A new species of Kali (Salsoloideae, Chenopodiaceae) from Sicily, supported by molecular analysis

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 201 (4) ◽  
pp. 256 ◽  
Author(s):  
CRISTIAN BRULLO ◽  
Salvatore Brullo ◽  
JOHN F. GASKIN ◽  
GIANPIETRO GIUSSO DEL GALDO ◽  
G. FREDERIC HRUSA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Annual Plants ◽  
Molecular Features ◽  
Mt Etna ◽  
A New Species

Nomenclatural and taxonomical considerations on Kali, a controversial genus recently segregated from the polyphyletic Salsola s. lat. (Chenopodiaceae), are provided. The Kali group includes annual plants with leaves ending in a spine and lacking hypodermis, having also a cortex alternate to longitudinal chlorenchymatous striae. The species belonging to this genus mainly have a paleotemperate distribution (Europe, Asia and North Africa), occurring as aliens in North America, Australia and South Africa. A new species collected on Mt. Etna (Sicily), and closely related to K. australe, is described and illustrated as K. basalticum Its morphological and molecular features, karyology (2n=54), ecology, distribution, phylogeny and conservation status are examined. In addition, a list of the currently known species of Kali is provided, with some new combinations: Kali nepalense (Grubov) comb. nov., Kali pellucidum (Litvinov) comb. nov., Kali sinkiangense (A.J. Li) comb. nov., Kali gobicolum (Iljin) comb. nov., and Kali ryanii (G.F. Hrusa & Gaskin) comb. nov.

scholarly journals A new species of Eurytoma (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) attacking Quadrastichus spp. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) galling Erythrina spp. (Fabaceae), with a summary of African Eurytoma biology and species checklist

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1751 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. GATES ◽  
G. DELVARE
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
African Species ◽  
Species Checklist ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Host Associations

Eurytoma erythrinae Gates and Delvare, new species, is described and illustrated. This species was reared from fieldcollected galls on Erythrina spp. (Fabaceae) induced by Quadrastichus spp. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), in Tanzania, Ghana, and South Africa. It is compared with very similar African species, Eurytoma radicicola Risbec. Afrotropical species classified in Eurytoma are reviewed and twenty-seven new combinations are proposed: Aximopsis acaciacola (Hedqvist) comb. n., A. caryedocida (Rasplus) comb. n., A. lamtoensis (Rasplus) comb. n., A. mateui (Hedqvist) comb. n., A. mimosarum (Rasplus) comb. n., A. obocki (Risbec) comb. n., A. oryzivora (Delvare) comb. n., A. saharensis (Hedqvist) comb. n., A. senegalensis (Risbec) comb. n., A. tropicana (Risbec) comb. n., Bruchophagus conapionis (Rasplus) comb. n., Fronsoma ellenbergeri (Risbec) comb. n., Gibsonoma amborasahae (Risbec) comb. n., G. aphloiae (Risbec) comb. n., G. bararakae (Risbec) comb. n., G. eugeniae (Risbec) comb. n., G. mandrakae (Risbec) comb. n., G. pauliani (Risbec) comb. n., G. plectroniae (Risbec) comb. n., G. tavolae (Risbec) comb. n., Philolema arachnovora (Hesse) comb. n., P. arnoldi (Waterston) comb. n., P. bambeyi (Risbec) comb. n., P. braconidis (Ferrière) comb. n., and P. syleptae (Ferri_re) comb. n., Phylloxeroxenus cressoni (Howard) comb. n., and Sycophila plectroniae (Risbec) comb. n. Lectotypes are designated for ten species: Eurytoma perineti Risbec, E. radicicola Risbec, E. toddaliae Risbec, Gibsonoma amborasahae (Risbec), G. aphloiae (Risbec), G. eugeniae (Risbec), G. mandrakae (Risbec), G. pauliani (Risbec), G. tavolae (Risbec), and P. bambeyi (Risbec). We also provide a checklist of Afrotropical species that are or were classified in Eurytoma and tabulate the known host/associations of these species with references.

Periglossum podoptyches (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae), a new species from KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 282 (1) ◽  
pp. 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
STOFFEL P. BESTER ◽  
ASHLEY NICHOLAS
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Rare Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
The Face ◽  
A New Species

Periglossum podoptyches is described as a new species from the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. As a rare species its conservation status is assessed as Vulnerable. This new species is closely related to both Periglossum mackenii and P. kassnerianum from which it differs mainly in having folded flaps of tissue at the base of the face of the restricted basal stalk of the staminal corona lobes. A comparative table with diagnostic morphological features and a key to the species of Periglossum are provided.

scholarly journals Studies in the vascular flora of the southeastern United States: V

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-129
Author(s):  
Alan S. Weakley ◽  
R. Kevan Schoonover McClelland ◽  
Richard J. LeBlond ◽  
Keith A. Bradley ◽  
James F. Matthews ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Vascular Flora ◽  
The North ◽  
Taxonomic Changes ◽  
Southern Florida ◽  
A New Species

As part of ongoing efforts to understand and document the flora of the southeastern United States, we propose a number of taxonomic changes. In Trichostema, we name a new species, narrowly endemic to maritime grasslands in the Carolinas and warranting formal conservation status and action. In Dichanthelium (Poaceae), we continue the reassessment of taxa formerly recognized in Panicum and provide new combinations along with a new key to taxa in the Dichanthelium scabriusculum complex. In Paspalum (Poaceae), we address the controversial taxonomy of P. arundinaceum and P. pleostachyum and treat the two as conspecific, with P. arundinaceum the correct name. In Portulaca (Portulacaceae), we report the discovery of the Bahamian P. minuta as a native component of the North American flora, occurring in southern Florida.

Thymelaeaceae

Bothalia ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Manning ◽  
J. S. Boatwright
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
A New Species

Lasiosiphon rigidus, a new species from the Tankwa Karoo and two new combinations in the genus for South Africa.

Biostratigraphic implications of the first North American occurrence of the Upper Mississippian ammonoid Platygoniatites

1993 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 310-313
Author(s):  
Alan L. Titus
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Southern Urals ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
Southern Europe ◽  
Ural Mountains ◽  
The Southern Urals ◽  
East Central ◽  
A New Species

The late Mississippian ammonoid family Delepinoceratidae is comprised of the genera Platygoniatites and Delepinoceras, and is considered one of the more biostratigraphically significant families for lower Namurian correlation (Manger et al., 1985). Platygoniatites, the earliest member, is known from eastern and southern Europe (Ruzhencev and Bogoslovskaya, 1971; Wagner-Gentis, 1963, 1980) and North Africa (Lemosquet et al., 1985). Despite its wide distribution, Platygoniatites is generally a rare member (with the exception of the southern Ural Mountains) of latest Visean and earliest Namurian faunas. It has never been reported previously from North America, though thousands of ammonoids have been collected here from age equivalent beds. The discovery of a new species of the genus in the late Mississippian faunas of east-central Nevada provides new data for precise correlation of the ammonoid zonations of Gordon (1970) to the type Namurian and indicates a need for revision of the current correlations between the southern Urals and northwestern Europe.

Rhynchosia ngwenyii (Phaseoleae, Fabaceae), a new species of Rhynchosia from South Africa

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 468 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-225
Author(s):  
ABDULWAKEEL AYOKUN-NUN AJAO ◽  
THULISILE PRECIOUS JACA ◽  
ANNAH NTSAMAEENG MOTEETEE
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
The Rich ◽  
A New Species

During the examination of the rich collections of the genus, Rhynchosia housed in some South African herbaria (BNRH, NH, PRE), a new and yet to be described species was discovered. The species is similar to R. pauciflora in its erect habit, linear or oblong leaflets, and solitary flowers. The study is based on the examination of herbarium specimens. Measurements were taken from vegetative and reproductive parts. We describe here R. ngwenyii. The new species differs from R. pauciflora by its broader (24–38 mm), linear-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate terminal leaflets that are without conspicuous revolute margins, wing petals that lack sculpturing and shorter peduncles, (25)30–42 mm. It is distributed in KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga Provinces in South Africa. The preliminary conservation status is evaluated as Endangered. A detailed description, illustration, distribution map, and the information on ecology, as well as phenology are also presented.

Ceropegia heidukiae (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae)—a morphologically intriguing and rare novelty from South Africa

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 497 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-28
Author(s):  
DAVID G.A. STYLES ◽  
ULRICH MEVE
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Floral Morphology ◽  
Vegetation Type ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Preliminary Assessment ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Floral Characters ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Iucn Criteria

A new species of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae-Ceropegieae-Stapeliinae) is described from Ngome in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. This new species shares a subset of vegetative and floral characters with the long-lost C. rudatisii, but is clearly separated by its sophisticated floral morphology. Ceropegia heidukiae occurs in Northern Zululand Mistbelt Grassland, an endangered vegetation type. A comprehensive species description is provided together with information on habitat and distribution; photographs of plants in habitat are also provided. A preliminary assessment of conservation status according to IUCN criteria suggests that C. heidukiae is Critically Endangered (CR).

Thesium ovatifolium (Santalaceae), a new species with ovate leaves from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 405 (5) ◽  
pp. 263-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
NATASHA LOMBARD ◽  
M. MARIANNE LE ROUX ◽  
BEN-ERIK VAN WYK
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Iucn Criteria

A new species from South Africa, Thesium ovatifolium, is described. A diagnosis, description and photographs are provided along with details of its distribution, habitat and conservation status. The new species forms part of Thesium sect. Barbata, which is characterized by the presence of a dense apical beard on the corolla lobes and post-staminal hairs connecting the anthers to the perianth. It is distinguished by its alate stems, large ovate leaves and bracts, with reticulate secondary venation, 3- to 4-flowered cymes on inflorescence apices, as well as the rosulate arrangement of leaves and bracts in young stems and inflorescences. Thesium ovatifolium is believed to be Endangered (EN), based on IUCN criteria.

Nomenclatural remarks on Magnolia sect. Macrophylla (Magnoliaceae), with description of a new species from North America (Tamaulipas, Mexico)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 309 (3) ◽  
pp. 238 ◽  
Author(s):  
LECCINUM J. GARCÍA-MORALES ◽  
DUILIO IAMONICO ◽  
JESÚS GARCÍA JIMÉNEZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Morphological Comparison ◽  
Sierra Madre Oriental ◽  
Sierra Madre ◽  
Diagnostic Key ◽  
A New Species

As part of ongoing studies on Magnolia sect. Macrophylla in North America (Mexico), unusual populations from the humid forests of Sierra Madre Oriental (central western Tamaulipas State) were found. They are here formalized as a new species, M. alejandrae. Its morphology, ecology, and conservation status are provided. A morphological comparison with similar species and diagnostic key for the species of M. sect. Macrophylla are also included. The names Magnolia ashei, M. macrophylla, and M. dealbata are lectotypified, respectively, on specimens preserved at NCU, and P and on a Zuccarini illustration. An epitype (at M) was chosen for M. dealbata.

Freshwater planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) from the Palearctic section of the African continent: new records, with the description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3182 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
ABDUL HALIM HARRATH ◽  
RONALD SLUYS ◽  
DJEMOI MERZOUG ◽  
MOHAMED YACOUBI-KHEBIZA ◽  
SALEH ALWASEL ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
North Africa ◽  
New Records ◽  
Ejaculatory Duct ◽  
African Continent ◽  
North African ◽  
First Finding ◽  
One New Species ◽  
A New Species

On the basis of extensive surveys, an update is provided on the diversity, taxonomy, anatomy, and geographic distributionof five species of North African freshwater planarians, including the description of one new species. The new species Dug-esia tubqalis Harrath & Sluys, sp. nov. is mainly characterized by the following features: an elongated penis surroundedwith two penial folds at its base, the dorsal one bigger than the ventral ; an atrium divided into a male and common atriumby a kind of non-muscular ridge; a terminal expansion of the ejaculatory duct just before it opens at the tip of the penispapilla. The record of Dugesia sicula represents the first fully documented record of a naturally sexual, diploid (2n=18)population in North Africa. The first finding of Polycelis nigra on the African continent is documented. The genus Polyce-lis is recorded here with two species, Polycelis nigra and Polycelis felina. We also noted the presence of Schmidtea polychroa, which is widespread in Europe and introduced in North America.

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