A new and endangered species of Iochroma (Solanaceae) from the cloud forests of central Peru and its phylogenetic position in Iochrominae

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 227 (2) ◽  
pp. 147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Antonio Cueva Manchego ◽  
STACEY DEWITT SMITH ◽  
SEGUNDO LEIVA GONZÁLES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Endangered Species ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Cloud Forests ◽  
Dna Sequence Data ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Iucn Criteria

Iochroma amicorum M. Cueva, S. D. Sm. & S. Leiva (Solanaceae), a new species from cloud forests of Central Peru, is described and illustrated. Phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequence data suggest that Iochroma amicorum is closely related to I. nitidum, I. umbellatum, I. grandiflorum and I. tingoanum, which collectively form the “U” clade of Iochrominae. Certain morphological characteristics of calyx and corolla as well as the type of habitat appear to be common in species of this clade. Iochroma amicorum is easily distinguished from other members of the “U” clade by its campanulate or funnel-shaped corolla with short and slightly reflexed lobes, the presence of an expanded stapet at the point of filament insertion with short lateral extensions united to the corolla, and its globose usually white fruits with tinges of purple at the base. Distribution, phenology and are discussed together with the position of the new species in Iochrominae. Iochroma amicorum is assessed as Endangered according to IUCN criteria B1ab (i, iii)

Cymbidium yunnanensis: a new orchid species (Orchidaceae; Epidendroideae) from China based on morphological and molecular evidence

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 387 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
GUO-QIANG ZHANG ◽  
GUI-ZHEN CHEN ◽  
LI-JUN CHEN ◽  
SI-REN LAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dna Sequence ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Orchid Species ◽  
Molecular Analyses ◽  
Dna Sequence Data ◽  
A New Species

A new orchid species, Cymbidium yunnanensis (Orchidaceae; Epidendroideae; Cymbidieae), from Yunnan Province, China, is described and illustrated. Based on morphological and molecular analyses, we demonstrate that this new species is similar to C. floribundum, but it differs in its smaller size, leaves 5–15 cm, shorter scape, white flowers with pale purplish markings on its sepals and petals, lip with purplish red blotch, petals narrowly falcate oblong and lip midlobe nearly round with column foot 1.5–2.0 mm long. Phylogenetic analyses based on nuclear ribosomal ITS and plastid (matK, rbcL) DNA sequence data support C. yunnanensis as a new species.

A new species of Trichoglossum (Geoglossales, Ascomycota) from Thailand

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 316 (2) ◽  
pp. 161 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANUSHA H. EKANAYAKA ◽  
KEVIN D. HYDE ◽  
E.B. GARETH JONES ◽  
QI ZHAO ◽  
ABDALLAH M. ELGORBAN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Tree ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Its Sequence ◽  
Morphological Examination ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
A New Species

The genus Trichoglossum (Geoglossaceae) is characterized by black, clavate, stipitate apothecia with hymenial setae. We collected T. cf. octopartitum from China and a new species of Trichoglossum from Thailand, the latter named as T. septatum. According to morphological examination and molecular phylogenetic analyses of ITS sequence data, T. septatum diverges from other Trichoglossum species. Full descriptions, colour figures, and a phylogenetic tree to show the positions of T. cf. octopartitum and T. septatum are provided, and the two species are compared with allied taxa. The important morphological characteristics of Trichoglossum species are also summarized.

Colletotrichum dracaenigenum, a new species on Dracaena fragrans

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 491 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-157
Author(s):  
NAPALAI CHAIWAN ◽  
SAOWALUCK TIBPROMMA ◽  
RUVISHIKA S. JAYAWARDENA ◽  
AUSANA MAPOOK ◽  
DHANUSHKA N. WANASINGHE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Morphological Characterization ◽  
Full Description ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Asexual Morphs ◽  
A New Species

During an investigation into the microfungi on Dracaena fragrans in Thailand, a saprobic taxon belonging to Glomerellaceae was collected. Based on morphological characterization and combined phylogenetic analyses of ITS, GAPDH, CHS-1, ACT and TUB2 sequence data from the sexual and asexual morphs our taxon was identified as a new species of Colletotrichum. Colletotrichum dracaenigenum sp. nov. is introduced here with a full description, colour photographs of morphological characteristics and a phylogenetic tree to show the placement of the new taxon in the gloeosporioides species complex.

Rhytidhysteron mangrovei (Hysteriaceae), a new species from mangroves in Phetchaburi Province, Thailand

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 401 (3) ◽  
pp. 166 ◽  
Author(s):  
VINIT KUMAR ◽  
RATCHADAWAN CHEEWANGKOON ◽  
KASUN M. THAMBUGALA ◽  
GARETH E.B. JONES ◽  
RASHIKA S. BRAHMANAGE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Mangrove Forests ◽  
Morphological Comparison ◽  
Dna Sequence Data ◽  
Mangrove Tree ◽  
A New Species

During an investigation of micro-fungi inhabiting mangrove forests, a new species of Rhytidhysteron was collected and isolated from dead twigs of a mangrove tree. Rhytidhysteron mangrovei sp. nov. is introduced, described, illustrated and compared with accepted species in the genus. Morphological comparison based on the size of exciple, the appearance of ascomata and ascospore septations and size as well as the multi-gene phylogenetic analyses based on LSU, ITS and TEF DNA sequences support its establishment in Rhytidhysteron. Placement of the genus in Hysteriaceae is also well-supported. In addition, phylogenetic analysis and DNA sequence data indicate that Rhytidhysteron mangrovei is closely related to Rhytidhysteron thailandicum. However, R. mangrovei is morphologically distinct from R. thailandicum, by having a relatively smaller size of exciple and perpendicularly rough-striate ascomata.

Species of Psilocybe (Hymenogastraceae) from Yunnan, southwest China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 284 (3) ◽  
pp. 181 ◽  
Author(s):  
TAO MA ◽  
XIAO-FEI LING ◽  
KEVIN D. HYDE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
Southwest China ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Phylogenetic Species ◽  
A New Species

Species of Psilocybe collected in Yunnan Province in southwest China were identified using both morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analyses of ITS and nrLSU sequence data. Six phylogenetic species were recognized among the studied collections. In this paper, Psilocybe ruliensis is introduced as a new species, while Psilocybe keralensis is new to China, P. aff. fasciata is new to Yunnan and P. chuxiongensis is recollected in Yunnan Province. The remaining two phylogenetic species are not described or detailed due to the paucity of the material. The four species appear to be endemic to Asia.

Cymbidium shidianense (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae), a new species from China: evidence from morphology and molecular data

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 399 (1) ◽  
pp. 100 ◽  
Author(s):  
GUI-ZHEN CHEN ◽  
GUO-QIANG ZHANG ◽  
JIE HUANG ◽  
MENG WANG ◽  
WEN-HUI RAO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Orchid Species ◽  
Molecular Analyses ◽  
Dna Sequence Data ◽  
Pale Green ◽  
A New Species

A new orchid species, Cymbidium shidianense (Orchidaceae; Cymbidieae), from Yunnan Province, China, is described and illustrated based on morphological and molecular analyses. This new species is similar in morphology to C. cyperifolium, but it differs in its larger pseudobulbs, rigid leaves, broader pale green sepals, petals with darkly coloured veins and set of V-shaped blotches on the lip midlobe. A phylogenetic analyses based on nuclear ribosomal ITS and plastid (matK, rbcL) DNA sequence data support C. shidianense as related to C. cyperifolium.

Two novel Acervus species extend their distribution within Yunnan, China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 283 (1) ◽  
pp. 74 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANUSHA H. EKANAYAKA ◽  
QI ZHAO ◽  
GARETH E.B. JONES ◽  
EN-DA PU ◽  
KEVIN D. HYDE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dna Sequence ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Dna Sequence Data ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Small Genus

Acervus is a small genus in Pyronemataceae. Most of the species in this genus have been recorded from China. In the present study, two species of Acervus from Yunnan Province, in southwestern China, were investigated by using morphology and DNA sequence data. This paper introduces two new species A. stipitatus and A. globulosus, with morphological descriptions, and compares them with morphologically similar taxa. Multi-gene phylogenetic analyses inferred from 28S, TEF1 and RPB2 sequence data strongly support the lineages for taxa of Acervus, corresponding to morphological features. We also provide a summarized comparison of the important morphological characteristics of Acervus species.

A new giant anole (Squamata: Iguanidae: Dactyloinae) from southwestern Ecuador

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4991 (2) ◽  
pp. 295-317
Author(s):  
FERNANDO AYALA-VARELA ◽  
SEBASTIÁN VALVERDE ◽  
STEVEN POE ◽  
ANDREA E. NARVÁEZ ◽  
MARIO H. YÁNEZ-MUÑOZ ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Nuclear Dna ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Dna Sequence Data ◽  
Anolis Lizard ◽  
The Andes ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Southern Ecuador ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of Anolis lizard from the Pacific slopes of the Andes of southwestern Ecuador at elevations between 372–1,000 m. The new species belongs to the Dactyloa clade and may be distinguished from other Anolis by size, external anatomy, mitochondrial DNA divergence, and dewlap color. Based on phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data, we found that the new species is sister to A. fraseri in a clade composed primarily of large Dactyloid species. The new species is known from a protected area in southern Ecuador, Buenaventura Reserve, which suggests that at least some its populations are well protected.  

A new Liopeltis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Pulau Tioman, Peninsular Malaysia

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4766 (3) ◽  
pp. 472-484
Author(s):  
HANNAH E. SOM ◽  
L. LEE GRISMER ◽  
PERRY L. JR. WOOD ◽  
EVAN S. H. QUAH ◽  
RAFE M. BROWN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
New Species ◽  
Dna Sequence ◽  
Rare Species ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Tropical Asia ◽  
Dna Sequence Data ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Lines Of Evidence

Liopeltis is a genus of poorly known, infrequently sampled species of colubrid snakes in tropical Asia. We collected a specimen of Liopeltis from Pulau Tioman, Peninsular Malaysia, that superficially resembled L. philippina, a rare species that is endemic to the Palawan Pleistocene Aggregate Island Complex, western Philippines. We analyzed morphological and mitochondrial DNA sequence data from the Pulau Tioman specimen and found distinct differences to L. philippina and all other congeners. On the basis of these corroborated lines of evidence, the Pulau Tioman specimen is described as a new species, L. tiomanica sp. nov. The new species occurs in sympatry with L. tricolor on Pulau Tioman, and our description of L. tiomanica sp. nov. brings the number of endemic amphibians and reptiles on Pulau Tioman to 12. 

A new species of trypanosome, Trypanosoma desterrensis sp. n., isolated from South American bats

Parasitology ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 127 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. C. GRISARD ◽  
N. R. STURM ◽  
D. A. CAMPBELL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dna Sequence ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
South American ◽  
Sequence Variability ◽  
Dna Sequence Data ◽  
Hybridization Probes ◽  
5S Rrna Gene ◽  
A New Species

Trypanosomes isolated from South American bats include the human pathogen Trypanosoma cruzi. Other Trypanosoma spp. that have been found exclusively in bats are not well characterized at the DNA sequence level and we have therefore used the SL RNA gene to differentiate and characterize kinetoplastids isolated from bats in South America. A Trypanosoma sp. isolated from bats in southern Brazil was compared with the geographically diverse isolates T. cruzi marinkellei, T. vespertilionis, and T. dionisii. Analysis of the SL RNA gene repeats revealed size and sequence variability among these bat trypanosomes. We have developed hybridization probes to separate these bat isolates and have analysed the DNA sequence data to estimate their relatedness. A new species, Trypanosoma desterrensis sp. n., is proposed, for which a 5S rRNA gene was also found within the SL RNA repeat.

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