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The distribution area of Medlar (Mespilus germanica L.).

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Authors:

Expert botanist I.G. Chukhina
GIS-expert T.A. Sinitsyna

Date of creation:

15.06.2004.

Scale:

1:20,000,000.

Accuracy of map:

Map was created using herbarium specimens and maps of scale 1:13,000,000-1:25,000,000.

The projection:

"Alber's Equal Area Conic for Russia", 9, 1001, 7, 100, 0, 44, 68, 0, 0.

Basic contents:

Vector map. Area of species distribution is shown by polygons, while actual location occurrence is shown by points.

Accuracy of classifier:

Point data were obtained from published sources and herbarium specimens. Polygons are based on published sources, herbarium samples, and field surveys by the authors.

Method of map production:

Published literature was reviewed, including atlases, monographs and papers. Occurrence data were obtained from herbarium specimens, floras, monographs and papers. Data were then compiled through scanning and geo-referencing to develop a composite vector map. The biologist, together with the GIS-specialist, drew a new plant distribution area based on compiled data. Species distribution was determined according to the following sources: the N.I. Vavilov Institute (1992), Sokolov et al. (1980) and Grossgeim (1952). The species has a disjunctive area. In the Caucasus, distribution area borders were determined using Grossgeim (1952) and Sokolov et al. (1980) and adjusted in accordance with herbarium data from the N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Industry and the V.L. Komarov Botanical Institute. In the Crimea, the border was determined using Sokolov et al. (1980) and herbarium data from the above-mentioned herbariums. In Middle Asia (Western Kopetdag, namely the ravine of Gyuyen on the Chandyr River, the vicinity of Koyna-Kosyr Village, and the valley of the Sumbar River), species distribution was determined using Sokolov et al. (1980) and herbarium data from the V.L. Komarov Botanical Institute.

Reference citations:

Grossgeim A.A. 1962. Flora of the Caucasus. Vol. 5. Moscow-Leningrad: Publishing House of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Map #39. (In Russian)
N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Industry [WIR], St. Petersburg, Russia.
N.I. Vavilov Institute, Herbarium Department, 1992. Information retrieval system: wild-growing relatives of cultural plants of Russia. STC Informregistr 0229905883, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Sokolov S.I., Svjaseva O.A., Kubli V.A. 1980. Areas of distribution of trees and shrubs in the USSR. Vol. 2. Leningrad: Nauka. Map #60A.
V.L. Komarov Botanical Institute [LE], St. Petersburg, Russia.

Right and copyright:

Copyright on this map and its description belongs to its authors.