Species New to Science discovered and described by Avinoam Danin

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Species New to Science discovered and described
by Avinoam Danin
Ferula daninii Zohary
Flora of Israel online http//flora.huji.ac.il
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Origanum ramonense, endemic to a small area of
the Negev Highlands, confined to smooth-faced
limestone
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Origanum ramonense
In the field
In the greenhouse
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Origanum ramonense
Nahal Lotz
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Drawing by Esther Hoover
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A hard rock outcrop during a light shower (ca. 1
mm/hr). The shiny faces are sites where a
continuous water film developed on the rock and
run-off started
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Rock outcrops and an asphalt road where runoff
started
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Urginea maritima at a soil pocket in smooth-faced
rock outcrop covered with epilithic lichens
(P100 mm)
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A cross-section in a limestone covered with an
epilithic lichen which protects it from the
destructive energy of the rain drops
epilithic lichen
rock
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Water in a depression at a rock-outcrop in the
desert. Soil pockets should be regarded as such
depressions filled with soil
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A soil pocket in the desert. The marked plants
are typical Mediterranean surviving due to
efficient run-off from the exposed smooth rock
(P80 mm)
Umbilicus intermedius
Urospermum picroides
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Bufonia ramonensis, endemic to one slope at the
Negev Highlands, in the same rock outcrop of the
two previous photos
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Gebel Halal in N Sinai (P80-100 mm), where
Juniperus phoenicea trees survived in
smooth-faced rocks. They penetrated the desert in
a moist period more than 40,000 years ago. A
branch of the marked tree displays 865 annual
rings
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A Juniperus phoenicea branch, 865 years old
seems to be the oldest tree recorded in the
Middle East so far
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Juniper trees in a wadi draining the large rocky
surface attain considerable size, also by being
naturally protected from becoming fire wood. The
burning wood explodes and makes sparks which
may endager the Bedouin tent
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Juniperus phoenicea branches resemble those of
Cupressus, but the small cones look like red
fruits
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Eastern Crete where Juniperus phoenicea shrubs
are accompanied by Sarcopoterium and Coridothymus
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Large rock outcrops of Gebel Halal support
additional special plants among the Juniper trees
Origanum isthmicum discovered here is endemic to
an area less than 5x5 km at this mountain chain
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Origanum jordanicum, the closest relative of O.
isthmicum
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Distribution of Origanum sect. Campanulatocalyx
1. O. dayi 2. O. ramonense 3. O. isthmicum 4. O.
punonense 5. O. petraeum 6. O. jordanicum
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In a study of plant adaptations in desert dunes,
several species of the Boraginaceae were
discovered, having the rare ability to produce
root-borne shoots. The new shoots arrest mobile
sand thus leading to the re-covering of the
exposed roots in areas of sand deflation
Heliotropium digynum
Moltkiopsis ciliata
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A gentle slope of a sandy area south of Dimona
supports several Boraginaceae. It is facing
south-west, the main direction of strong winds in
winter
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A species new to science, described as Anchusa
negevensis confined to that slope and was not
found anywhere else. It produces root-borne shoots
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Following DNA analyses of the family the species
was transferred to another genus, and it is now
Hormuzakia negevensis
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A group of at least 7 individuals of H.
negevensis that are possibly connected by their
roots
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New root-borne shoots of H. negevensis
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Flowers and fruits of H. negevensis
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Theucrium capitatum a common species of Israel
and its neighbouring countries
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Hair-types of the taxa related to Teucrium
leucocladum, compared to those of T. capitatum
subsp. leucocladum
subsp. jordanicum
subsp. sinaicum
var. glandulosum
T. capitatum
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Distribution of the taxa related to Teucrium
leucocladum
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A list of taxa described by- or named after
Avinoam Danin

• Origanum ramonense Danin 1967
• Origanum isthmicum Danin 1969
• Reaumuria negevensis Zohary Danin 1970
• Ferula daninii Zohary 1972
• Brassica deserti Danin Hedge 1973
• Ifloga rueppellii (Fresen.) Danin 1973
• Kickxia macilenta (Decne.) Dani 1973
• Micromeria serbaliana Danin Hedge 1973
• Onopordum turcicum Danin 1974
• Kickxia judaica Danin 1977
• Portulaca oleracea L. subsp. nitida Danin Baker
  (7 subspecies) 1978
• Amygdalus ramonensis Danin 1980

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• Leopoldia longipes (Boiss.) Losinsk. subsp.
  negevensis Feinbrun Danin 1986
• Minuartia sinaica (Boiss.) Danin 1987
• Polygala negevensis Danin 1987
• Silene alexandrina (Asch.) Danin 1987
• Onopordum blanchei (Eig) Danin 1988
• Origanum petraeum Danin 1990
• Origanum punonense Danin 1990
• Kickxia petrana Danin 1991
• Allium daninianum Brullo, Pavone Salmeri 1992
  Phillyrea latifolia
  L. subsp. daninii Valdes 1992
• Anchusa negevensis Danin 1995
• Cyperus sharonensis Danin Kukkonen 1995
• Origanum jordanicum Danin Kuenne 1996

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• Micromeria danaensis Danin 1997
• Rubia danaensis Danin 1997
• Silene danaensis Danin 1997
• Teucrium leucocladum Boiss. subsp. jordanicum
  Danin and subsp. sinaicum Danin 1997
• Satureja nabateorum Danin Hedge 1998
• Artemisia jordanica Danin 1999
• Pycnocycla saxatilis Danin, Hedge Lamond 2000
• Bufonia ramonensis Danin 2001
• Arundo mediterranea Danin 2004
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Portulaca nicaraguensis (Danin H.G. Baker)
Danin 2006 Portulaca africana (Danin H.G.
Baker) Danin 2006 Portulaca tuberculata (Danin
H.G. Baker) Danin 2006 Portulaca impolita
(Danin H.G. Baker) Danin 2006 Portulaca
papillato-stellulata (Danin H.G. Baker)
Danin 2006 Portulaca canariensis Danin
Reyes-Betancort 2006 25 Summary 35 species
and 5 subspecies new to science 2 species and 1
subspecies named after A. Danin (additional one
Cyanobacterium, probably Mathea daninii
Friedmann, is in press since 1984).
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