Relatives

Range of distribution of Soft Lyme-grass (Leymus mollis) .

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Author:

The expert-botanist and the GIS expert - L.L.Malyshev.

Date of creation:

25.12.2007

Scale:

1:20 000 000.

Accuracy of the map:

The map is based on data of 1:12 000 000-1:40 000 000 scale maps.

Projection:

"Albers Equal-Area Conic Projection for USSR", 9, 1001, 7, 100, 0, 44, 68, 0, 0

Basic contents:

The map is a vector file consisting of 1 basic and 3 subject layers. The species range is represented by a polygon and dots.

Accuracy of the qualifier:

The dots represent information on the species localities according to herbarium materials of LE (1) and published sources (2), the polygon - generalized information on the species distribution.

Method of the map contruction:

The range map is based on coordinates according to herbarium materials of V.L.Komarov Botanical Institute (LE), the database of the species localities coordinates included in the Information Retrieval System "Crop Wild Relatives in Russia" (STC Informregistr 0229905883, 1999), and published maps (Tolmachev, 1964; Kharkevich, 1985). Within the former USSR, the species range embraces the coasts of Pacific Ocean, the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan from Chukot Peninsula to Posyet settlement, Kuril and Commander Islands. A locality is recorded in the islands of the East Siberian Sea.

References:

Tolmachev AI., ed. 1964. Arctic Flora of the USSR. V.2. Gramineae. Moscow; Leningrad: Nauka. 273 p. (in Russian).
Kharkevich SS., ed. 1985. Vascular plants of the Soviet Far East. V.1. Leningrad: Nauka. 398 p. (In Russian).

Rights and copyrights:

The copyrights of the map and descriptions are held by their author.
The copyright of the photo is held by N.Yu.Malysheva, L.L.Malyshev.