Polypodium s.s. (Polypodiaceae) in Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 392 (2) ◽  
pp. 157
Author(s):  
ALEXANDRE SALINO ◽  
INGRIDY OLIVEIRA MOURA ◽  
DAVID SANÍN
Keyword(s):  
Identification Key ◽  
Flora Of Brazil ◽  
Taxonomic Treatment

Polypodium s.s. is currently a fern genus with about 40 species, and still with a controversial circumscription. The Flora of Brazil online reports just one Polypodium species in Brazil. Here we confirm the occurrence of a second species of the genus in Brazil, and present a taxonomic treatment of Polypodium from this country; this includes descriptions, an identification key, diagnostic illustrations, and comments on the species. The genus is represented in Brazil by two species: Polypodium flagellare and P. kunzeanum. In addition, a lectotypification is proposed.

Revision of the Metallactus kollari species-group with a new diagnosis of the genus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4413 (1) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
DAVIDE SASSI
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Original Diagnosis ◽  
Taxonomic Treatment ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
New Diagnosis ◽  
Good Resource

The genus Metallactus has been controversial since its introduction due to the ambiguous nature of the original diagnosis. This has caused some confusion in the taxonomy of Neotropical Pachybrachina. In this work the morphology of endophallus, which is useful for the characterization of species groups in several groups of Coleoptera, including Cryptocephalinae, has been analyzed. This has proven to be a good resource also in the taxonomic treatment of the species belonging to the genus Metallactus. After a careful survey on most of the species described so far, the endophallus shape in Metallactus turned out to be remarkably distinctive and very promising in the delimitation of species groups. The present work includes: a) a new diagnosis of the genus Metallactus on the basis of the aedeagal anatomy; b) the designation of the type species of the nominal genus; c) the revision of a first species-group of the genus, including the type species, hereinafter called Metallactus kollari species-group. Before this revision, catalogues had been reporting 13 species attributable to this group, in the present work three species have been synonymized and seven have been described as new to science. Therefore, the group includes 17 species. The species described as new are: Metallactus rileyi n. sp., M. bellatrix n. sp., M. longicornis n. sp.; M. londonpridei n. sp., M. regalini n. sp., M. bezoar n. sp., M. guarani n. sp. The new synonymies are as follows: Metallactus albipes Suffrian, 1866 (= M. nigrofasciatus Suffrian, 1866 n. syn.), M. albifrons Suffrian, 1866 (= M. flavofrontalis Jacoby, 1907 n. syn.), M. dodecastictus Suffrian, 1866 (= Griburius nigritarsis Jacoby, 1907 n. syn.). The lectotypes of all previously described species have been designated. The new synonymies, the name-bearing type fixations and designations and the nomenclatural acts have been critically discussed. An identification key for the species-group is also provided. 

Synopsis of Pentacalia (Compositae: Senecioneae) in Brazil

Rodriguésia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aristônio Magalhães Teles ◽  
Geovana Vieira da Fonseca ◽  
Lidyanne Yuriko Saleme Aona
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
New Record ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Northeast Region ◽  
Taxonomic Treatment ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Ray Florets

Abstract The genus Pentacalia belongs to the tribe Senecioneae. It is represented by approximately 160 species predominantly distributed in the Andes. Species of Pentacalia are characterized by having a scandent habit, usually alternate leaves, axillary or terminal capitulescence, homogamous or heterogamous capitula, commonly yellow ray-florets, yellowish, creamy, or whitish disc-florets, sagittate to caudate anther-bases, and cypselae with five to ten ribs. The aim of the present study was to perform a taxonomic treatment of Pentacalia in Brazil, where it is represented by two species, P. desiderabilis and P. tropicalis, from the Atlantic Forest Domain. Detailed descriptions, taxonomic discussions, geographical distributions, an identification key, illustrations and a new record of P. tropicalis for the Northeast Region are presented. Moreover, three names (Senecio desiderabilis, S. ellipticus, and S. tropicalis) are lectotypified.

Flora da Bahia: Leguminosae – Enterolobium (Clado Mimosoide: Ingeae)

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Ranielly Monteiro Luz ◽  
Lamarck Rocha ◽  
Luciano Paganucci De Queiroz ◽  
Élvia Rodrigues De Souza
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
The State ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Taxonomic Treatment

We present the taxonomic treatment of the genus Enterolobium for the state of Bahia, Brazil. Five species were recorded, for which we provide an identification key, descriptions, comments, data on the period of fruiting and flowering, as well as illustrations and maps of geographical distribution in Bahia.

Diversity of Convolvulaceae from Meruoca Massif, Ceará, Brazil

Rodriguésia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Santos ◽  
Marlene Feliciano Figueiredo ◽  
Maria Teresa Buril ◽  
Elnatan Bezerra de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
The State ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Dry Forest ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Taxonomic Treatment ◽  
Northwest Region

Abstract We present the taxonomic treatment of Convolvulaceae for the Meruoca Massif, located in the Northwest region of the Ceará state, where there are remnants of Tropical Pluvial Sub-deciduous Forest (Dry Forest) and Tropical Pluvial-Nebular Rainforest (Wet Forest). The present study was based on the morphological analysis of specimens collected in the field and from the collections EAC, HUEFS, HUVA, PEUFR, and SPF. We recorded 24 species distributed in four genera: Ipomoea (18 species), Jacquemontia (three species), Distimake (two species), and Camonea (one species). We report the first records of I. cearensis for Atlantic Forest and I. aristolochiifolia to the state of Ceará. The taxonomic treatment includes identification key, morphological descriptions, geographic distribution, taxonomic and ecological comments, the period of flowering and fruiting, and photos and illustrations of the diagnostic characters.

A taxonomic study of Praxelinae (Asteraceae—Eupatorieae) in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 393 (2) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
ANDERSON LUIZ CHRIST ◽  
MARA REJANE RITTER
Keyword(s):  
Rio Grande ◽  
The State ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Geographical Range ◽  
Taxonomic Study ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Taxonomic Treatment ◽  
First Time

The Praxelinae comprises two genera—Praxelis and Chromolaena—and 19 species in Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost State of Brazil. This is the first taxonomic treatment of these genera in the state according to their current circumscriptions. Chromolaena squarrosoramosa is formally reported for the first time for the flora of the state. The names C. callilepis and C. paraguariensis are used for the first time to refer to species previously known as Eupatorium polyanthum and E. angusticeps. Eupatorium angusticeps, considered in previous studies endemic to Rio Grande do Sul and probably extinct, is synonymized under C. paraguariensis and has its geographical range extended. Two neglected names, C. elliptica and C. latisquamulosa, are re-established, and C. umbelliformis is synonymized under C. elliptica. Furthermore, C. rhinanthacea is recollected for the first time after 40 years, and C. gentianoides is rediscovered in the state after almost 200 years of the original collection. Identification key and morphological descriptions, as well as distribution maps, field photographs, illustrations and general comments on the biology, ecology and identification of the species are provided.

Naucleopsis tubulata (Moraceae), a new overlooked species from the Brazilian Amazon, and the re-establishment of Naucleopsis insculptula

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 402 (1) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
ALESSANDRA DOS SANTOS ◽  
ANDRÉ LUIZ GAGLIOTI ◽  
LEANDRO CARDOSO PEDERNEIRAS ◽  
SERGIO ROMANIUC-NETO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Pistillate Flower ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Taxonomic Treatment ◽  
Previously Treated ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Tubular Shape

Naucleopsis tubulata (Moraceae), a new species endemic to the Brazilian Amazon is described and illustrated in this paper. The conical to tubular shape of the perianth of the pistillate flower and fruit, the narrowly oblong shape of the leaves, and the filaments connate at the base differ from other species in the genus. This new species shows morphological similarities with N. caloneura and N. insculptula. The latter, previously treated as a synonym of N. caloneura, is re-established in this paper. We here present a taxonomic treatment for the new species of Naucleopsis, reestablished N. insculptula, and an updated identification key for the Naucleopsis species that occur in the Boreal Brazilian Domain.

scholarly journals Bombacoideae, Byttnerioideae, Grewioideae and Helicterioideae (Malvaceae s.l.) in the Raso da Catarina Ecoregion, Bahia, Brazil

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jéssica Batista Lima ◽  
Massimo Giuseppe Bovini ◽  
Adilva de Souza Conceição
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
New Record ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Reproductive Phenology ◽  
Floristic Survey ◽  
Taxonomic Treatment ◽  
Caatinga Biome

Abstract: This work presents a floristic survey of the subfamilies Bombacoideae, Byttnerioideae, Grewioideae and Helicterioideae (Malvaceae s.l.) in the Raso da Catarina Ecoregion (RCE), Bahia, Brazil. The samples analyzed were collected from September 2013 to May 2015. The analyses were supplemented with dried collections kept in the herbaria: ALCB, HRB, HUEFS, HUNEB, HST, IPA, PEUFR, R and RB. The identifications were based mainly on specialized bibliographies, protologues, types and herbaria collections. Ten genera and 22 species of the subfamilies were recorded, nine endemic to Brazil. Waltheria L. was the most representative genus with five species, followed by Ceiba Mill. and Melochia L. with three species each, Helicteres L., Luehea Willd., Pachira Aubl. and Pseudobombax Dugand presented two species each and other genera were represented by one species each. Among the species recorded, Luehea candicans Mart. represents a new record for the Caatinga biome. The species most commonly found in the study area were Helicteres velutina K.Schum., Melochia tomentosa L., Waltheria brachypetala Turcz., W. indica L. and W. rotundifolia Schrank. The taxonomic treatment includes identification key, descriptions, illustrations, photos, geographical distribution, reproductive phenology and comments about all studied species. Keywords: biodiversity, Caatinga, morphology, semiarid, taxonomy.

Updated taxonomic circumscription of Chamaecrista sect. Absus subsect. Absus series Rigidulae (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 462 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-87
Author(s):  
ALESSANDRO OLIVEIRA DE SOUZA ◽  
MARCOS JOSÉ DA SILVA
Keyword(s):  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
New Records ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Central Plateau ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Taxonomic Treatment

Anupdated circumscription and a taxonomic treatment of Chamaecrista sect. Absus subsect. Absus ser. Rigidulae is presented based on the results of previous phylogeny study where the series has emerged as monophyletic with exclusion of two species (C. brachyblepharis and C.ciliolata) and inclusion of two others species (C. botryoides and Ch. sincorana) in its circumscription. This revision resulted from consulting the specialized literature, analyzing of about 1400 collections from national and foreign herbaria. In this new circumscription, the series becomes the largest series of the genus with 32 species endemics to Brazil and distributed mainly in the Brazilian Central Plateau. Two new records in Brazilian states were reported, one to Bahia (Ch. feliciana) and two to Minas Gerais (Ch. benthamiana, Ch. rupestrium); an identification key of the species, morphologic descriptions, notes on taxonomy and geographic distribution of the taxa, conservation status, as well as illustrations and images of diagnostic characters are presented. In addition, the species typification remains updated with all categories indicated first with their respective barcodes.

A revision of the neotropical Mucuna species (Leguminosae—Papilionoideae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 337 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
TÂNIA M. DE MOURA ◽  
GWILYM P. LEWIS ◽  
VIDAL F. MANSANO ◽  
ANA M. G. A. TOZZI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Identification ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Tropical Species ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Taxonomic Treatment ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
Conservation Assessments ◽  
Floristic Treatment

The genus Mucuna comprises approximately 105 tropical and sub-tropical species, with the highest diversity occurring in the Paleotropics. In the Neotropics, 13 new species have been described recently and a number of regional floras have been published. A recent floristic treatment for Colombia has summarized the Mucuna species found in the Neotropics, but since then many new species and new geographical records have been published. A complete taxonomic treatment of all neotropical species and an identification key to all neotropical taxa is currently lacking. The aim of this study is to present a complete taxonomic account of the species of Mucuna occurring in the Neotropics. Descriptions of 25 taxa (24 species and one variety) are included in the treatment, including type specimen details, synonymy, illustrations, distribution maps, and preliminary conservation assessments for each species, together with a species identification key.

scholarly journals Flora da Bahia: Astraea (Euphorbiaceae)

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Otávio Luis Marques da Silva ◽  
Daniela Santos Carneiro-Torres ◽  
Inês Cordeiro
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
The State ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Taxonomic Treatment

This work presents the taxonomic treatment of the genus Astraea in Bahia. The state, along with Minas Gerais, has the highest diversity of Astraea, with seven species recognized: A. digitata, A. gracilis, A. klotzschii, A. paulina, A. praetervisa, A. subcomosa and A. surinamensis. The treatment includes an identification key, descriptions, photographs and distribution maps, besides comments on geographical distribution, habitat and phenology.

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