Three new species of Aulonemia (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) from the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest

Phytotaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 156 (4) ◽  
pp. 235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Lage Viana ◽  
Tarciso S. Filgueiras
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Unusual Feature ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest ◽  
Habitat Distribution ◽  
Brazilian Species ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest

Three new Brazilian species of Aulonemia, a Neotropical woody bamboo genus, are described and illustrated: Aulonemia cincta, with its distinctive corky girdles; Aulonemia prolifera, characterized, among other Brazilian congeners, by its fimbriate leaf sheaths; and Aulonemia soderstromii, with its conspicuous cluster of spreading fimbriae. These new species all propagate by amphipodial rhizomes, an unusual feature shared with the Brazilian species A. aristulata, with which they are morphologically compared. Comments about habitat, distribution, phenology, and conservation status for each species are provided, as well as photographs taken in the wild.

Three new species of Besleria (Gesneriaceae) from the southeastern Brazilian Atlantic rainforest

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 263 (3) ◽  
pp. 270 ◽  
Author(s):  
GABRIEL E. FERREIRA ◽  
IDIMÁ G. COSTA ◽  
ANDRÉA O. ARAUJO ◽  
MICHAEL G. HOPKINS ◽  
ALAIN CHAUTEMS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest ◽  
Phylogenetic Studies ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest

Besleria is a Neotropical genus of terrestrial herbs, shrubs and small trees growing in the understory of rainforests, with more than 160 recognized species, and is one of the larger and more diverse genera of Gesneriaceae. It belongs to the monophyletic tribe Beslerieae, and recent phylogenetic studies indicate that the genus is monophyletic. During field expeditions in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest, we collected specimens that could not be identified as any described species. After morphological analysis and comparison with related species, we assigned these specimens to three new species of Besleria. In this paper, we describe and illustrate Besleria aurea, B. brevicalyx and B. diabolica and provide data on their ecology, distribution and conservation status.

Three new species of Xyris (Xyridaceae) from the Espinhaço Range, Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 204 (3) ◽  
pp. 213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria das Graças Lapa Wanderley ◽  
Nara F. O. Mota
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Habitat Distribution ◽  
Espinhaço Range ◽  
Acuminate Apex ◽  
Three New Species

Three new species of Xyris from Brazil are described and illustrated. Xyris nevata is characterized by bracts with conspicuous veins and a reddish androecium and gynoecium; X. pulchella also exhibits a reddish androecium and gynoecium, and is further characterized by its small size and terete to subterete leaf blades; X. rostrata has a turbinate spike and bracts with a rostrate-acuminate apex. Commentary is provided for each species on habitat, distribution, phenology and conservation status, and the new species are compared with morphologically similar species.

Two new species of Phyllanthus (Phyllanthaceae) endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 458 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-181
Author(s):  
ALICIA MARQUES TORRES ◽  
MARCOS JOSÉ DA SILVA ◽  
WESLEY PATRÍCIO FREIRE DE SÁ CORDEIRO ◽  
SARAH MARIA ATHIÊ-SOUZA ◽  
MARGARETH FERREIRA DE SALES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Systematic Position ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest ◽  
Environmental Preferences ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Central Pore ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest

Two new species, Phyllanthus itamarajuensis and P. tuberculatus (Phyllanthaceae), currently restricted to the Atlantic Forest of Bahia State, Brazil, are described and illustrated. Phyllanthus itamarajuensis is distinguished by having long styles (2–2.2 mm long) associated with subshrubby habit, discretely asymmetrical basal leaves, and anthers with vertical dehiscence. Phyllanthus tuberculatus is characterized by glabrous leaves, a long pistillate pedicel (18–20 mm long), flowers of both sexes 5-merous, disk of the staminate flowers with five obtriangular segments with tuberculated surfaces, each being separated by a deep recess, and each with a central pore, anthers with non-divergent thecae, and a patelliform pistillate disk. The systematic position of both new species is discussed, and comments are provided on their morphological relationships, geographic distribution, conservation status, environmental preferences, and phenology.

Eight New Atlantic Rainforest Species and Nomenclatural Notes in Brazilian Myrtaceae

Phytotaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 135 (1) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARCOS SOBRAL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
The State ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest ◽  
Espírito Santo ◽  
Espirito Santo ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest ◽  
Iucn Criteria

Eight Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest species are described and illustrated: Calyptranthes santalucia, Eugenia barrana, E. culicina, E. lacistema, E. viscacea, Myrcia basicordata, M. monoclada and Myrciaria evanida. Calyptranthes santalucia, from the state of Espírito Santo, is related to C. brasiliensis, differing for its acute leaves and pauciflorous inflorescences; Eugenia barrana, from the states of Minas Gerais and Bahia, is related to E. chlorophylla, but has smaller leaves and larger flowers; Eugenia culicina, from the state of Pernambuco, is related to E. roseiflora, differing through the smaller petioles, adaxially sulcate lateral veins, pilose flowers and larger fruits; Eugenia lacistema, from Bahia, is related to E. platyphylla, differing by the inflorescences with lignified bracts and smaller pedicels;  Eugenia viscacea, from Bahia, is related to E. ellipsoidea, differing through the inflorescences with densely imbricate bracts and smaller pedicels; Myrcia basicordata, from Espírito Santo, is related to M. pubescens, but presents applanate glabrous twigs and glabrous and sessile leaves with cordate base; Myrcia monoclada, from Bahia, is related to M. riodocensis, but has larger leaves and pentamerous flowers, and Myrciaria evanida, from Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais, resembles M. floribunda, differing by the vanishing secondary veins and smaller flowers. The new species are also evaluated as to their conservation status according to IUCN criteria. Additionally, the synonymization of Eugenia apiocarpa under E. astringens and of Eugenia pleurantha under E. umbellata and the lectotypification of Eugenia ellipsoidea are proposed.

Brazilian Atlantic rainforest endangered biodiversity: a new species of the Dichotomius sericeus (Harold, 1867) species group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4834 (3) ◽  
pp. 434-442
Author(s):  
FERNANDO A.B. SILVA ◽  
ANA BEATRIZ GOMES MOURA ◽  
JOSIVAL FRANCISCO ARAÚJO ◽  
RITA DE CASSIA DE MOURA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest

Dichotomius valoisae new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Dichotomiini) from Santa Luzia do Itanhi, Sergipe, Brazil, is described based on external differences from its congeners. Diagnostic characters and a brief discussion about its conservation status are provided, as well as an updated identification key to the Dichotomius sericeus (Harold) species group. 

Three new species of Lauraceae from the Atlantic rainforest of Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 316 (2) ◽  
pp. 149 ◽  
Author(s):  
PEDRO LUÍS RODRIGUES DE MORAES ◽  
MATHEUS CARVALHO VERGNE ◽  
HENK VAN DER WERFF
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest ◽  
South American ◽  
Three New Species

Three South-American new species belonging to Cinnamomum, Mezilaurus, and Williamodendron, are described and illustrated from specimens collected in the Atlantic rainforest of Brazil. The new species are Cinnamomum baitelloanum, Mezilaurus sessiliflora, and Williamodendron itamarajuensis. Their putative relationships within the respective genus are discussed.

 A new genus of angraecoid orchids (Orchidaceae: Angraecinae) with highly distinctive pollinaria morphology, including three new species from tropical West and Central Africa

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 373 (2) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
PASCAL DESCOURVIÈRES ◽  
JOÃO N. M. FARMINHÃO ◽  
VINCENT DROISSART ◽  
JEAN-YVES DUBUISSON ◽  
MURIELLE SIMO-DROISSART ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Preliminary Assessment ◽  
West And Central Africa ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Angraecoid Orchids

A recent large phylogenetic tree for the angraecoid orchids has shown that the Afrotropical genus Diaphananthe is polyphyletic with a small group of four species sister to Aerangis and Eurychone. These species have diagnostic morphological features different from any other angraecoids, notably an erose to fringed surface of the stipes and a calceiform viscidium. Diaphananthe quintasii, which has been regarded as conspecific with D. rohrii, is reinstated as a valid species and lectotypified, and Diaphananthe alfredii and Rhipidoglossum magnicalcar are put in synonymy under D. quintasii. To accommodate this group of species, along with three new taxa from West and Central Africa, a new genus named Kylicanthe is here described. Four new combinations are thus proposed, and K. bueae is chosen as the type species of the new genus and neotypified. Additionally, K. arcuata, K. cornuata, and K. perezverae are described as new species. An identification key for Kylicanthe and allied genera is presented, as well as one for the seven species in the genus. Notes on ecology and distribution in addition to a preliminary assessment of conservation status following the IUCN Red List are also provided.

The genus Bittacus Latreille (Insecta: Mecoptera) in Brazil: key to species, distribution maps, new synonym, and three new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4526 (3) ◽  
pp. 303 ◽  
Author(s):  
RENATO JOSE PIRES MACHADO ◽  
DIEGO MATHEUS DE MELLO MENDES ◽  
JOSÉ ALBERTINO RAFAEL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Distribution ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Brazilian Species ◽  
New Synonym ◽  
Three New Species

The Brazilian species of Bittacus Latreille (Mecoptera: Bittacidae) are reviewed and one new synonym is proposed (Thyridates willmanni Collucci & Amorin syn. n. of Bittacus diversinervis Souza Lopes & Mangabeira). Three new species are herein described: Bittacus cruzi sp. n. from Amazonas, Presidente Figueiredo and Manaus, B. ferreirai sp. n. from Bahia, Aracatu and B. varzeanus sp. n. from Amazonas, Tefé, bringing the current number of Bittacus species in Brazil to 18. Illustrations, comments, and distribution maps of each species are presented. An identification key to the Brazilian genera of Mecoptera and Bittacus species is also presented. 

scholarly journals Description of two new species of Avicularia Lamarck 1818 and redescription of Avicularia diversipes (C. L. Koch 1842) (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae)—three possibly threatened Brazilian species

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2223 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROGÉRIO BERTANI ◽  
CAROLINE SAYURI FUKUSHIMA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Habitat Destruction ◽  
Southern State ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Specimen Identification ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest

Avicularia diversipes (C. L. Koch 1842) known previously only from its original description is redescribed along with Avicularia sooretama sp. nov. and Avicularia gamba sp. nov. The three species are endemic to Brazilian Atlantic rainforest. With other Avicularia species, they share a procurved anterior eye row, slender embolus and medially folded spermathecae, whereas they have unusual characters, such as a very long and spiraled embolus (A. diversipes) and spermathecae with multilobular apex (A. sooretama sp. nov.). Furthermore, the three species lack a tibial apophysis in males and share a distinctive color pattern ontogeny that is not known in any other Avicularia species. The conservation status of the three species is discussed, especially with respect to endemism, illegal trafficking and habitat destruction. The creation of protected areas in southern State of Bahia, Brazil, is recommended, as well as the inclusion of these species in IUCN and CITES lists. Appendices with figures and species information are presented to facilitate correct specimen identification by custom officers, in order to limit illegal traffic.

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