Aspidistra lingchuanensis (Asparagaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 195 (1) ◽  
pp. 86
Author(s):  
Lun-fa Guo ◽  
Meng-qi Han ◽  
Zhu-fang Bin ◽  
Chun-rui Lin
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
Autonomous Region ◽  
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region ◽  
Natural Reserve ◽  
Centre Of Diversity ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Southwest Part

The genus Aspidistra Ker-Gawler (1822: 628) (Asparagaceae) has its main centre of diversity in China and Vietnam. In recent years, many new species were discovered and described from that region, increasing the total number of species to over 120. In China, Aspidistra includes over 80 species and is mainly distributed in the southwest part of the country, especially in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (60 species) (Liang & Tamura 2000, Li 2004, Tillich 2005, 2008, Liu et al. 2011, Tillich et al. 2013, He et al. 2013, Lin et al. 2013a–b, 2014, Meng et al. 2014). When investigating medicinal plants in Qingshitan Natural Reserve, Lantian town, Lingchuan County, northeastern Guangxi in 2013, we collected an unusual Aspidistra specimen with linear leaves and urceolar perigone. In March 2014, we returned to the place for further observations of the species, the plant flowered regularly. After consulting herbarium specimens and relevant literature on Aspidistra, it became apparent that we had a new species at hand.

Nemoura cucurbitata (Plecoptera: Nemouridae), a new stonefly species from Guangxi, China

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4731 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-150
Author(s):  
RAORAO MO ◽  
GUOQUAN WANG ◽  
DING YANG ◽  
WEIHAI LI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern China ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Autonomous Region ◽  
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region ◽  
Natural Reserve ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Nemouridae, Nemoura cucurbitata sp. nov., is described from the Maoershan National Natural Reserve of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of southern China. This new taxon is compared with related congeners. 

A new species of the Indonemoura fujianensis complex (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of southern China

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4801 (2) ◽  
pp. 395-400
Author(s):  
RAORAO MO ◽  
GUOQUAN WANG ◽  
DING YANG ◽  
WEIHAI LI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern China ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Autonomous Region ◽  
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region ◽  
Natural Reserve ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Nemouridae of the genus Indonemoura Baumann, Indonemoura maoershana sp. nov., is described from Maoershan National Natural Reserve in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of southern China, and is recognized as member of the I. fujianensis complex. This new taxon is compared with similar congeners. 

scholarly journals A new species of Cochemiea (Cactaceae, Cacteae) from Sinaloa, Mexico

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leccinum Jesús García Morales ◽  
Rodrigo Homero González González ◽  
Jesús García Jiménez ◽  
Duilio Iamonico
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Small Population ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
The North ◽  
Hummingbird Pollination ◽  
Diagnostic Key ◽  
A New Species

Background and Aims: Cochemiea is a genus which currently comprises five species occurring in Mexico. It is morphologically characterized by cylindrical decumbent to prostrate stems and by a long red-scarlet zygomorphic perianth, presumably specialized for hummingbird pollination. As part ofthe ongoing taxonomic studies on the North Mexican flora, a population discovered by Thomas Linzen in 2012 in central Sinaloa (Mexico), previously identified as Mammillaria sp., actually refers to a Cochemiea species and cannot be ascribed to any of the known species of that genus. As a consequence,we here propose to describe this population as a a new species for science.Methods: The work is based on field surveys (autumn 2018 and spring 2019) in central Sinaloa, examination of herbarium specimens, and analysis of relevant literature. Its conservation status was assessed following the guidelines of the IUCN; AOO and EOO were calculated with the programGeoCAT.Key results: Cochemiea thomasii is described and illustrated from Sinaloa. The new species is morphologically similar to C. halei from which it differs by the hanging stems, the larger conical tubercles, less numerous and shorter central spines, and the ovoid fruits. A diagnostic key of the knownCochemiea species is included.Conclusions: Cochemiea thomasii is endemic to the state of Sinaloa where it occupies a small area. On the basis of the criteria B2a (geographic range) and C (small population) of IUCN, the new species can be assessed as Critically Endangered (CR) or Vulnerable (VU). Adopting the precautionary approach, Cochemiea thomasii is considered as Critically Endangered (CR).

scholarly journals Anemopaegma kawense (Bignoniaceae), a new species from the Kaw Mountain (French Guiana), with notes on related species and a key to the genus in the Guianas

2021 ◽  
Vol 154 (2) ◽  
pp. 296-306
Author(s):  
Olivier Lachenaud ◽  
Fabiana Firetti ◽  
Lúcia G. Lohmann
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Centre Of Diversity ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The Guianas ◽  
A New Species

Background and aims – The genus Anemopaegma (Bignoniaceae) includes around 47 species and has its centre of diversity in Brazil. Here, we describe and illustrate a new species from French Guiana, Anemopaegma kawense, and compare it to the two most similar species, A. foetidum and A. granvillei. We further assess the conservation status of all three species.Material and methods – Morphological descriptions are based on herbarium specimens deposited at BM, BR, CAY, INPA, K, MO, P, SPF, and U, and, in the case of the newly described species, also on field observations. The conservation status assessments follow the IUCN Red List criteria.Key results – Anemopaegma kawense differs from both A. foetidum and A. granvillei by its densely villose twigs, longitudinally plicate leaflets with secondary veins not or hardly prominent below, and tertiary veins impressed below. It is further separated from A. foetidum by the leaflets that are villose below and the calyx that is entirely pubescent outside. On the other hand, A. kawense differs from A. granvillei by the densely lepidote outer surface of the corolla, shorter petiolules, leaflets with midrib impressed above, shorter bracts and bracteoles, inflorescence peduncle exceeding the rachis, and pedicels densely puberulous, not lepidote or only sparsely so at the apex. This species is endemic to the Kaw Mountain in north-eastern French Guiana, where it grows in low stunted forest on laterite; it is assessed as Endangered according to the IUCN criteria. New descriptions are provided for A. granvillei, which is newly reported from Suriname, and for A. foetidum, which is newly reported from French Guiana; these two species are assessed as Endangered and Least Concern, respectively. Lectotypes are designated for A. maguirei, which is here synonymised with A. foetidum, and for A. umbellatum, another synonym of that species. A key to the 12 species of Anemopaegma occurring in the Guianas is presented.

First record of the genus Microstenus Szépligeti (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae) from China, with description of one new species and a key to world species

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4838 (4) ◽  
pp. 594-600
Author(s):  
TAO LI ◽  
SHU-PING SUN ◽  
MAO-LING SHENG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
World Species ◽  
Autonomous Region ◽  
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region ◽  
The World ◽  
One New Species ◽  
A New Species

The genus Microstenus Szépligeti, 1916 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae) is newly recorded from China based on a new species, Microstenus rufithorax Sheng, Li & Sun, sp. nov., collected from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Oriental part of China. Illustrations of the new species are provided. A key to the world species of this genus is also provided. 

Two new species of Amphinemura (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from Damingshan National Natural Reserve of Guangxi, China

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4751 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-142
Author(s):  
RAORAO MO ◽  
GUOQUAN WANG ◽  
DING YANG ◽  
WEIHAI LI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Autonomous Region ◽  
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region ◽  
Natural Reserve ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species of the Amphinemurinae genus Amphinemura, A. bifascia sp. nov. and A. bicornata sp. nov. are described from Damingshan National Natural Reserve of central Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of southern China. Their relationships to other similar species in the genus are discussed. 

Sageretia liuzhouensis (Rhamnaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 309 (3) ◽  
pp. 229 ◽  
Author(s):  
YI YANG ◽  
JIAN-WEN ZHANG ◽  
LU SUN ◽  
HANG SUN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Autonomous Region ◽  
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region ◽  
A New Species

Sageretia liuzhouensis, a new species discovered in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, is described and illustrated. This species was found growing in sparse forests or thickets on the top of towering limestone hills with sunny, dry habitats. It is very similar to S. camelliifolia in morphology but differs with pubescent inflorescence rachises and charcoal-gray branches, as well as smaller leaves and shorter petioles. The delimitation of this new species is also supported by phylogenetic analyses based on five DNA loci (ITS, ETS, trnL-trnF, psbA-trnH and petA-psbJ). S. camelliifolia is within a clade separated from the new species and S. thea is more closely related to S. subcaudata and S. rugosa than the new species.

A new species of the genus Paramesotriton (Caudata: Salamandridae) from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, southern China

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2060 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
YUNKE WU ◽  
SEAN M. ROVITO ◽  
THEODORE J. PAPENFUSS ◽  
JAMES HANKEN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
External Morphology ◽  
Sister Taxon ◽  
Autonomous Region ◽  
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region ◽  
Mitochondrial Data ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Asian warty newt, Paramesotriton ermizhaoi, is described from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China. This species is easily distinguished from other congeners by external morphology and osteology. Phylogenetic analyses based on mitochondrial data place P. ermizhaoi as a possible sister taxon to P. hongkongensis and P. chinensis. The number of trunk vertebrae varies from 12 to 13 in the new species. The relationship between P. ermizhaoi and a potentially new Pachytriton species (Pachytriton C), and the Guangxi population of P. chinensis is briefly discussed.

A new Chinese species of Indonemoura (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) and a new subspecies of I. nigrihamita Li & Yang

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4311 (2) ◽  
pp. 255 ◽  
Author(s):  
WEIHAI LI ◽  
QIN ZHANG ◽  
DING YANG ◽  
GANG YAO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Sichuan Province ◽  
Southwestern China ◽  
Autonomous Region ◽  
New Subspecies ◽  
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Nemouridae of the genus Indonemoura Baumann 1975, I. furcoloba Li & Yang, sp. nov., is described from both sexes from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of southern China. The relationships with related species are discussed. Additionally, a new subspecies is proposed for a population of I. nigrihamita Li & Yang, 2008 from northern Sichuan Province of southwestern China.

scholarly journals Uvariopsis dicaprio (Annonaceae) a new tree species with notes on its pollination biology, and the Critically Endangered narrowly endemic plant species of the Ebo Forest, Cameroon

PeerJ ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. e12614
Author(s):  
George Gosline ◽  
Martin Cheek ◽  
Jean Michel Onana ◽  
Eric Ngansop Tchatchouang ◽  
Xander M. van der Burgt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Threatened Species ◽  
Pollination Biology ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Evergreen Forest ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
Endemic Plant ◽  
Littoral Region ◽  
Centre Of Diversity ◽  
A New Species

Background The Ebo Forest area is a highly threatened centre of diversity in the Littoral Region of Cameroon, globally important for conservation with many threatened species including 68 threatened species of plant, yet not formally protected. The tropical African evergreen forest tree genus Uvariopsis Engl. & Diels (Annonaceae) is characterised by unisexual, usually cauliflorous flowers with a uniseriate corolla of four petals, and two sepals. Cameroon is the centre of diversity of the genus with 14 of the 19 known species. Methods The herbarium collection MacKinnon 51 from Ebo is hypothesized to represent a new species to science of Uvariopsis. This hypothesis is tested by the study of herbarium specimens from a number of herbaria known to hold important collections from Cameroon and surrounding countries. Results We test the hypothesis that MacKinnon 51 represents a new species to science, using the most recent dichotomous identification key, and comparing it morphologically with reference material of all known species of the genus. We make a detailed comparative morphological study focussing on three other Cameroonian species, Uvariopsis solheidii, U. korupensis and the sympatric U. submontana. In the context of a review of the pollination biology of Uvariopsis, we speculate that in a genus otherwise with species with dull, flesh-coloured (pink, red to brown) flowers pollinated (where known) by diptera, orthoptera and blattodea (flies, crickets and cockroaches), the glossy, pale yellow-green flowers of Uvariopsis dicaprio, with additional traits unique in the genus, may be pollinated by nocturnal moths. Based on MacKinnon 51, we formally name Uvariopsis dicaprio Cheek & Gosline (Annonaceae) as new to science, and we describe, and illustrate, and map it. Restricted so far to a single site in evergreen forest in the Ebo Forest, Littoral Region, Cameroon, Uvariopsis dicaprio is provisionally assessed as Critically Endangered using the IUCN, 2012 standard because the forest habitat of this species remains unprotected, and there exist imminent threats of logging and conversion to plantations. Discussion We show that the highest density of species of the genus (12), and of narrow endemics (5), is found in the Cross-Sanaga Interval of SE Nigeria and Western Cameroon. A revised key to the 14 Cameroonian species of Uvariopsis is presented. We review the other seven narrowly endemic and threatened species unique to the Ebo forest of Cameroon and discuss the phytogeographic affinities of the area. Conclusions Uvariopsis dicaprio adds to the growing list of species threatened with extinction at Ebo Forest due to current anthropogenic pressures.

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