Crambe amabilis New records in vascular plants alien to Kyrgyzstan Lazkov, Georgy Sennikov, Alexander Biodiversity Data Journal 2014 2 1018 1018 urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:281660-1 L. 1753 1753 Magnoliopsida Brassicaceae Crambe CoL Plantae Crambe orientalis Brassicales 0 1018 Tracheophyta species orientalis   Crambe amabilisButkov & Majlun. Synonym.  Materials  Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 17; recordedBy: A. Sennikov & G. Lazkov; Taxon: family: Brassicaceae; genus: Crambe; specificEpithet: orientalis; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: L.; Location: continent: Asia; country: Kyrgyzstan; stateProvince: Talas Region; locality: Maimak railway station, W of the station; decimalLatitude: 42.6762; decimalLongitude: 71.2116; Identification: identifiedBy: G.A.Lazkov; dateIdentified: 08/07/2013; Event: eventDate: 08/07/2013; year: 2013; month: 8; day: 7; habitat: railway embankment and adjacent mountain slopes; eventRemarks: alien plant; Record Level: basisOfRecord: observation  Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 18; recordedBy: G.Lazkov; Taxon: family: Brassicaceae; genus: Crambe; specificEpithet: orientalis; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: L.; Location: continent: Asia; country: Kyrgyzstan; stateProvince: ChueyRegion; locality: 4 km NW of Ysyk-Ata Resort; verbatimElevation: 1000; decimalLatitude: 42.6376; decimalLongitude: 74.9348; Identification: identifiedBy: G.A.Lazkov; dateIdentified: 05/23/2006; Event: eventDate: 05/23/2006; year: 2006; month: 5; day: 23; habitat: allotment garden; eventRemarks: alien plant; Record Level: collectionID: 88420; institutionCode: FRU; basisOfRecord: specimen  Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 19; recordedBy: G.Lazkov; Taxon: family: Brassicaceae; genus: Crambe; specificEpithet: orientalis; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: L.; Location: continent: Asia; country: Kyrgyzstan; stateProvince: ChueyRegion; locality:  ChueyDepression, railway crossing by Petrovka Village; decimalLatitude: 42.8218; decimalLongitude: 74.0508; Identification: identifiedBy: G.A.Lazkov; dateIdentified: 08/28/2006; Event: eventDate: 08/28/2006; year: 2006; month: 8; day: 28; eventRemarks: alien plant; Record Level: collectionID: 88420; institutionCode: FRU; basisOfRecord: specimen  Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 20; recordedBy: G.Lazkov; Taxon: family: Brassicaceae; genus: Crambe; specificEpithet: orientalis; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: L.; Location: continent: Asia; country: Kyrgyzstan; stateProvince: ChueyRegion; locality: Bishkek City, by railway bridge across Manas Avenue; decimalLatitude: 42.8651; decimalLongitude: 74.587; Identification: identifiedBy: G.A.Lazkov; dateIdentified: 08/28/2006; Event: eventDate: 08/28/2006; year: 2006; month: 8; day: 28; eventRemarks: alien plant; Record Level: collectionID: 88420; institutionCode: FRU; basisOfRecord: specimen  Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 21; recordedBy: G.Lazkov; Taxon: family: Brassicaceae; genus: Crambe; specificEpithet: orientalis; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: L.; Location: continent: Asia; country: Kyrgyzstan; stateProvince: ChueyRegion; locality:  Besh-Kuengoey; decimalLatitude: 42.775; decimalLongitude: 74.655; Identification: identifiedBy: G.A.Lazkov; dateIdentified: 04/28/2006; Event: eventDate: 04/28/2006; year: 2006; month: 4; day: 28; habitat: foothills; eventRemarks: alien plant; Record Level: collectionID: 88420; institutionCode: FRU; basisOfRecord: specimen  Native distribution and occurrence in Central Asia This perennial species is native to Western Asia, ranging from Turkey to the Flora Iranica area ( Hedge 1968), including Turkmenistan ( Hedge 1968; Nikitin and Geldykhanov 1988). The first record of the alien Crambe orientalisin Western Tian-Shan is dated 1922 when a specimen was collected from the foothills between Shymkent Town (Kazakhstan) and Angren River (Uzbekistan). The species occurred abundantly on grain fields and abandoned lands in this limited area, from where it was erroneously described and subsequently accepted as the local endemic Crambe amabilisButkov & Majlun ( Kovalevskaya 1974). Most probably it was transported to the place with cultivated plants ( Botschantzev 1977).  Occurrence in Kyrgyzstan In Kyrgystan Crambe orientaliswas first recorded from the ChueyDepression in 2006 ( Lazkov and Redina 2007). The present new record (that is a novelty to the Talas Depression) fills the gap in the secondary distribution area (Fig. 8). As in the ChueyDepression, the species was observed established along the railway embankments which are its major channel of dispersal, but single plants (Fig. 5) were noticed outside the railway area on the neighbouring mountain slopes. Most likely the plants arrived from Kazakhstan where Crambe orientaliswas commonly found in the southern territories ( Lazkov and Redina 2007). In northern Kyrgyzstan the species was also observed as a garden weed ( Lazkov and Redina 2007), demonstrating multiple sources and means of dispersal and possibly arrival to the country.  Invasion status in Kyrgyzstan Established alien, spreading further along railways and with cultivated plants. Potentially invasive (as demonstrated by its naturalization in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan), although at present almost entirely confined to human-made habitats. 2013-8-7 A. Sennikov & G. Lazkov Kyrgyzstan 42.6762 Maimak railway station, W of the station 71.2116 0 1018 17 1 Other material 2006-5-23 FRU G. Lazkov Kyrgyzstan 42.6376 4 km NW of Ysyk-Ata Resort 74.9348 0 1018 18 1 Other material 2006-8-28 FRU G. Lazkov Kyrgyzstan 42.8218 Chuey Depression, railway crossing by Petrovka Village 74.0508 0 1018 19 1 Other material 2006-8-28 FRU G. Lazkov Kyrgyzstan 42.8651 Bishkek City, by railway bridge across Manas Avenue 74.587 0 1018 20 1 Other material 2006-4-28 FRU G. Lazkov Kyrgyzstan 42.775 Besh-Kuengoey 74.655 0 1018 21 1 Other material