Genetic Diversity of Natural-Populations of Acacia auriculiformis

1993 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Wickneswari ◽  
M Norwati
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Distance ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Natural Populations ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Acacia Auriculiformis ◽  
Coastal Forests ◽  
Upgma Cluster Analysis ◽  
Isozyme Loci ◽  
Improvement Programs

Seeds from 18 populations of Acacia auriculiformis A. Cunn. ex Benth. from natural riverine and coastal forests in Australia and Papua New Guinea were electrophoretically analysed at 22 isozyme loci representing 17 enzyme systems. Genetic variability measures were determined using 12 isozyme loci. On average, 39.8% of the loci were polymorphic (0.99 criterion). Average and effective numbers of alleles per locus were 1.5 and 1.1 respectively. Mean expected heterozygosity was 0.081 with values ranging from 0.002 (South Alligator River, Northern Territory) to 0.180 (North Mibini, Papua New Guinea). The genetic differentiation between populations was high (GST = 0.270), indicating that about 73% of the isozyme variation was among progenies within populations. Hence, both intra- and inter-population genetic variations are important in initial selections in A. auriculiformis improvement programs. Nei's unbiased genetic distance between populations ranged from 0.000 to 0.120, with populations from the Northern Territory, Australia, generally being very closely related to each other. UPGMA cluster analysis using Nei's unbiased genetic distance revealed three distinct clusters of populations corresponding to the geographic distribution of the species in the Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia, and Papua New Guinea. Populations from Queensland were closely related to populations from Papua New Guinea rather than to populations from the Northern Territory, which is in the same land mass.

Geographic-Variation in Seedling Morphology of Acacia auriculiformis A-Cunn ex-Benth

1991 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 247 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Pinyopusarerk ◽  
ER Williams ◽  
DJ Boland
Keyword(s):  
Geographic Variation ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Multivariate Analyses ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Acacia Auriculiformis ◽  
Seedling Morphology ◽  
Resultant Data ◽  
Evident Variation

Seedlings from 30 provenances from Papua New Guinea, Queensland and the Northern Territory, Australia, (and two from Thailand) were raised under common glasshouse conditions. Seventeen attributes were measured for each seedling and the resultant data subjected to univariate and multivariate analyses. Provenance differences were evident; variation amongst families within provenances was generally small. The Papua New Guinea, Queensland and Northern Territory material clustered into three distinct groups. There was a suggestion that the Queensland and Northern Territory populations were more closely related to each other than to those from Papua New Guinea. The Thai populations possibly came originally as seed from Queensland.

scholarly journals The incredible diversity of Labiobaetis Novikova & Kluge in New Guinea revealed by integrative taxonomy (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 804 ◽  
pp. 1-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Kaltenbach ◽  
Jean-Luc Gattolliat
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Genetic Distance ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Integrative Taxonomy ◽  
On This Island

Material collected between 1999 and 2011 in Papua New Guinea and the Papua Province of Indonesia unveiled the enormous diversity ofLabiobaetison this island. Twenty-six new species were identified and delimited by integrative taxonomy using genetic distance (COI, Kimura-2-parameter) and morphology. These new species are described and illustrated based on larvae, augmenting the total number ofLabiobaetisspecies on the island of New Guinea to 32. Seven morpho-groups of species are proposed based on morphological characters and a key to all New Guinea species is provided. The generic attributes of the larvae are summarised and slightly modified based on the examinations of the new species. Results on the genetics of most species (COI) are also provided. The interspecific K2P distances are between 13% and 32%, the intraspecific distances usually between 0% and 2%. Possible reasons for the remarkable richness of this genus in New Guinea are discussed.

Lack of isozyme similarity between Vigna unguiculata and other species of subgenus Vigna (Leguminosae)

1993 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 586-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Vaillancourt ◽  
N. F. Weeden
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Distance ◽  
Vigna Unguiculata ◽  
Genetic Distances ◽  
Close Relative ◽  
Tropical Africa ◽  
The Third ◽  
Upgma Cluster Analysis ◽  
Isozyme Loci ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Nei's Genetic Distance

The cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) is an important crop of tropical Africa, Asia, and South America. However, the relationship between the cowpea and other species of subg. Vigna is relatively unknown. The objective of this study was to assess the genetic distance among species of subg. Vigna using isozymes. Twenty-four populations of the cowpea species and 39 populations from 10 other species (at least one species per section of subgenus Vigna) were sampled. Nei's genetic distance was calculated from allelic frequencies at 26 isozyme loci. UPGMA cluster analysis was performed. The range of genetic distance among species of subg. Vigna (0.41 – 2.69) was greater than previously reported in most plant genera. Three clusters of species were apparent. The first cluster included three species of sect. Vigna (V. luteola, V. oblongifolia, and V. subterranea (the Bambara groundnut)). The second cluster grouped together sections Liebrechtsia and Macrodontae. The third cluster included V. unguiculata, V. reticulata, and V. vexillata. The distances between species of this cluster were large and of similar size in all combinations (range from 0.92 to 0.95). None of the species included in this survey can be called a close relative of V. unguiculata. Key words: Vigna, cowpea, isozymes, genetic distances.

First record of the genus Ptilocerus in the Australian Region, with the description of two new species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4410 (1) ◽  
pp. 177
Author(s):  
M. B. MALIPATIL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
First Record ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Australian Region ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time

The assassin bugs of the genus Ptilocerus Gray, 1831 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Holoptilinae) occurring in the Australian Region are reviewed for the first time, resulting in the description of two new species, viz., P. spangenbergi sp. nov. (Queensland and Northern Territory, Australia) and P. papuensis sp. nov. (Papua New Guinea). The latter species differs from P. fuscus Gray, 1831 (the type-species of genus Ptilocerus) in a couple of major external morphological characters, hence its tentative placement in the genus Ptilocerus is discussed. A key for the separation of the two new species is provided. 

Phyllosticta maculata. [Distribution map].

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
American Samoa ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Phyllosticta maculata Wong & Crous. Dothideomycetes: Phyllostictaceae. Hosts: banana (Musa spp.). Information is given on the geographical distribution in Asia (Indonesia, Java, Sulawesi, Malaysia, Sarawak, Philippines), Oceania (American Samoa, Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, Fiji, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands).

Atelocauda digitata. [Distribution map].

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
North America ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Atelocauda digitata (G. Winter) Cummins & Y. Hirats. Fungi: Teliomycetes: Uredinales Hosts: Acacia spp. Information is given on the geographical distribution in ASIA, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Java, NORTH AMERICA, USA, Hawaii, OCEANIA, Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu.

A revision of the water beetle genus Gymnochthebius Orchymont (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) for Australia and Papua New Guinea

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1024 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
PHILIP D. PERKINS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
South Australia ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Water Beetle ◽  
Microhabitat Preferences ◽  
Papua New Guinean

The Australian and Papua New Guinean species of the water beetle genus Gymnochthebius Orchymont, 1943, are revised, based on the study of 4,904 specimens. The genus is redescribed, and redescriptions are provided for G. australis (Blackburn), G. brisbanensis (Blackburn), G. clarki (Deane), G. levis (Deane), G. lividus (Deane), G. notalis (Deane), and G. tenebricosus (Deane). Lectotypes are designated for Ochthebius australis Blackburn, 1888, and Ochthebius tenebricosus Deane, 1931. Ochthebius fischeri Deane, 1931, and Ochthebius leai Deane, 1931, are synonymized with Ochthebius australis Blackburn, 1888; Ochthebius flavocinctus Deane 1933, is synonymized with Ochthebius lividus Deane, 1933; and Ochthebius angustipennis Deane, 1931, is synonymized with Ochthebius clarki Deane, 1931. Twenty-nine new species are described, and a key to the 36 species known from Australia and Papua New Guinea is given. High resolution digital images of all primary types are presented (online version in color), the male genitalia are illustrated, and Australian geographic distributions are mapped. Only one species, G. clarki, inhabits both Australia and Papua New Guinea; two species, G. bacchusi n. sp. and G. papua n. sp. are endemic to Papua New Guinea; 33 species are endemic to Australia. Members of Gymnochthebius are found at the gravelly/sandy/silty margins of flowing and standing water. A preliminary grouping of species according to microhabitat substrate is presented. Correspondences between ventral morphology and microhabitat preferences suggest that a few species are evolving toward humicolous habits. New species of Gymnochthebius are: G. angulonotus (Queensland, Tinaroo Creek Road via Mareeba), G. bacchusi (Papua New Guinea, Morobe District, c. 7 miles Lae Bulolo Road), G. benesculptus (South Australia, Warburton River, 1 km N White Bull Yard Kalamurina Stn.), G. coruscus (South Australia, Warburton River, 1 km N White Bull Yard Kalamurina Stn.), G. fontinalis (South Australia, Elizabeth (Mound) Springs, 7 km NW Coward Springs R.S.), G. fumosus (New South Wales, Sydney), G. hesperius (Western Australia, Lyndon River Bridge), G. inlineatus (Western Australia, Millstream, creek near Deep Reach), G. lustrosulcus (Queensland, Cloncurry), G. minipunctus (Northern Territory, Palm Valley), G. nanosetus (Northern Territory, Roderick Creek, Gregory National Park), G. nicki (Victoria, Possum Hollow falls, West branch Tarwin River, 5.6 km SSW Allambee), G. nigriceps (South Australia, Mound Spring near Coward Springs), G. papua (Papua New Guinea, Morobe District, ca. 10 km S Garaina Saureri), G. perpunctus (South Australia, Somme Creek, between Angaston and Sedan), G. pluvipennis (South Australia, Warburton

scholarly journals Pemanfaatan Tumbuhan Diwoka (Piper Macropiper Pennant) oleh Suku Dani, Wamena

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-45
Author(s):  
KONSTANTINA M. B KAMEUBUN ◽  
ROSANIA REHIARA ◽  
FRANS DEMINGGUS
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Scientific Name ◽  
Earth Oven ◽  
The Way

Ethnobotanical and taxonomical studies are conducted to uncover the scientific name, uses as well as utilization of Diwoka (local name) popular to the Dani people in Wamena. The local name, Diwoka, is determined by its scientific name Piper macropiper Pennant. Piper macropiper has been used by the Dani people to serve as spices when foods are cooked traditionally by stone-fired earth oven (bakarbatu) or prepared in other ways such as stir-frying vegetables, fish, and meat. The leaves can be consumed uncooked the way salad is consumed beside it is functioned as medicine as well. The distribution of this type of plant is found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Australia (Northern territory), Brunei, and Sri Lanka

Morphological and genetic relationships among populations of Scotorepens sanbomi (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Papua, New Guinea, Australia and Indonesia.

1994 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
D.J. Kitchener ◽  
M. Adams
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Genetic Relationships ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Wing Loading ◽  
The West ◽  
West Timor ◽  
Western Australian ◽  
Discriminant Function Analyses

Skull and external morphology and the genetic relationships of Scotorepens sanbomi individuals were studied for populations in Papua New Guinea, Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia and West Timor (a recently discovered population). Discriminant function analyses showed that animals from West Timor were large and similar in size and shape to those from Papua New Guinea and Queensland; their skull dimensions were closer to Queensland animals whereas their external dimensions were closer to Papua New Guinea animals. The West Timor, Papua New Guinea and Queensland animals were considerably larger in skull', external and baculum measurements than the Western Australian animals. The Northern Territory animals were intermediate, but closer to the Western Australian animals. The latter also showed some proportional (shape) differences from animals in these other populations. The largest animals (West Timor) had a relatively high wing loading and higher aspect ratio than the smallest (Western Australia) animals. This suggests that on West Timor the species forage in less cluttered airspace, probably higher above the vegetation, than their counterparts from Western Australia. Allozyme electrophoresis of 3lloci revealed considerable genetic heterogeneity between the populations (Nei Ds range 0.023- 0.158). The West Timor population was genetically most similar to the Western Australia and Northern Territory populations and most divergent from both the Queensland and New Guinea populations.

Observations of the 'Critically Endangered' bare-rumped sheathtail bat Saccolaimus saccolaimus Temminck (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae) on Cape York Peninsula, Queensland.

2001 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 185 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Fire Regimes ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
Cape York

THE bare-rumped sheathtailed bat Saccolaimus saccolaimus is a poorly understood species that has a wide distribution covering parts of India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaya, Indonesia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Northern Australia (Bonaccorso 1998). First collected in Australia by De Vis near Cardwell, the current known distribution in Queensland (Qld) extends from Bowen to Cooktown with one isolated specimen collected near Coen on Cape York Peninsula (Hall 1995; Duncan et al. 1999). It has also been recorded in the Alligator River area in the Northern Territory (McKean et al. 1981). The conservation status of S. saccolaimus in Qld has recently been defined as ?Critically Endangered?, and the species has not been recorded anywhere in Australia for at least 18 years (Duncan et al. 1999; Menkhorst and Knight 2001). The likely reasons for the apparent decline are unclear, but may involve land-clearing and changed fire regimes in the coastal zone where it is thought to occur (Duncan et al. 1999). In contrast, Bonaccorso (1998) considers S. saccolaimus to be secure, albeit also poorly known in Papua New Guinea.

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