A mangrove hybrid Sonneratia xurama (Sonneratiaceae) from northern Australia and southern New Guinea

1994 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 521 ◽  
Author(s):  
NC Duke
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Putative Hybrid ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
Mangrove Forests ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
Floral Phenology ◽  
Sonneratia Alba ◽  
Distribution And Ecology ◽  
East West

The putative hybrid tree taxon, Sonneratia alba x S. lanceolata, previously reported for two incomplete herbarium specimens from northern Australia and south-east West Irian, has since been observed and collected in mangrove forests of southern Papua New Guinea. It is morphologically uniform and is described as S. xurama. Notes on its floral phenology, distribution and ecology are given, including a key to all major Sonneratia taxa in this region.

An endemic mangrove species, Avicennia integra sp. nov. (Avicenniaceae), in northern Australia*

1988 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 177 ◽  
Author(s):  
NC Duke
Keyword(s):  
New Guinea ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
Mangrove Species ◽  
Floral Phenology ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Distribution And Ecology ◽  
Distinguishing Character

This taxon was recognised in Australian mangrove assemblages as Avicennia oficinalis L., which is commonly found in Indo-Malesia and southern New Guinea. However, it is morphologically distinct, and the major distinguishing character of entire margins for calyx and bracts is unique in the genus. This species, described here as A. integra, occurs only in the Northern Territory of Australia. It therefore has the dual distinction for an Australian mangrove species of not only being endemic, but also being absent from the floristically rich tidal forests of north-eastern Queensland. Notes on its floral phenology, distribution and ecology are also given.* Aust. Inst. Marine Sci. Contrib. No. 417.

Revision of the genus Mitelloides Evans, with two new species from northern Australia (Homoptera: Cicadellidae)

1990 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-288
Author(s):  
M.M. Stevens
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
North East ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Torres Strait

AbstractThe genus Mitelloides Evans is revised. Three species are recognised and described; M. moaensis Evans (the type species) and two new species, M. thorntonensís and M. mouldsi. A key to the males of the genus is provided, and the known distributions of all species are mapped. The genus is known only from north-east Queensland, the Torres Strait Islands, and Papua New Guinea.

scholarly journals A revision of the ant genus Probolomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Proceratiinae) in Australia and Melanesia

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3444 (1) ◽  
pp. 40 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. O. SHATTUCK ◽  
N. R. GUNAWARDENE ◽  
B. HETERICK
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
First Time

Five species of the rarely encountered ant genus Probolomyrmex are known from Australia and Papua New Guinea, four of which are described here for the first time. Two species belong to the greavesi species-group (P. greavesi, P. latalongus sp. n.) while three belong to the longinodus species-group (P. aliundus sp. n., P. newguinensis sp. n., P. simplex sp. n.). The genus is now known to occur broadly across northern Australia and P. newguinensis and P. simplex are the first species of the genus described from Papua New Guinea. A key to Australian and Melanesian species is provided.

scholarly journals New names and status for Pacific spiny species of Solanum (Solanaceae, subgenus Leptostemonum Bitter; the Leptostemonum Clade)

PhytoKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 145 ◽  
pp. 1-36
Author(s):  
Donald H. R. McClelland ◽  
Michael Nee ◽  
Sandra Knapp
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
New Type

Five new species of spiny solanums (Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum Bitter; the Leptostemonum Clade) are described from the islands of the Pacific. Two of the new species are from Fiji (S. pseudopedunculatum D.McClelland, sp. nov. and S. ratale D.McClelland, sp. nov.), two from New Caledonia (S. memoayanum D.McClelland, sp. nov. and S. semisucculentum D.McClelland, sp. nov.), one from Papua New Guinea (S. labyrinthinum D.McClelland, sp. nov.) and another from Vanuatu (S. vanuatuense D.McClelland, sp. nov.). A new status and combination is provided for the rare Hawaiian endemic S. caumii (F.Br.) D.McClelland, comb. et stat. nov. and a new type designated for S. peekelii Bitter of Papua New Guinea, for which a description is also provided. All species are illustrated with digitized herbarium specimens, mapped and have been assigned a preliminary conservation status using current IUCN guidelines. Details of all specimens examined are provided in a Suppl. materials 1: file SM1.

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