Zehneria monocarpa (Cucurbitaceae), a new species from the relicts of Kenya’s coastal forests

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 443 (3) ◽  
pp. 258-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
VERONICAH MUTELE NGUMBAU ◽  
MWADIME NYANGE ◽  
NENG WEI ◽  
ITAMBO MALOMBE ◽  
GUANG-WAN HU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Coastal Forests ◽  
Dark Green ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Female Flowers ◽  
Solitary Female

Zehneria monocarpa (Cucurbitaceae), a new species from the fragmented lowland coastal forests of Kenya is described here and illustrated with photographs. It resembles Z. oligosperma and Z. longiflora, but can be distinguished by its solitary female flowers and fruits. Furthermore, the new species has 1–23 conspicuous dark green glands on the apex of the leaf and the inner part of its receptacle tube is entirely hairy.

Silene lulakabadensis (Caryophyllaceae), a New Species from Iran

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-28
Author(s):  
Mahnaz Heidari Rikan ◽  
Farrokh Ghahremaninejad ◽  
Mostafa Assadi
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Green Plant ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Rare Plant ◽  
Soil Slopes ◽  
Dark Green ◽  
A New Species

Silene lulakabadensis Heidari, F. Ghahrem. & Assadi is described as a new species from Zanjan Province, Iran. The new species is a dark green plant, perennial and woody at the base, that was collected on marl soil slopes at 2100 m. It is believed to be closely related to S. eriocalycina Boiss. from section Auriculatae (Boiss.) Schischk. but is a smaller plant, with much shorter internodes, and pinkish-white retuse to emarginate petals with very small or no scales. It is a very rare plant and its conservation status is assessed as Critically Endangered.

Premna mwadimei (Lamiaceae), a new species from Cha Simba, a remnant of coastal forests of Kenya, East Africa

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 510 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
VERONICAH MUTELE NGUMBAU ◽  
PAUL MUTUKU MUSILI ◽  
GUANG-WAN HU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Africa ◽  
Floral Morphology ◽  
Leaf Shape ◽  
Coastal Forests ◽  
A New Species

Premna mwadimei (Lamiaceae), a distinct new species from the coastal forests of Kenya, Cha Simba area in Kilifi County, is described here with photographs. It is closely similar to P. chrysoclada and P. tanganyikensis but mainly differs from both by its habit, nature of the older stems, indumentum, leaf shape and floral morphology.

A new species of Smilax (Smilacaceae) from Yunnan, China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 275 (2) ◽  
pp. 159 ◽  
Author(s):  
XIN-JIE JIN ◽  
YAO CHEN ◽  
JOONGKU LEE ◽  
Zhechen Qi ◽  
LuXian Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Delimitation ◽  
Flower Morphology ◽  
Evolutionary Transition ◽  
Ideal Model ◽  
Floral Trait ◽  
Evolution And Development ◽  
Male Flowers ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Female Flowers

A new species, Smilax hirtellicaulis (Smilacaceae), from southwestern China is described and illustrated. The new species differs from all known Smilax species in its unique tepals, i.e., basally connate in male flowers but separate in female flowers. Phylogenetic analysis supports its species delimitation, and suggests a sister position to the clade of Smilax sect. Heterosmilax which have flowers with connate tepals. Their closest phylogenetic relationship and resembled flower morphology may represent an evolutionary transition from separate to united tepals in Smilax. It thus provides us an ideal model for studying the evolution and development of such an innovative floral trait.

Drymonia betancurii (Gesneriaceae), a new species from northwestern Colombia

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 221 (1) ◽  
pp. 77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Clavijo ◽  
John Littner Clark
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Leaf Surface ◽  
Lower Surface ◽  
Colombian Andes ◽  
White Spots ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Dark Green ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Gesneriaceae from the Pacific slopes of the Colombian Andes is described and illustrated. The new species, Drymonia betancurii, is differentiated from other congeners by the following combination of characters: upper leaf surface with papillose-hispid trichomes, dark green and often covered with white spots; lower surface pitted; and corolla lobes orange-red with white to yellow margins.

A new species of Eugenia (Myrteae, Myrtaceae) from the submontane forest of northern Atlantic Forest

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 360 (2) ◽  
pp. 167
Author(s):  
BRUNO S. AMORIM ◽  
FERNANDA N. CABRAL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Main Axis ◽  
Coastal Forests ◽  
Restricted Distribution ◽  
Mature Flower ◽  
Northern Atlantic ◽  
A New Species

Eugenia studerae is here described and illustrated. This species is restricted to submontane forests of northern Atlantic Forest and known only for the Alagoas state. Eugenia studerae is morphologically related to E. hirta. They share the small leaves, inflorescence with reduced main axis and subglobose and smooth fruits, but E. studerae differs by the inflorescence usually with 3–4 mature flowers/fruits, smaller and acute calyx lobes and the restricted distribution in submontane forests (vs. inflorescence usually with 1 mature flower/fruit, larger and rounded calyx lobes and the distribution in lowland coastal forests in E. hirta).

Eremitis limae (Poaceae, Bambusoideae), a new species of herbaceous bamboo endemic to the Atlantic Forest of Bahia, Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 454 (4) ◽  
pp. 277-284
Author(s):  
FABRÍCIO MOREIRA FERREIRA ◽  
CASSIANO A. DORNELES WELKER ◽  
LYNN G. CLARK ◽  
REYJANE P. OLIVEIRA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Coastal Forests ◽  
Iucn Red List Categories ◽  
Red List Categories ◽  
Close Relatives ◽  
A New Species

Eremitis limae, a new species of Parianinae (Poaceae, Bambusoideae, Olyreae) endemic to the coastal forests of Bahia, Brazil, is described and illustrated. It is morphologically similar to species of Eremitis with characteristically narrow leaves: E. linearifolia, E. parviflora, and E. riodocensis. We discuss the morphological characters distinguishing the new species from its close relatives, and we also present illustrations, photos, and a distribution map. Eremitis limae is classified as Endangered (EN) according to the IUCN Red List categories and criteria.

A new species of Bauhinia from coastal areas in Northeastern Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 435 (4) ◽  
pp. 293-300
Author(s):  
LUCIANO PAGANUCCI DE QUEIROZ ◽  
FILIPE GOMES OLIVEIRA ◽  
BRENA CEDRAZ ◽  
R. BRIGGITTHE MELCHOR-CASTRO ◽  
MOABE FERREIRA FERNANDES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Coastal Forests ◽  
Seasonally Dry ◽  
Tall Shrub ◽  
The Tropics ◽  
Atlantic Coastal ◽  
Trees And Shrubs ◽  
A New Species

Bauhinia includes about 150 species distributed across the tropics. Most Neotropical species belong to Bauhinia ser. Cansenia that includes unarmed trees and shrubs, mostly from areas under seasonally dry climate. A new species of this series is described here from the northeastern Brazilian states of Bahia and Sergipe. Bauhinia corifolia occurs in open vegetation on sandy soils of Restinga vegetation at the Atlantic coastal forests. It is morphologically similar to B. acuruana by sharing the entire and ovate leaflet with a retuse to emarginate apex and a cordate base, but differing by its tall shrub to treelet habit, larger leaves with a glabrous and glossy upper surface, shorter bracts, and longer flowers. We provide description, illustration and distribution map for the new species.

A new Reed Frog (Hyperoliidae: Hyperolius) from coastal northeastern Mozambique

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4379 (2) ◽  
pp. 177 ◽  
Author(s):  
WERNER CONRADIE ◽  
LUKE VERBURGT ◽  
DANIEL M. PORTIK ◽  
ANNEMARIE OHLER ◽  
BERYL A. BWONG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Genetic Divergence ◽  
Sequence Divergence ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspot ◽  
Eastern Africa ◽  
Sister Taxon ◽  
Coastal Forests ◽  
Phylogenetic Reconstructions ◽  
Mtdna Sequence ◽  
A New Species

A new species of African reed frog (genus Hyperolius Rapp, 1842) is described from the Coastal Forests of the Eastern Africa Biodiversity Hotspot in northeastern Mozambique. It is currently only known from less than ten localities associated with the Mozambican coastal pans system, but may also occur in the southeastern corner of Tanzania. Phylogenetic reconstructions using the mitochondrial 16S marker revealed that it is the sister taxon of Hyperolius mitchelli (>5.6% 16S mtDNA sequence divergence) and forms part of a larger H. mitchelli complex with H. mitchelli and H. rubrovermiculatus. The new species is distinguished from other closely related Hyperolius species by genetic divergence, morphology, vocalisation, and dorsal colouration. 

Dasylirion micropterum (Asparagaceae), a new species from Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 253 (2) ◽  
pp. 139 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOSÉ A. VILLARREAL-QUINTANILLA ◽  
EDUARDO ESTRADA-CASTILLÓN ◽  
M. HUMBERTO REYES-VALDÉS ◽  
JUAN A. ENCINA-DOMÍNGUEZ ◽  
OCTAVIO MARTÍNEZ ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Plastid Dna ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Sierra Madre Oriental ◽  
Mexican State ◽  
Sierra Madre ◽  
Western Side ◽  
Dark Green ◽  
High Elevations ◽  
A New Species

Dasylirion micropterum is described as a new species from high elevations of the Sierra Madre Oriental in the Mexican state of Coahuila. It differs from known species of Dasylirion for having ascending dark green leaves, narrow inflorescences, small fruits with narrow wings and its distribution restricted to the western side of the Sierra Madre Oriental. The identity of the new species was confirmed through the sequence of matK and rbcL plastid DNA regions. GenBank sequences accessions are included. An illustration, photos and a distribution map are presented for the new species.

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