers and international effort...

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Lewinskya, a New Genus to Accommodate the Phaneroporous and Monoicous Taxa of Orthotrichum (Bryophyta, Orthotrichaceae)

Cryptogamie, Bryologie, 2016

Molecular analyses have consistently evidenced the phylogenetic heterogeneity of Orthotrichum Hed... more Molecular analyses have consistently evidenced the phylogenetic heterogeneity of Orthotrichum Hedw., and suggested the need to segregate the species with superficial stomata in a separate genus. A recent proposal has been made to accommodate the monoicous species with such stomata in the genus Dorcadion Adans. ex Lindb., which is, however, an illegitimate name according to the current Code of nomenclature of algae, fungi and plants. Consequently a new name is required, and the generic name Lewinskya F.Lara, Garilleti & Goffinet is proposed. New combinations are made for all the species included in the new genus. Given the long history of the genus Orthotrichum and the similarities between this genus and Lewinskya, the morphological and geographic circumscriptions of both genera are provided to define them accurately. The taxa remaining in Orthotrichum s.str. are also listed.

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Nouvelles donn�es sur la pr�sence d' Vent. dans le bassin m�diterran�en

Cryptogam Bryol, 1999

Nouvelles donn�es sur la pr�sence d' Orthotrichum philibertii Vent. dans le bassin m�diterran�en

Cryptogam Bryol, 1999

The occurrence of Orthotrichum philibertii Vent. in the Iberian Peninsula, Balearic islands and n... more The occurrence of Orthotrichum philibertii Vent. in the Iberian Peninsula, Balearic islands and northern Morocco is reported, extending its area to the westernmost Mediterranean basin. The new populations supply some new elements that enlarge the variability range of this species.La présence d&#39; Orthotrichum philibertii Vent. dans la péninsule Ibérique, les îles Baléares et le Maroc septentrional est précisée, étendant ainsi son aire de distribution aux confins occidentaux du bassin méditerranéen. Les nouvelles populations permettent aussi d&#39;élargir les limites de l&#39;intervalle de variabilité de l&#39;espèce.

Re�valuation of Orthotrichum Rhytiore (Orthotrichaceae)

Bryologist, 2008

El estado del conocimiento y la conservación de los briófitos de la Comunidad de Madrid (España): interpretación de la situación actual a partir del caso de los musgos

el objetivo de establecer si constituye una base fiable para la elaboración de una lista roja y e... more el objetivo de establecer si constituye una base fiable para la elaboración de una lista roja y el diseño de planes de gestión de especies amenazadas. Los resultados muestran importantes carencias en la prospección del territorio, ya que, a pesar de contar con un amplio catálogo (323 táxones), sólo el 22% de los municipios tiene alguna referencia de musgos. Considerando las limitaciones del conocimiento actual, se aportan listas de especies cuya presencia en la región necesita ser revisada, de táxones potencialmente amenazados, y de táxones de interés especial para la Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid. Abstract-The state of knowledge of the moss flora of the Autonomous Community of Madrid is revised in order to verify its reliability for completing a red-list and the design of management plans for endangered species. The results show a lack of prospecting, as only 22% of the municipalities have any muscinal reference, despite the total catalogue of 323 taxa of mosses. Considering the limitations of the present knowledge some preliminary lists are given showing the taxa whose presence in the region should be revised, the potentially endangered taxa, and the special concern taxa in the Autonomous Community of Madrid.

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New national and regional bryophyte records, 40

Journal of Bryology, 2014

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