Natalia S. Gamova

Soil eukaryotes, including fungi, protists, plants, and animals, are central to biosphere functioning and resilience. The Global Standardised Soil Eukaryome Dataset (GloSED) is the first dataset encompassing the entire spectrum of soil eukaryotes, covering 4,063 sampling sites in 121 countries on all continents, revealing nearly one million operational taxonomic units. All samples were collected and analysed using a standardised protocol minimizing technical biases. Long-read sequencing of full-length ITS and 18S-V9 regions provide broad taxonomic coverage and high-resolution identification supported by specialist curation of “dark taxa”. A rigorous bioinformatic processing ensures against homopolymer errors, PCR-mediated chimeras, and index switching providing high data quality. The dataset is supported by raw sequences and an open-source containerised workflow for reproducible analyses. The samples are accompanied by land-cover description and directly measured soil pH, δ ¹³ C, δ ¹⁵ N, as well as P, K, Ca, Mg, and total C and N contents. GloSED is the first database that enables ecological and biogeographic studies of entire soil eukaryotic communities from local to global scales.

This article presents the results of a study conducted in the Saltykovsky Forest Park, located within a densely urbanized part of Moscow oblast. The study

Первая достоверная находка Galium odoratum (L.) Scop. и новые местонахождения Galium paradoxum Maxim. в Республике Бурятия

The paper presents data on eight new taxa for the flora of Buryatia (Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Lapsana communis, Leonurus quinquelobatus, Linum usitatissimum, Lolium arundinaceum, Plantago major subsp. intermedia, Trifolium aureum, Typha angustifolia), five new taxa for the Khamar-Daban ridge (Carduus nutans subsp. leiophyllus, Cirsium pendulum, Lotus corniculatus s. str., Peucedanum vaginatum, Scleranthus annuus), as well as new localities for the twenty five rare native plant species (Artemisia desertorum, Astragalus davuricus, Chenopodium acuminatum, Epipogium aphyllum, Monotropa hypopitys, Paeonia anomala, Saussurea amara, Utricularia intermedia), alien plant species (Campanula patula, Centaurea phrygia, Helianthus tuberosus, Hippophaё rhamnoides, Hordeum jubatum, Juncus compressus, Lathyrus tuberosus, Lolium multiflorum, Lupinus polyphyllus, Pastinaca sativa, Persicaria maculosa, Setaria pumila, Silene chalcedonica, Sinapis alba, Sisymbrium volgense, Veronica beccabunga), and a hybrid species (Fragaria × ananassa) in the Southern Baikal region. For a group of apophyte plant species (Oxybasis glauca, Puccinellia hauptiana), alien plant species (Avena fatua, Echinochloa crusgalli, Epilobium adenocaulon, Epilobium pseudorubescens, Erigeron canadensis, Galium mollugo, Juncus tenuis, Matricaria discoidea, Melilotus albus, Melilotus officinalis, Rumex pseudonatronatus, Scorzonerioides autumnalis, Senecio viscosus, Senecio vulgaris, Trifolium hybridum, Trifolium spadiceum, Tripleurospermum inodorum, Tussilago farfara), a subspecies (Panicum miliaceumsubsp. ruderale) and a hybrid species (Medicago × varia) that have become widespread in the Southern Baikal region, the distribution maps are given for the Baikal State Nature Reserve, its buffer zone and surroundings.

В данной статье проанализированы материалы «Свода дополнений и изменений к флоре Республики Бурятия с 2001 по 2020 годы». Даны исправления и комментарии по 50 видам высших сосудистых растений, как ошибочно приведённым в качестве новинок, так и, напротив, отсутствующим в исходной публикации, относительно территории Байкальского заповедника и его охранной зоны. Среди пропущенных отмечены два таксона, внесённых в Красную книгу Российской Федерации (Aconitum paskoi subsp. arcto-alpinum и Asplenium sajanense), и 10 видов, адвентивных для Бурятии (Achillea ptarmica, Alchemilla baltica, Atriplexsagittata, Carthamus tinctorius, Centaurea phrygia, Convolvulus inflata, Epilobium tetragonum, Persicaria maculosa, Setaria pumila, Sorghum halepense). Ряд видов были найдены в Бурятии ранее указанного периода 2001–2020 гг. или известны ещё раньше; из них Rhynchospora alba был включён во все три издания Красной книги Республики Бурятии. В отдельных случаях ссылок на ранние указания и гербарные сборы для прояснения ситуации рассмотрены современные представления о таксономии групп и ареалах видов.

Baikalsky State Nature Biosphere Reserve is situated in the central part of the Khamar-Daban Range (Southern Baikal, Siberia), in three administrative districts of Republic of Buryatia (i.e. Kabansky District, Dzhidinsky District and Selenginsky District), Russia. In general, this territory has been relatively well studied by botanists, but until now there was no detailed information about the flora of the Reserve with precise geographic localities. Moreover, some records in the Baikalsky Reserve's flora were published without references to documenting herbarium specimens. The dataset contains 39,238 unique occurrences of 875 taxa (854 species, 14 subspecies, five varieties and two species aggregates) from the Baikalsky Reserve and its buffer zone. All the data were acquired during the field studies by the author in 2009–2021, when 152 taxa (17.3% of all the taxa included into the dataset) were first recorded by the author from the study area. Herbarium vouchers are preserved in the Moscow University Herbarium (MW). This dataset is the first attempt at creating a database of vascular plants of the Baikalsky Reserve and its buffer zone, based on modern research. These data will provide the background for the updated check-list of the Baikalsky Reserve's flora.

The "Flora of Russia" project on iNaturalist brought together professional scientists and amateur naturalists from all over the country. Over 10,000 people are involved in the data collection. Within 20 months the participants accumulated over 750,000 photo observations of 6,853 species of the Russian flora. This constitutes the largest dataset of open spatial data on the country’s biodiversity and a leading source of data on the current state of the national flora. About 85% of all project data are available under free licenses (CC0, CC-BY, CC-BY-NC) and can be freely used in scientific, educational and environmental activities.

Дополнения к флоре Байкальского заповедника

Приведена информация о 10 новых видах для заповедника «Утриш»: Acer tataricum L., Alyssum umbellatum Desv., Centaurea micrantha S. G. Gmelin, Linaria simplex L., Hippuris vulgaris L., Iberis taurica DC., Lycopersicon esculentum Mill., Orobanche dalmatica (G. Beck) Tzvelev, Trifolium retusum L., Ventenata dubia (Leers) Coss., а также о редких в заповеднике видах.