A taxonomic revision of the Australasian genera Dracophyllum and Richea (Richeeae: Styphelioideae: Ericaceae)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanus Venter
Keyword(s):  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
Species Being

The genus Dracophyllum Labill. is revised, with a total of 61 species being recognised in four subgenera and two species (Dracophyllum minimum F.Muell. and D. strictum Hook.f.) are listed as incertae sedis. The genus Richea R.Br. is reduced to synonymy under Dracophyllum where it is divided into two new subgenera, namely, Dracophyllum subgenus Cystanthe (R.Br.) S.Venter and D. subgenus Richea (R.Br.) S.Venter. Replacement names published here are Dracophyllum laciniatum S.Venter, D. persistentifolium S.Venter and D. tasmanicum S.Venter, and new combinations published here are Dracophyllum alpinum (Menadue) S.Venter, D. continentis (B.L.Burtt) S.Venter, D. desgrazii (Hombr. ex Decne.) S.Venter, D. gunnii (Hook.f.) S.Venter, D. pandanifolia (Hook.f.) S.Venter, D. procerum (F.Muell.) S.Venter, D. sprengelioides (R.Br.) S.Venter and D. victorianum (Menadue) S.Venter. Nomenclature, descriptions, illustrations, photographs and distribution maps are provided for each species and lectotypes are designated where necessary. A key to the subgenera and keys to species within these are provided.

scholarly journals Taxonomic revision of Saudi Arabian Tetraena Maxim. and Zygophyllum L. (Zygophyllaceae) with one new variety and four new combinations

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dhafer Ahmed Alzahrani ◽  
Enas Jameel Albokhari
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Status ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Fruit Shape ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
New Variety ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Flower Traits ◽  
Saline Habitats ◽  
Plant Taxon

The genera Tetraena Maxim. and Zygophyllum L. (Zygophyllaceae) present different morphological characters, viz. growth habit, leaf features, flower traits and fruit shape, and have a high diversity of species in Africa, Australia and Asia. Six species of Tetraena [T. alba (L.f.) Beier & Thulin, T. coccinea (L) Beier & Thulin, T. decumbens (Delile) Beier & Thulin, T. hamiensis (Schwein f.) Beier & Thulin, T. propinqua (Decne.) Ghaz. & Osborne and T. simplex (L.) Beier & Thulin], and one species of Zygophyllum (Z. fabago L.) have been identified in Saudi Arabia, most of which grow in sandy soils and saline habitats as shrubs and herbs. One new endemic variety (T. alba var. arabica Alzahrani & Albokhari) along with four new combinations [T. alba var. amblyocarpa (Baker) Alzahrani & Albokhari, T. hamiensis var. qatarensis (Hadidi ex Beier & Thulin) Alzahrani & Albokhari, T. hamiensis var. mandavillei (Hadidi ex Beier & Thulin) Alzahrnai & Albokhari, and T. propinqua subsp. migahidii (Hadidi ex Beier & Thulin) Alzahrani & Albokhari] are proposed. Descriptions, illustrations, distribution maps and a key for identification of the taxa are presented. Conservation status has been proposed for the new variety and combinations.Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 25(1): 19-43, 2018 (June)

scholarly journals Revision of the African species of Monanthotaxis (Annonaceae)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.H. Hoekstra ◽  
J.J. Wieringa ◽  
P.J.M. Maas ◽  
L.W. Chatrou
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Status ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Floral Biology ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Rain Forests ◽  
Tropical Africa ◽  
African Species ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Vernacular Names ◽  
History Of

This taxonomic revision of the continental African species of Monanthotaxis (Annonaceae) includes 79 species and one variety. Thirteen new species (M. aestuaria, M. bidaultii, M. confusa, M. glabra, M. hexamera, M. mcphersonii, M. quasilanceolata, M. sterilis, M. submontana, M. suffruticosa, M. ursus, M. vulcanica and M. wieringae) are described and 5 new combinations (M. biglandulosa, M. kenyensis, M. ochroleuca, M. pynaertii and M. seretii) are made. The genus Monanthotaxis consists of lianas or lianescent shrubs. It occurs throughout forests in tropical Africa and the highest species diversity is found in the Western Central African rain forests. A key for flowering material is provided, just like a synoptic key including 45 characters. Topics included in the revision are the history of the taxonomy of Monanthotaxis, morphology, leaf anatomy, floral biology, distribution and habitat, phylogeny and finally ethnobotany and phytochemistry. Each species is fully described including synonymy, notes on distribution, habitat & ecology, vernacular names, uses and a preliminary IUCN conservation status. Distribution maps are provided for all species, illustrations for 48 species and photographs of 22 species. An index of exsiccatae and an index of the scientific names are included at the end.

New combinations in Asiatic Oxybasis (Amaranthaceae s.l.): evidence from morphological, carpological and molecular data

Phytotaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 144 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander P. Sukhorukov ◽  
Pertti Uotila ◽  
Mingli Zhang ◽  
Hong-Xiang Zhang ◽  
Anna S. Speranskaya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Altai Mountains ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Specific Rank ◽  
First Time ◽  
Species Being ◽  
A New Species

Two new combinations are proposed in Oxybasis (Chenopodioideae, Chenopodiaceae or Amaranthaceae s.l.). Chenopodium micranthum, described from Russia in the 1860s and known as C. urbicum subsp. sinicum in China, is assigned specific rank in Oxybasis. It appears to be widespread in China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Asiatic Russia. The Siberian-Mongolian C. gubanovii, recently described as a new species in Chenopodium sect. Pseudoblitum, is also assigned to Oxybasis. Molecular phylogenetic analysis using maximum likelihood (ML) and maximum parsimony (MP) methods confirmed the placement of C. micranthum and C. gubanovii in the genus Oxybasis. Distribution maps of O. micrantha and O. gubanovii are provided, the latter species being reported for the first time in the Chinese part of the Altai Mountains. A lectotype for C. micranthum (= O. micrantha) is designated.

scholarly journals Taxonomic revision of Ceropegia sec. Huernia (Asclepiadoideae – Apocynaceae) in Saudi Arabia with four new combinations

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samah Alharbi ◽  
Rahmah Al Qthanin
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Principal Coordinates Analysis ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Principal Coordinates ◽  
Conservation Assessments ◽  
Iucn Criteria

This study provides a taxonomic revision for Ceropegia sec. Huernia in the flora of Saudi Arabia. Forty-eight quantitative and qualitative morphological characters were analysed using principal component analysis (PCA), principal coordinates analysis (PCoA) and the unweighted pairs group using mean average (UPGMA) to separate and help delimit taxa. We proposed to reduce the number of names reported in Saudi Arabia from 11 to four species: C. arabica comb. nov.,C. Khalidbinsultanii comb. nov., C. laevis and C. lodarensis. This study also suggested reducing two of Plowes’ new names to a variety level under C. lodarensis (var. foetida comb. nov. and var. rubrosticta comb. nov.). A key to the species, detailed morphological descriptions, illustrations, distribution maps, ecology, etymology and preliminarily conservation assessments following IUCN criteria are provided.

Taxonomic revision of Justicia sect. Harnieria (Acanthaceae) from the Philippines

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 483 (3) ◽  
pp. 190-210
Author(s):  
YI TONG ◽  
YUNFEI DENG
Keyword(s):  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Line Drawings ◽  
First Time

Justicia sect. Harnieria is revised from the Philippines for the first time. Seven species are recognized. Two new combinations (J. aspera and J. ramosii) and a replacement name (J. sulitii) are proposed. An identification key to the species is provided. The lectotype is designated for the name Justicia loheri. The description, line drawings and distribution maps are also provided for each species excluding J. aspera.

Taxonomic revision of Leandra sect. Leandra (Melastomataceae, Miconieae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 262 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARCELO REGINATO
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Phylogenetic Hypothesis ◽  
General Morphology ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
History Of ◽  
First Time

A taxonomic monograph of a re-circumscribed Leandra sect. Leandra is presented. The new circumscription is based on a previous phylogenetic hypothesis, and diagnostic morphological characters are discussed. Four new combinations to Leandra are proposed, one from Clidemia (L. capilliflora) and three from Ossaea (L. capitata, L. cogniauxii and L. loligomorpha). Additionally, eight species are treated as synonyms for the first time, and 15 lectotypes are designated. A review of the 17 recognized species, including descriptions, synonymy, illustrations and distribution maps, is provided. This work also includes an overview of general morphology, leaf and flower anatomy, phenology and geographical distribution. Species with a history of taxonomic problems and/or with distinctive morphotypes are further investigated with morphometrics tools.

scholarly journals Taxonomic revision of the Andean genus Eulibitia Roewer, 1912 (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cosmetidae), with the description of five new species

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Medrano ◽  
Adriano B. Kury
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Incertae Sedis

The genus Eulibitia was described by Roewer including three species from Colombia and Ecuador: Eulibitia maculata Roewer, 1912, E. annulipes Roewer, 1912 and E. sexpunctata Roewer, 1914. Herein, the genus is revisited and only the type species, Eulibitia maculata Roewer, 1912 is maintained from the previous configuration. Eulibitia sexpunctata is transferred to Ambatoiella Mello- Leitão, 1943 and E. annulipes is considered as Cosmetinae incertae sedis. Acromares lateralis Goodnight & Goodnight, 1943 and Paramessa castanea (Sørensen, 1932) are here considered junior subjective synonyms of Messatana scalaris (Sørensen, 1932) and Eulibitia maculata, respectively. Brachylibitia Mello-Leitão, 1941, currently a junior synonym of Platymessa, is regarded as a synonym of Eulibitia. Platymessa Mello-Leitão, 1941, with two species, and the monotypic genera Messatana Strand, 1942 and Paramessa Mello-Leitão, 1933, are synonymized with Eulibitia Roewer, 1912, yielding the following new combinations: Eulibitia ectroxantha (for Brachylibitia ectroxantha Mello-Leitão, 1941), E. h-inscriptum (for Platymessa h-inscripta Mello-Leitão, 1941) and E. scalaris (for Libitia (Messa) scalaris Sørensen, 1932). Eulibitia is re-diagnosed and five new species are described: E. castor sp. nov., E. pollux sp. nov., E. clytemnestra sp. nov., E. leda sp. nov. and E. helena sp. nov. A key to the nine Eulibitia species is presented; the morphology of Eulibitia is compared with that of Libitia, Libitiella and Ambatoiella.

scholarly journals A taxonomic revision of Curarea Barneby & Krukoff (Menispermaceae)

PhytoKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 100 ◽  
pp. 9-89
Author(s):  
Rosa del C. Ortiz
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Conservation Assessment ◽  
Plant Family ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Quantitative Characters ◽  
Key Species ◽  
Species Descriptions

A monograph of Curarea, a neotropical genus in the plant family Menispermaceae, is presented. Curarea is distinguished from related genera by the combination of staminate flowers with sepals in two whorls and pistillate flowers with three petals, three carpels and usually elongated carpophores bearing three sessile drupelets. Nine species are recognised, amongst them two new to science, C.gentryana from Ecuador and C.barnebyana, from Ecuador and Peru. Additionally, two new combinations, C.iquitana and C.tomentocarpa, are proposed for distinct taxa recovered in a multivariate analysis of quantitative characters of the broadly distributed and morphologically variable C.toxicofera. The anatomy and morphology of species in the genus is documented, identification key, species descriptions, distribution maps and a preliminary conservation assessment for all accepted species are also provided. Of the nine species recognised here, C.barnebyana is assigned a preliminary status of Vulnerable, C.crassa (known only from the coastal Atlantic Forest in Brazil) and C.gentryana (endemic to western Ecuador) are both assigned a preliminary status of Endangered.

A revision of the genus Syagrus (Arecaceae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 294 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
LARRY R. NOBLICK
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Complete List ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Conservation Assessment ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Species Descriptions

Presented here is a taxonomic revision of the Neotropical palm genus Syagrus (Arecaceae, Arecoideae, Cocoseae, Attaleinae), which is mostly from South America and primarily from Brazil. The history of the genus is reviewed. The revision includes a key, a complete list of synonymy, species descriptions, a list of specimens, distribution maps, color plates, and a conservation assessment of each species. Included herein are 65 species, 2 subspecies, and 14 natural hybrids. Of these palms, one is new (Syagrus pimentae); three are new combinations (S. cataphracta, S. elata, S. × dickensonii); and two have changed their status (S. graminifolia subsp. graminifolia and S. graminifolia subsp. glazioviana). Of the fourteen naturally occurring hybrids, eleven have hybrid names and three do not. This revision is an important contribution to the taxonomy and identification of Syagrus species from South America and the Caribbean, and is the culmination of many years of lab and fieldwork.

Revision of the spider genus Sparianthis Simon, 1880 (Araneae, Sparassidae, Sparianthinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4890 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-191
Author(s):  
CRISTINA A. RHEIMS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
Nomina Dubia ◽  
First Time

The genus Sparianthis Simon is revised. Pseudosparianthis Simon and Sampaiosia Mello-Leitão are considered junior synonyms of Sparianthis and thus, seven new combinations are proposed: S. accentuata (Caporiacco) comb. nov., S. chickeringi (Gerstch) comb. nov., S. fusca (Simon) comb. nov., S. megalopalpa (Caporiacco) comb. nov., S. picta (Simon) comb. nov. and S. ravida (Simon) comb. nov. are transferred from Pseudosparianthis and S. crulsi (Mello-Leitão) comb. nov. from Sampaiosia. Two additional new combinations are proposed: Decaphora ambigua (Caporiacco) comb. nov. and Uaiuara jayuyae (Petrunkevitch) comb. nov. are transferred from Pseudosparianthis and, together with S. fusca, are considered nomina dubia. Sparianthis accentuata is considered incertae sedis. The male of S. chickeringi and the female of S. crulsi are described for the first time and six new species are described: S. beebei sp. nov. (♂♀) from Trinidad and S. caracarai sp. nov. (♂♀) from Roraima, S. boraris sp. nov. (♂♀) and S. juruti sp. nov. (♂♀) from Pará, and S. humaita sp. nov. (♂♀) and S. juazeiro sp. nov. (♀) from Acre, all in Brazil. All species are redescribed and illustrated. In addition, an identification key and updated distribution maps for all species of the genus are included. 

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