Taxonomic remarks on the Centaurea aeolica (Asteraceae) species complex

In the course of a taxonomical revision of Centaurea aeolica and the closely related C. pandataria, species confined to the Aeolian Archipelago (N Sicily) and Ventotene island (Pontian Archipelago, Latium) respectively, we describe a new species, named C. phalacrica, occurring on coastal metamorphic rocks near Messina (NE Sicily). These three species, well differentiated in several features, are examined from morphological, nomenclatural, chorological, and ecological points of view. For each species, a detailed iconography, consideration on their conservation status and identification keys are provided too. The lectotype of C. pandataria kept in the Florence Herbarium (FI) is designated.

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A new species of Bituminaria (Fabaceae) from Tunisia

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.297.3.1 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 297 (3) ◽

pp. 221 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

CRISTIAN BRULLO ◽

SALVATORE BRULLO ◽

SALVATORE CAMBRIA ◽

RIDHA EL MOKNI ◽

MOHAMED HÉDI EL AOUNI ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Middle East ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Mediterranean Area ◽

Morphological Features ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

Micro Morphology ◽

Aeolian Archipelago ◽

A New Species ◽

Seed Testa

Bituminaria tunetana a new species occurring in Tunisia is described and illustrated. It shows some relationships with B. basaltica from Aeolian Archipelago (Sicily), mainly for having very small flowers and also with B. flaccida from Middle East in having pale colored corolla and few-flowered inflorescences, but the three species differ among them in many diacritic features regarding the leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds. Besides, it is well distinct from B. bituminosa, species widely spread in Sicily and in several countries of the Mediterranean area, for many morphological features, as well as in micro-morphology of seed testa and pod indumentum. Its distribution, ecology and conservation status are also examined. An analytical key of the species belonging to Bituminaria subgen. Bituminaria is also provided.

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Solenopsis mothiana (Campanulaceae), a new species from Sicily

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.145.1.2 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 145 (1) ◽

pp. 15

Author(s):

CRISTIAN BRULLO ◽

Salvatore Brullo ◽

GIANPIETRO GIUSSO DEL GALDO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Salt Marshes ◽

Conservation Status ◽

The Other ◽

Full Description ◽

Ecological Requirements ◽

Coastal Salt Marshes ◽

Well Differentiated ◽

Micro Morphology ◽

A New Species

Solenopsis mothiana (Campanulaceae) is described and illustrated as a new species from Sicily. A full description, diagnostic characters, ecological requirements, conservation status, SEM, and seed micro-morphology of this narrow endemic are provided. It is taxonomically well differentiated from the other hitherto known species of the genus, which are restricted to the Mediterranean and Macaronesian regions. Its taxonomic isolation is also confirmed by a phenetic analysis based on morphological features. The new species mainly differs from the other taxa of Solenopsis in having sub-caulescent habit, very short and branched stems, leaves arranged in a basal rosette and cauline, and a very small white corolla with sub-connivent lips. From an ecological viewpoint, it behaves as a hygrophyte linked to temporary submerged depressions close to coastal salt marshes.

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Vicia brulloi (Fabaceae), a new species from Sicily

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.418.1.3 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 418 (1) ◽

pp. 57-78 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

SAVERIO SCIANDRELLO ◽

GIANPIETRO GIUSSO DEL GALDO ◽

CRISTINA SALMERI ◽

PIETRO MINISSALE

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Chromosome Complement ◽

Pollen Grain ◽

Close Relationship ◽

Ne Sicily ◽

European Distribution ◽

A New Species ◽

Seed Testa ◽

Shape And Size

Vicia brulloi, a new species from Peloritani range in NE Sicily, is described and illustrated. It is a perennial climbing liane linked to riparian woods, showing close relationship mainly with V. pisiformis, having a scattered European distribution. In particular, V. brulloi is a very rare and extremely localized species morphologically well distinct from V. pisiformis in several remarkable features, such as the dense indumentum covering the vegetative structures and calyces, the shape and size of flower pieces, pods, seeds, as well as seed testa micromorphology. Another relevant peculiarity of V. brulloi is the lower tooth of the calyx replaced by a green leafy appendix, character infrequent in legumes and hitherto never observed in other Vicia species, which clearly represents the residue of its ancestral foliar origin. The morphology, pollen grain and seed testa micromorphology, chromosome complement 2n = 2x = 12, seedling features, reproductive biology, biogeography, habitat, ecology, conservation status and taxonomic relationships of the new species are examined.

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Silene peloritana (Caryophyllaceae) a new species from Sicily

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.172.3.6 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 172 (3) ◽

pp. 256 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Cristian Brullo ◽

Salvatore Brullo ◽

Gianpietro Giusso Del Galdo ◽

Pietro Minissale ◽

Saverio Sciandrello

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

The Other ◽

Narrow Endemic ◽

Ne Sicily ◽

Well Differentiated ◽

A New Species

Silene peloritana is described and illustrated as a narrow endemic circumscribed to Mt. Scuderi, an isolated peak of the Peloritani range (NE Sicily). The new species, belonging to S. sect. Dipterosperma, is a small therophyte growing on cacuminal carbonatic stands. It is well differentiated from the other Sicilian species of this section for its small size, shorter lower internodes, bracts and calyx teeth, petal lobes obovate, coronal scales purplish, and anthers pinkish-violet. A key of the Sicilian taxa belonging to Silene sect. Dipterosperma is provided.

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Salix aegaea (Salicaceae), a new species from island of Ikaria (Greece)

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.447.2.5 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 447 (2) ◽

pp. 127-136

Author(s):

SALVATORE CAMBRIA ◽

CRISTIAN BRULLO ◽

GIANPIETRO GIUSSO DEL GALDO ◽

SAVERIO SCIANDRELLO ◽

GIUSEPPE SIRACUSA ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Close Relationships ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Leaf Shape ◽

Epicuticular Waxes ◽

Well Differentiated ◽

Floral Bracts ◽

Micro Morphology ◽

A New Species ◽

Shape And Size

A new species of willow from Ikaria Island (Greece), named Salix aegaea, is described and illustrated. For the leaf shape, as well as for the hairy ovary, capsule and base of stamina filaments, it shows close relationships with the species belonging to S. apennina group. It is morphologically well differentiated in several features regarding the shape and size of branches, leaves, inflorescences, floral bracts, ovaries, stamens and capsules, as well as the structure of leaf epicuticular waxes and hairs. Considerations on its ecology, chorology, leaf micro-morphology, conservation status and the identification keys including the allied species are also provided.

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A New Species of Eugenia subg. Pseudeugenia (Myrtaceae, Myrteae) from Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Systematic Botany ◽

10.1600/036364420x15935294613518 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 45 (3) ◽

pp. 537-543

Author(s):

Karinne Sampaio Valdemarin ◽

Jair Eustáquio Quintino Faria ◽

Fiorella Fernanda Mazine ◽

Vinicius Castro Souza

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Forest Vegetation ◽

Vegetation Types ◽

Flower Buds ◽

Diagnostic Features ◽

Closely Related Species ◽

Lowland Forests ◽

A New Species

Abstract—A new species of Eugenia from the Atlantic forest of Brazil is described and illustrated. Eugenia flavicarpa is restricted to the Floresta de Tabuleiro (lowland forests) of Espírito Santo state and is nested in Eugenia subg. Pseudeugenia. Considering all other species of the subgenus that occur in forest vegetation types of the Atlantic forest phytogeographic domain, Eugenia flavicarpa can be distinguished mainly by the combination of smooth leaves with indumentum on both surfaces, with two marginal veins, usually ramiflorous inflorescences, pedicels 4.5‐9.7 mm long, flower buds 3.5‐4 mm in diameter, and by the calyx lobes that are 2‐3 mm long with rounded to obtuse apices. Morphological analyses were performed to explore the significance of quantitative diagnostic features between the new species and the closely related species, Eugenia farneyi. Notes on the habitat, distribution, phenology, and conservation status of Eugenia flavicarpa are provided, as well as a key for all species of Eugenia subg. Pseudeugenia from forest vegetation of the Atlantic forest phytogeographic domain.

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New Findings on Scrophularia sect. Mimulopsis (Scrophulariaceae) from Iran

Novon A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature ◽

10.3417/2019271 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 27 (4) ◽

pp. 238-247

Author(s):

Massoud Ranjbar ◽

Narges Rahchamani

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Pollen Morphology ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Northern Iran ◽

Distribution Maps ◽

New Findings ◽

Tehran Province ◽

Micromorphological Characters ◽

A New Species

Scrophularia dianatnejadii Ranjbar & Rahchamani, a new species from Tehran Province in northern Iran, is described and illustrated. It is closely related to S. amplexicaulis Benth. and shares with it some diagnostic morphological characters such as habit, plant indument, phyllotaxy, and corolla shape and color. Both species are placed in Scrophularia L. sect. Mimulopsis Boiss. Macro- and micromorphological characters of the two are examined and compared. Pollen morphology of these species is investigated using SEM. Detailed descriptions, illustrations, distribution maps, and conservation status of both species are provided.

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Silene lulakabadensis (Caryophyllaceae), a New Species from Iran

Novon A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature ◽

10.3417/2019407 ◽

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.

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Beaucarnea olsonii (Ruscaceae), a new species of ponytail palm from southwestern Puebla, Mexico

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.286.1.2 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 286 (1) ◽

pp. 13

Author(s):

VANESSA ROJAS-PIÑA ◽

LEONARDO O. ALVARADO-CÁRDENAS

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Endemic Species ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Deciduous Forests ◽

Central Mexico ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Southern Central ◽

Tropical Deciduous Forests ◽

A New Species

Beaucarnea olsonii is described and illustrated from tropical deciduous forests of SW Puebla, Mexico. The new species can be distinguished from other Beaucarnea species by its massively swollen base that abruptly tapers into slender branches, by its conspicuously long stigma, and by its pedicel articulation that occurs at 2/3 of the length of the pedicel below the flower. With this new addition, the total number of endemic species of Beaucarnea for Mexico increases to 10, making this country the greatest center of diversification and endemism for the genus. We also provide a distribution map and a conservation status recommendation for the new species, as well as a key to the Beaucarnea species of southern central Mexico.

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