| Project/Area Number |
07041152
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for international Scientific Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | Field Research |
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| Research Institution | National Science Museum |
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Principal Investigator |
KADOTA Yuichi Department of Botany, National Science Museum, Senior Curator, 植物研究部, 主任研究官 (30124184)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
FRIESEN N.V Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, 中央シベリア植物園, 教授
KRASNIKOV A.A. Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Russian Academy of Sciences, Researcher, 中央シベリア植物園, 研究員
KRASNOBOROV I.M. Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, 中央シベリア植物園, 教授
HIGUCHI Masanobu Department of Botany, National Science Museum, Curator, 植物研究部, 研究官 (10189772)
IWASHINA Tsukasa Tsukuba Botanical Garden, National Science Museum, Senior Curator, 筑波実験植物園, 主任研究官 (30151731)
SATO Ken Faculty of Liberal Arts, Hokkai Gakuen University, Professor, 教養部, 教授 (70128817)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1995
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1995)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥5,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1995: ¥5,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,000,000)
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| Keywords | Central Asia / Alpine flora / Speciation / Ranunculaceae / Compositae / Alpine vegetation / Flavonoids / Bryophytes |
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| Research Abstract |
A field research entitled "Biosystematics on the Alpine Flora of the Tien Shan Mountains" was carried out in cooperation with the Science Academies of Russia, Kazakhstan and Kirghistan from 9 July to 21 August, 1995.The purposes of this program were (1) to collect samples, especially of Ranunculaceae and Compositae, for the analyzes of chromosome, DNA sequences and flavonoids, (2) to collect speciments of seed plants, ferns and bryophytes for the taxonomic and floristic studies and (3) to collect the data for the analysis of alpine vegetation.
The area investigated included the Dzhungarsky Alatau, the Zailisky Alatau, the Tereskey Alatau, the Central Tien Shan, the Kirghisky, the Alaisky and the Za Alaisky Ranges.We have collected more than 7,000 herbarium specimens.Among them very important collections were Aconitum alatavicum and A.soongoricum from the Dzhungarsky Alatau, A.nemorum from the Zailisky Alatau, A.karacolicum from the Kirghisky Range and A.zeravschanicum from the Alaisky Range for the Ranunculaceae.Also very interesting phytogeographically and taxonomically were Saussurea gnaphalodes and S.involucrata from Kazakhstan fro Compositae.We could get many samples including Aconitum, Cirsium, Saussurea, etc.for the analyzes of DNA sequences and flavonoids.Alpine meadows and subalpine forests were studied based on 127 records by the method of ZM school of phytosociology.About 900 specimens of bryophytes were collected from the investigated area.
Two Russian taxonomists were invited to Japan to examine herbarium specimens preserved in the Herbarium of Department of Botany, National Science Museum, Tokyo (TNS) in March 1996.
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