New records in vascular plants alien to Kyrgyzstan Author Lazkov, Georgy Author Sennikov, Alexander text Biodiversity Data Journal 2014 2 1018 1018 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1018 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1018 1314-2828-2-1018 Arrhenatherum elatius J.Presl & C.Presl 1819 Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: 32 ; recordedBy: student excursion of the Department of botany and plant physiology, Kyrgyz National University ; Taxon: family: Poaceae; genus: Arrhenatherum; specificEpithet: elatius; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl; Location: continent: Asia; country: Kyrgyzstan ; stateProvince: Ysyk-Koel Region; locality: Vicinity of Bosteri Village ; decimalLatitude: 42.6464 ; decimalLongitude: 77.1656 ; Identification: identifiedBy: G.A.Lazkov; dateIdentified: 08/15/2013; Event: eventDate: 01/06/2013-31/06/2013 ; year: 2013; month: 6; eventRemarks: alien plant; Record Level: collectionID: 88420; institutionCode: FRU ; basisOfRecord: specimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: 33 ; recordedBy: A. Sennikov & G. Lazkov ; Taxon: family: Poaceae; genus: Arrhenatherum; specificEpithet: elatius; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl; Location: continent: Asia; country: Kyrgyzstan ; stateProvince: Talas Region; locality: Talas Valley, Koek-Say Village ; verbatimElevation: 1220; decimalLatitude: 42.510106 ; decimalLongitude: 71.117674 ; Identification: identifiedBy: A.N.Sennikov; dateIdentified: 08/08/2013; Event: eventDate: 08/08/2013 ; year: 2013; month: 8; day: 8; habitat: Remnants of old cultivation along an artificial brook, dispersed and established; fieldNumber: 195; eventRemarks: alien plant; Record Level: collectionID: 88420; institutionCode: FRU ; basisOfRecord: specimen Native distribution and occurrence in Central Asia This economically important species is very commonly cultivated in Europe as forage and ornamental plant, often escaping and getting established ( Tzvelev 1976 ). Its native distribution area lies in Europe, the Mediterranean and Western Asia ( Tzvelev 1976 ). In the mountainous Central Asia, in addition to the native occurrence in Turkmenistan ( Rozhevits 1932 , Nikitin and Geldykhanov 1988 ), it was locally cultivated on experimental fields but had never been commonly introduced ( Sidorenko 1957 ). In Kazakhstan Arrhenatherum elatius was cultivated for artificial grasslands and lawns, and characterized as easy to run wild ( Gamayunova 1956 ). Occurrence in Kyrgyzstan This species has never been reported from Kyrgyzstan. We observed Arrhenatherum elatius growing as self-sawn relics of abandoned cultivation in the private garden in Koek-Say Village (southwestern part of the Talas Depression), originally planted for forage and now spreading along artificial brooks outside the village. Another record (Fig. 8) comes from a student excursion to the northern side of the Ysyk-Koel Lake, where the species was cultivated as ornamental plant in the resort area. Invasion status in Kyrgyzstan The species may be considered locally established at Koek-Say because of its persistence and spread from the place of original cultivation. In the observed place the species does not show obvious threats to the native vegetation. The invasion status of the other locality is not ascertained.