University of Amsterdam (NL) - Páramo pollen reference collection

Occurrence
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Description

Pollen samples from Páramo plants collected by A.M. Cleef and from various herbaria. The collection is used as a reference collection for palynological research.

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GBIF Registration

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Keywords

Páramo; Paramo; South America; Latin America; Andes; Northern Andes; Colombia; Pollen; Spores; Ecology; Palynology; Occurrence; Specimen

Contacts

Henry Hooghiemstra
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact ●
  • Principal Investigator
  • Professor
University of Amsterdam
  • P.O. Box 94248
NL-1090 GE Amsterdam
NL
  • +31 20 525785
A. Lyaruu
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Processor
University of Amsterdam
  • P.O. Box 94248
NL-1090 GE Amsterdam
NL
Henk de Vries
  • Publisher
  • Node Manager
NLBIF
  • P.O. Box 9517
NL-2300 AA Leiden
Zuid-Holland
NL
  • +31.71.7519362
A.M. Cleef
  • Originator
University of Amsterdam
NL
A.L. Philip
  • Processor
University of Amsterdam
  • P.O. Box 94248
NL-1090 GE Amsterdam
NL
  • +31 20 5257844

Geographic Coverage

Andean South America, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru. (>3000m)

Bounding Coordinates South West [-53.04, -85.24], North East [12.29, -61.93]

Taxonomic Coverage

List of Vascular families according to Luteyn (1999)

Family Acanthaceae, Actinidiaceae, Adiantaceae, Alstroemeriaceae, Apiaceae, Apocynaceae, Araliaceae, Aspleniaceae, Bartramiaceae, Begoniaceae, Berberidaceae, Bignoniaceae, Blechnaceae, Boraginaceae, Brassicaceae, Bromeliaceae, Cactaceae, Calceolariaceae, Campanulaceae, Caprifoliaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Chloranthaceae, Cleomaceae, Clethraceae, Clusiaceae, Columelliaceae, Compositae, Convolvulaceae, Coriariaceae, Crassulaceae, Cunoniaceae, Cyatheaceae, Cyperaceae, Dennstaedtiaceae, Dicksoniaceae, Dicranaceae, Dioscoreaceae, Dryopteridaceae, Ebenaceae, Elaeocarpaceae, Equisetaceae, Ericaceae, Eriocaulaceae, Escalloniaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Gentianaceae, Gesneriaceae, Grammitidaceae, Grossulariaceae, Haloragaceae, Hymenophyllaceae, Hypericaceae, Iridaceae, Isoetaceae, Juncaceae, Lamiaceae, Lauraceae, Leguminosae, Lentibulariaceae, Loganiaceae, Lomariopsidaceae, Loranthaceae, Lycopodiaceae, Lythraceae, Malvaceae, Melanthiaceae, Melastomataceae, Myricaceae, Myrtaceae, Onagraceae, Ophioglossaceae, Orchidaceae, Oxalidaceae, Papaveraceae, Pentaphylacaceae, Phyllanthaceae, Phytolaccaceae, Piperaceae, Plagiogyriaceae, Plantaginaceae, Poaceae, Podocarpaceae, Polygalaceae, Polygonaceae, Polypodiaceae, Portulacaceae, Potamogetonaceae, Primulaceae, Proteaceae, Ranunculaceae, Rosaceae, Rubiaceae, Salicaceae, Santalaceae, Sapindaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Solanaceae, Symplocaceae, Thelypteridaceae, Thymelaeaceae, Urticaceae, Verbenaceae, Violaceae, Vittariaceae, Winteraceae, Woodsiaceae, Xanthorrhoeaceae, Xyridaceae, Gunneraceae, Amaranthaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Aquifoliaceae, Araceae, Balanophoraceae, Brunelliaceae, Ephedraceae, Garryaceae, Geraniaceae, Hydrocharitaceae, Juncaginaceae, Montiaceae, Orobanchaceae, Phrymaceae, Styracaceae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1903-01-01 / 2013-03-18

Project Data

No Description available

Title Páramo pollen reference collection
Funding NWO (NL), WOTRO (NL), UvA/IBED (NL)
Study Area Description Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica
Design Description genera according to Luteyn (1999)

The personnel involved in the project:

A. M. Cleef
  • Content Provider

Sampling Methods

checklist by Luteyn (1999) has been followed

Study Extent páramo occurs between ~200 m and ~ 4500 m elevation
Quality Control scientific names are validated against The Plantlist (theplantlist.org), Tropicos (tropicos.org), IPNI (ipni.org)

Method step description:

  1. n/a

Collection Data

Collection Name Páramo pollen reference collection
Collection Identifier NA
Parent Collection Identifier NA
Specimen preservation methods Microscopic preparation

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Hooghiemstra H. 1983 Pollen morphology of the Plantago species of the Colombian Andes and its application to fossil material. Rev. Acad. Colom. Cien. Exact. Fis. Nat. 15. (58): 41-65. Plantaginaceae, Pollen (PMBD, 185704426).
  2. MURILLO,M.T. & BLESS,M.J.M. (1974) Spores of recent Colombian Pteridophyta I. Trilete Spores. Review Paleobotany Palynology 18, 223-269. ISSN 0034-6667
  3. MURILLO,M.T. & BLESS,M.J.M. (1978) Spores of recent colombian Pteridophyta II. Monolete Spores. Review Paleobotany Palynology 25, 29-35. ISSN 0034-6667
  4. Smit, A., 1978. Pollen morphology of Polylepis boyacensis Cuatrecasas, Acaena cylindristachya Ruiz et Pavon and Acaena elongata L. (Rosaceae) and its application to fossil material. Smit, A. Review Paleobotany Palynology 25 393-398. ISSN 0034-6667
  5. Van der Hammen T., Cleef, A.M., 1978 Pollenmorphology of Lysipomia H.B.K. and Rhizocephalum Wedd. (Campanulaceae) and the revision of the pollen determination "Valeriana" stenophylla Killip. Review Paleobotany Palynology 25. 367 - 376 - illus. (Sp) Palynology. Geog=4 Systematics: ANGIOSPERMAE (CAMPANULACEAE: RHIZOCEPHALUM) (KR, 197801452). ISSN 0034-6667
  6. Hoorn, C, Wesselingh, F.P., Ter Steege, H., Bermudez, M.A., Mora, A., Sevink, J., Sanmartin, I., Sanchez-Meseguer, A., Anderson, C.L., Figueiredo, J.P., Jaramillo, C., Riff, D., Negri, F.R., Hooghiemstra, H., Lundberg, J., Stadler, T., Sarkinen, T., Antonelli, A., 2010. Amazonia through Ttme: Andean uplift, climate Change, Landscape Evolution, and Biodiversity Science 330, 927-931. ISSN: 0036-8075
  7. HOOGHIEMSTRA, H., 1984. Vegetational and climatic history of the high plain of Bogotá, Colombia. Dissertationes Botanicae 79, 368 pp. Cramer, Vaduz. ISBN10 3768214044

Additional Metadata

Original microscope slides are located at the University of Amsterdam, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, Science Park 904, 1098 SM Amsterdam.

Purpose

Identification of fossil pollen grains to support reconstructions of environmental change, climatic change, and human impact on landscapes
Alternative Identifiers 1edaeec2-9fdf-48d2-a459-2bb8635e9aba
http://ipt.ibed.uva.nl/resource?r=paramo-pol-refcol