A critically endangered new species of Comanthera from Bahia, Brazil (Paepalanthoideae, Eriocaulaceae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 186 (3) ◽  
pp. 166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Livia Echternacht
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Morphological Variation ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Red List ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Campos Rupestres ◽  
White Sand ◽  
Iucn Criteria

The present work describes and illustrates the new narrowly endemic species Comanthera pignalii (Eriocaulaceae: Paepalanthoideae). This species is restricted to the white-sand environments in the Campos Rupestres at the border of the Serra Geral, in the Espinhaço Mountain Range in Bahia, Brazil. The morphological variation, habitat and geographic distribution of the species are discussed. It is critically endangered according to the IUCN criteria B2ab (i, ii, iii, iv), as evaluated by CNCFlora, the Plant Red List Authority in Brazil. This is the first newly published plant species already officially proposed to the Brazilian Red List.

Begonia medeiroii (Begoniaceae), a new species endemic to Santa Catarina, southern Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 423 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-110
Author(s):  
LUÍS ADRIANO FUNEZ ◽  
JULIO CESAR JARAMILLO ◽  
ELISANDRO RICARDO DRECHSLER-SANTOS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Santa Catarina ◽  
Adaxial Surface ◽  
Narrow Endemic ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Iucn Criteria

We describe here Begonia medeiroii, a narrow endemic species from the Atlantic Rainforest. The conservation status of this species was assessed as critically endangered according to IUCN criteria. This species resembles to B. catharinensis and B. hirtella in some characteristics, differing among other features due the presence of adventitious vegetative buds on the adaxial surface of the leaves.

A new critically endangered species of Bertolonia (Melastomataceae, Bertolonieae) from Espírito Santo, Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 460 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-96
Author(s):  
LUCAS F. BACCI ◽  
DIEGO TAVARES IGLESIAS ◽  
RENATO GOLDENBERG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Endangered Species ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Leaf Blade ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Adaxial Surface ◽  
Espírito Santo ◽  
Critically Endangered Species ◽  
Espirito Santo ◽  
Iucn Criteria

We describe here Bertolonia lucernula, a new endemic species from the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. It is only known from one locality, the “Área de Proteção Ambiental Mestre Álvaro”, in the municipality of Serra. The new species can be recognized by the branches and petioles covered with sessile and short-stalked glands and scattered unbranched trichomes, flat leaf blade surfaces covered only with sessile and short-stalked glands, small flowers with a widely campanulate hypanthium covered with the same trichomes as the petioles, calyx with membranaceous, truncate sepals, and short, triangular external teeth, asymmetric and obovate petals, with the apex covered with sessile and short-stalked glands on the adaxial surface. According to IUCN criteria, Bertolonia lucernula should be classified as Critically Endangered (CR).

scholarly journals Calliandra mayana (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae), a new narrowly endemic species from Campeche, Mexico

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 307 (4) ◽  
pp. 278
Author(s):  
HÉCTOR M. M. HERNÁNDEZ ◽  
CARLOS GÓMEZ-HINOSTROSA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
El Salvador ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Tropical Deciduous Forest ◽  
Seasonally Flooded ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Iucn Criteria

A new species of Calliandra (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae, tribe Ingeae) from a restricted locality of Campeche, Mexico is herein described and illustrated. The species appears to be closely related to C. molinae, a species from Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua, from which it may be distinguished by being allopatric, and by a more limited development of suberose bark in stems and branches, comparatively smaller leaflets, consistently glabrous leaflets and corollas, and by the scarcely villous pods. Calliandra mayana appears to be restricted to an extremely small seasonally flooded savannah surrounded by tropical deciduous forest and, based on IUCN criteria, it is provisionally considered Critically endangered.

scholarly journals Nepenthes cabanae (Caryophyllales, Nepenthaceae), a new species of pitcher plant from Central Mindanao, Philippines

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Conservation Strategy ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Pitcher Plant ◽  
A New Species

A new endemic species, Nepenthes cabanae, belonging to sect. Insignes is described from the Mt. Pantaron range of central Mindanao. The species is assessed as Critically Endangered. This discovery brings the number of Nepenthes species in this mountain range to eight. Mt. Pantaron is currently not a protected area, but the diversity of Nepenthes taxa suggests concerted efforts should be made to develop a conservation strategy to preserve and protect the area.

scholarly journals Calceolaria flavida (Calceolariaceae) a new endemic species to central Chile 

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolás Lavandero ◽  
Ludovica Santilli ◽  
Maria Fernanda Pérez
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Central Chile ◽  
Iucn Categories ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Coastal Mountain

A new species of Calceolaria endemic to central Chile is described. A comparison with morphologically similar species is made, and a key as well as detailed images to differentiate them is provided. The species is only known from the Natural Sanctuary Cerro El Roble, which is part of the coastal mountain range of central Chile and can be considered as  Critically Endangered (CR) under the IUCN categories and criteria.

scholarly journals Rediscovery, systematics and proposed Red List status of Ledebouria junnarensis S.S. Rahangdale and S.R. Rahangdale nom. nov. (Asparagaceae) - an endemic species from the Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 8421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Savita Sanjaykumar Rahangdale ◽  
Sanjaykumar Ramlal Rahangdale
Keyword(s):  
Endemic Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Red List ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
New Name ◽  
Threat Status ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
Iucn Criteria

<p>A new name in the genus <em>Ledebouria</em> Roth is validated for <em>Scilla viridis</em> Blatter &amp; Hallberg [non <em>Scilla viridis </em>(L.) Salisbury].  It is rediscovered after about 85 years of its first and only report.  It is also redescribed on the basis of morphology, anatomy, cytology and assigned the name <em>Ledebouria junnarensis </em>S.S. Rahangdale &amp; S.R. Rahangdale belonging to the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Hyacinthoideae.  As this is a species endemic to the Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India, it is studied for threat status as per IUCN criteria &amp; guidelines and assigned the status Critically Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii).  Identification keys for the genera and species of subfamily Hyacinthoideae reported from India are prepared on the basis of reported and observed characters.</p><div> </div>

Three New and Endemic Species of Eriocaulaceae from Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais, Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-33
Author(s):  
Livia Echternacht ◽  
Mariane da Silva Freitas ◽  
Marcelo Trovó
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Iucn Criteria

Abstract—Three new species of Eriocaulaceae, endemic to the Serra da Canastra in Minas Gerais state, are described. Paepalanthus petraeus is assigned to P. ser. Paepalanthus, differing within the series by its thickened stem accumulating leaf sheaths, linear leaves, and numerous scapes shorter or equaling the leaf height and bearing capitula with brown involucral bracts. Paepalanthus sinuosus belongs to P. subsect. Polyactis and is distinguished by few scapes in lax fascicles, more than twice as long as the leaves, which are patent to slightly recurved, and light brown involucral bracts with acute apex. Syngonanthus culcitosus, within S. sect. Syngonanthus, is unique due to its elongate and branched stem forming dense mats, simple inflorescences, cream-colored involucral bracts equaling the length of the floral disc, and gynoecium with nectariferous appendages. Comparisons with the most similar species are provided for each new taxon. Maps, photographs, and illustrations are presented, together with comments on phenology, distribution, habitat, and morphology. Paepalanthus petraeus and P. sinuosus are likely to be assessed as Critically Endangered, and S. culcitosus as Vulnerable, according to IUCN criteria.

Resolving an enigma by integrative taxonomy: Madagascarophis fuchsi (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae), a new opisthoglyphous and microendemic snake from northern Madagascar

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3630 (2) ◽  
pp. 317-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRANK GLAW ◽  
CHRISTOPH KUCHARZEWSKI ◽  
JÖRN KÖHLER ◽  
MIGUEL VENCES ◽  
ZOLTÁN T. NAGY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Variation ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Nuclear Dna ◽  
Integrative Taxonomy ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Far North ◽  
Reptile Species ◽  
Important Center ◽  
Iucn Criteria

Herpetological surveys in the dry forests of the limestone massif Montagne des Français in the far north of Madagascarhave recently yielded a number of undescribed reptile species. Here we describe an additional new and potentially microendemic species of the snake genus Madagascarophis (Squamata: Serpentes: Pseudoxyrhophiinae) which lives in this massif syntopically with M. colubrinus septentrionalis and differs distinctly from M. colubrinus and M. meridionalis in its mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. Morphologically Madagascarophis fuchsi sp. nov. is characterized by a broad contact between the posterior inframaxillaries (genials), 25 dorsal scale rows at midbody, and a low number of ventrals (171–172). We re-describe the holotype of M. ocellatus and present new data on the morphological variation of the northern subspecies M. c. septentrionalis and M. c. citrinus. Although Montagne des Français has recently been included into the network of nature reserves inMadagascar, continuous deforestation is strongly threatening this important center of reptile endemism. In line with the assessment of other microendemic reptiles of this massif we suggest to consider the new species as Critically Endangered according to the IUCN criteria and encourage new efforts to protect this area more efficiently

scholarly journals Diamonds and Daisies: Floristics and Conservation of Asteraceae in One of Brazil’s Major Centers of Endemism

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 194008291988429
Author(s):  
Daniel Augusto Chaves ◽  
Suelma Ribeiro-Silva ◽  
Vanessa Lopes Rivera ◽  
João Bernardo Azevedo Bringel ◽  
Jimi Naoki Nakajima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endangered Species ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Campos Rupestres ◽  
Critically Endangered Species ◽  
Plant Endemism ◽  
Centers Of Endemism

Brazilian rupestrian grasslands (campos rupestres) are old, climatically buffered infertile landscapes, which support many endemic species. Asteraceae show the high levels of plant endemism and contain more endangered species than any other family in Brazil. Here, we evaluated the complementarity of two protected areas for the conservation of endangered Asteraceae along the Espinhaço Mountain range, Southeast Brazil. Specifically, we investigated if the known endangered Asteraceae flora of the Diamantina District Plateau (38 species) occurs in two protected areas, Rio Preto State Park and Sempre Vivas National Park, and if these areas are complimentary or overlapping in protecting endangered Asteraceae species. To survey Asteraceae, we used a standardized RAPELD protocol (21 1 ha plots) and traditional floristic collecting (117 ha polygon/32 days/average team = 2.1 collectors) across different habitats and altitudes within both areas. RAPELD protocol recorded 115 species in a sample of 12,775 individuals of Asteraceae. Traditional floristic collecting recorded 172 species in a sample of 613 collections. Seventy-nine percent of endangered species known to occur within the Plateau were recollected by either RAPELD or traditional floristic collecting. Only 13% of endangered Asteraceae flora was common to both protected areas; 47% occur in Rio Preto State Park and 34% in Sempre Vivas National Park; combined, they recorded 68% of the endangered Plateau Asteraceae flora; only one critically endangered species was recorded. The two parks are complimentary but insufficient to protect the endangered Asteraceae flora of the Plateau; the uneven distribution of endangered species in the Diamantina District Plateau is a threat to their conservation.

Novelties in Begonia (Begoniaceae) from the campos rupestres of Serra do Padre Ângelo, Minas Gerais, Brazil: a new species and a new record

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 510 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
LUDOVIC JEAN CHARLES KOLLMANN ◽  
PAULO MINATEL GONELLA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Small Population ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Campos Rupestres ◽  
Rock Outcrops ◽  
Critically Endangered Species ◽  
Minas Gerais State

Begonia piranga (Begoniaceae) is a new narrowly endemic species from the campos rupestres of Serra do Padre Ângelo, a quartzitic massif in Conselheiro Pena, eastern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Description, diagnosis, taxonomic comments, detailed illustrations, field photographs, and a provisional IUCN Red List Assessment are provided. The new species is considered Critically Endangered due to its restricted occurrence in high elevation rock outcrops, small population size, and decline in the quality of the habitat. Begonia vasconcelosiana, another Critically Endangered species, is also newly reported here for Serra do Padre Ângelo. These discoveries add to the increasing list of novelties from Serra do Padre Ângelo, reinforcing the urge for conservation actions to protect the endemic flora of this Serra and other areas of campos rupestres in eastern Minas Gerais state.

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