Hungarian plant trait database – the structureCsecserits A.1, Botta-Dukát Z.1, Bölöni J.1, Csontos P.2, , Kalapos T.2, Kenderes K.2, Kun A.1,

Morschhauser T.3, Papp L.4, Rédei D.5, Rédei T.6, Varróné Darók J.3

1. Institute of Ecology and Botany, HAS, Alkotmány u. 2-4, H-2163, Vácrátót, Hungary, 2. Dept. of Plant Taxonomy and Ecology, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány P. St 1/c, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary, 3. Dept. of Botany, University of Pécs, Ifjúság str. 6., H-7624, Pécs, Hungary, 4. Botanical Garden, University of Debrecen, Zsindely str. 1. H-4225, Debrecen, Hungary, 5. Dept. of Pharmacognosy, University of Szeged, Eötvös str. 6. H-6720, Szeged, Hungary, 6. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Baross srt 13. H-1083, Budapest, Hungary

Email: aniko@botanika.hu

Introduction 2. There are publicated databasis of Hungarian species for the following plant traits

Summary

Total species

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Flora database (N=2516)

Biopop 414 386

Elecol 502 435

Seedbank 1184 850

We compared the plant species list of the Biopop (Kleyer, M 1995: Biological traits of vascular plants. A database), Elecol (Hodgson J.G., Grime J.P., Hunt R. és Thompson K.1995: The electronic comparative plant ecology) and Seedbank (Thompson K., Bakker J.P., Bekker R. M. 1997: The soil seed banks of North West Europe) with the Hungarian species list (Horváth F., Dobolyi K., Morschhauser T., Lőkös L, Karas L.,Szerdahelyi T. 1995: Flóra adatbázis Vácrátót)• We looked, if the common species are representative for the total Hungarian species list on the basis of two, already know plant trait: area type and water indicator number? We used the data of the Hungarian Flora database.• We used Chi2-test for every area type and every water indicator number.

Plant traits are widely used informations for describing and analising patterns and processes of vegetation. Some plant traits are easily measurable, some plant traits needs many time (years) to measure, so it looks a good solution to use databases of other countries. There are many available databases for West-European floras, but their applicability in East- Europe is restricted, i.e. the same species may have different plant trait on different climates and there are East-European species that do not occur in West-Europe. We have started to compose a database for Hungarian vascular flora, which consists of app. 2500 vascular plant species. Now we present the first 3 step of this project

1. Study of the applicability of West-European databases for the Hungarian

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2. Looking for published plant trait data bases for Hungarian species

3. Developing of the structure of the new Hungarian database

Seedbank, seed mass: Csontos P. 2001: A természetes magbank kutatásának módszerei (Methods of studying the natural seedbank) Scientia kiadó, Budapest - in Hungarian

Seedsize, dispersal method. Csontos P. 2002: A magökológiai adatbázis és alkalmazhatósága a botanikai kutatásban (The seed ecological database and applicability in the botanical research) in: Papp L. & Borhidi A. (szerk.): Szupraindividuális biológiai kutatások, Vácrátót - in Hungarian

Indicator numbers, lifeform, geographical area, natural conservation state of Hungarian populations: Horváth F., Dobolyi K., Morschhauser T., Lőkös L, Karas L., Szerdahelyi T. 1995: Flóra adatbázis (Flora Database) Vácrátót

Photosysntethic type: Kalapos T.1991: C3 and C4 grasses of Hungary: environmental requirements, phenology and role in the vegetation Abstracta Botanica 15: 83-88,

Kalapos, T. , Baloghné-Nyakas, A. és Csontos, P., 1997: Occurence and ecological characteristics of C4 dicot and Cyperaceae species in the Hungarian flora Photosynthetica 33(2): 227-240

Mycorrhizzae: Kovács, G. M. & Szigetvári, Cs. 2002: Mycorrhizae and other root-associated fungal structures of the plants of a sandy grassland on the Great Hungarian Plain Phyton 42 (2): 211-223

Ripening time: Papp L. 1994: Védett harasztok és virágos növények spóra- és termésérési időszakai (fenofázisai) hazánkban (Spore and fruit ripening time of protected ferns and flowering plants) – Calandrella VIII 1-2: 26-53 - in Hungarian

Geographical distribution, ploidity, cromosome number, pollination type, dispersal type: Soó R. 1964-1980: A magyar flóra és vegetáció rendszertani-növényföldrajzi kézikönyve, I-VI. (Systematical and plant geographical handbook of the Hungarian flora and vegetation) Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest - in Hungarian

Indicator numbers. Zólyomi, B. Baráth Z. Fekete G., Jakucs P., Kárpáti I., Kovács M.& Máthé I. 1967: Einreihung von 1400 Arten der ungarischen Flora in ökologische Gruppen nach TWR-Zahlen Fragm. Bot. 4: 101-142

Borhidi A. 1995: Social behaviour types, the naturalness and relative ecological indicator values of the higher plants in the Hungarian Flora Act. Bot. Hung. 39 (1-2): 97-181

Flowering time, habitat type, distribution in Hungary: Farkas S. (ed.) 1999: Magyarország védett növényei (Protected species of Hungary) Mezőgazda kiadó, Budapest - in Hungarian

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Distribution of different dispersal types/water indicator numbers in the Hungarian Flora (in percentage) and in the common species list of the selected database and Hungarian Flora (in percentage).Water indicator number: 1: driest species, 12: aquatic species, Distribution types: Atl: Atlantic, Euro: European, Euroasian, North: boreal, alpin, East: Continental, Cos: Cosmopolitan and adventive, Med: Mediterranean, Pan: Pannonic and endemic, Non: non know distribution

There is a need for a good database of easily measurable or already mesured plant traits of Hungarian vascular plants. The planned database will contain information for the most important plant traits and for the most important species of Hungarian flora. European databases do not contain data for many of theses species. We plan to publish the new database in the year 2004. If you are interested in the database or in the published databeses listed in the poster, please contact us.

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Main collum Subcollums unit Notes, ValuesSpecies nameAuctorSoó-number connection with other Hungarian databasisLife longevity - year <1, 1, 2, 2-5, 5-30, 30<Flowering time First flowering month 1-12

second flowering month 1-12

Flowering frequency of a individual

piece 1, 2, many

Age at the first flowering month 1>, 1-3, 3-6, 6-12, 12-24, 24-240, 240<Life-form Raunkier From the Hungarian Flora database

Raunkier main typeUjvarosi other Hungarian system

Ellenberg & Muller-Dombois

Height of vegetativ part Mmax cmMmin cmMmed cmnote

Lateral size of vegetative stem

cm 10c>, 10-100, 100<

monomer, clonalVegetative reproduction potential yes, no

importance always, frequently, rarely, never

Vegetastive reproduction pattern

falanx, gerilla

Vegetative reproduction organ

origin root, stem, leaf

organ bud, bulbil, stolons, etc.Leaf fenology main Aestival, vernal, Hibernal, Semik-evergreen, Evergren

otherPhotosynthetic pathway type C3, C4, CAM

determination method

leaf anatomy, isotope, physiology, taxonomic

Nutrition dominant typeautotrophic, saprotrophic, hemisaprotrophic, parasitic, hemiparasitic, mycotrophic

Dispersule organ seed, fruit, sporeTime of seed dispersal month 1-12

Seed weight 1000 seed g>0,2, 0,21-0,5, 0,51-1,0, 1,01-2,0, 2,01-4,0, 4,01-10,0, 10,1-50,0, 50<

1000min g1000max g

Seed form Hmin - slenderness (lengh/width)

Hmax -Lmin - flatness (thickness/width)Lmax -

Studied dispersule seed, fruit, spore

Dispersal type dominant typeanemochor, anthropochor, autochor, endozoochor, epizoochor, hydrochor, myrmekochor, zoochor

anemochor yes, noanthropochor yes, noautochor yes, noendozoochor yes, noepizoochor yes, nohydrochor yes, noother yes, no

Seedbank type transient, short-term pesistent, long-term persistentPollen vector wind, insect, water, selfed, otherArea size 1 (smallest) -7(largest), 8 (cosmopolitan), 9(adventive)

Area form1 (izoated), 2 (dispers), 3 (disjunct), 4 (discontinuous), 5 (continuous)

Area centrePannon, North, North-east, East, South-east, South, South-west, West, North-west, alpin, cosmopolitan

Specific leaf area SLAmin m2/kgSLAmax m2/kgSLAmed m2/kgTmin mTmax mTmed mBTDmin kg/m3BTDmax kg/m3BTDmed kg/m3

Mycorrhize frequency always, frequently, rarely, neverRoot depth cm 0-10, 10-50, 50-100, 100-500, 500<Bud morfology position

hiddenconnectivity to stemformcoverscalesize cmcolor

Chemical characters flavourtoxicitytypical compound

typical physio-logical effect