Molecular and morphological evidence of Onobrychis avanakensis, a new species from Iran

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 487 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-82
Author(s):  
ATEFE AMIRAHMADI ◽  
MARYAM KHOSHSOKHAN-MOZAFFAR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Bayesian Inference ◽  
Phylogenetic Tree ◽  
Morphological Evidence ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Nrdna Its ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Separate Branch ◽  
A New Species

Onobrychis avanakensis is described as a new species in sect. Onobrychis. The new species is restricted to the Alborz Mountains in the Qazvin province of Iran and distinguished from its closely related taxa in both morphological and molecular evidence based on nrDNA ITS sequences. O. avanakensis is well distinct from O. major and O. carduchorum by having different sizes of keel, wing and calyx. Based on the phylogenetic tree resulted from Bayesian inference, the new species is located in a separate branch. The distribution map and an illustration of the new species are provided.

scholarly journals A new miniature species of Priocharax (Characiformes: Characidae) from the upper rio Ipixuna, Purus drainage, Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
George Mendes Taliaferro Mattox ◽  
Camila da Silva de Souza ◽  
Mônica Toledo-Piza ◽  
Claudio Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Lower Number ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
Coi Sequences ◽  
Amazonas State ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Pelvic Fin

Abstract A new species of miniature fish of the characid genus Priocharax is described from a small lake near the rio Ipixuna, rio Purus drainage, Amazonas State, Brazil. It is distinguished from all congeners except P. pygmaeus by the lower number of teeth on the maxilla and dentary. It differs from P. pygmaeus by the presence of two postcleithra and 22–27 branched anal-fin rays (vs absence and 19–22). The new species is further distinguished from other species of Priocharax by a combination of characters involving the number of pelvic-fin rays and branched anal-fin rays, the number of postcleithra, the shape of postcleithrum 3, and the absence of the claustrum. Molecular evidence based on COI sequences of all valid species of Priocharax also corroborates the validity of this new species.

Aspiciliella pakistanica a new lichen species (Megasporaceae, Pertusariales, Ascomycota) from Pakistan

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 511 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
KAMRAN HABIB ◽  
QUDSIA FIRDOUS ◽  
MOHAMMAD SOHRABI ◽  
ABDUL NASIR KHALID
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Tree ◽  
Molecular Analysis ◽  
Anatomical Study ◽  
Lichen Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
Separate Branch ◽  
A New Species

A new species in Megasporaceae, Aspiciliella pakistanica is described and illustrated from Pakistan. A comparative morpho–anatomical study and ITS–based molecular analysis confirmed its position within the recently resurrected genus Aspiciliella. The taxon is characterized by whitish–grey thalli having large and thick areoles without pale lines on the surface, and a discontinuous algal layer arranged in groups of vertical rows. Its positioning in a separate branch in the phylogenetic tree also makes it distinct from the other known species of the genus.

scholarly journals Morphological and molecular data reveal a new species of Allium (Amaryllidaceae) from SW Anatolia, Turkey

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 212 (4) ◽  
pp. 283 ◽  
Author(s):  
İsmail Gökhan Deniz ◽  
İlker Genç ◽  
Duygu Sarı
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Tree ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Close Relative ◽  
Western Region ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Tree Distribution ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
A New Species

Allium undulatitepalum (Amaryllidaceae) is described as a new species from the Antalya Province of Turkey. It belongs to the section Melanocrommyum and is endemic to the south-western region of Turkey. The new species is a close relative of A. orientale, but according to results of the ITS sequences, and based on the morphological differences presented in the description, it is clearly different from its relative. A phylogenetic tree, distribution map, illustrations, pollen and seed microphotographs, karyo-morphology, as well as notes on the biogeography and ecology of the new species are provided.

scholarly journals Description of a new species of Homonota (Reptilia, Squamata, Phyllodactylidae) from the central region of northern Paraguay

2018 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pier Cacciali ◽  
Mariana Morando ◽  
Luciano Javier Avila ◽  
Gunther Koehler
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Central Region ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Cyt B ◽  
Occipital Area ◽  
Meristic Characters ◽  
Southern South America ◽  
White Band ◽  
A New Species

Homonotais a gecko distributed in central and southern South America with 12 species allocated in three groups. In this work, we performed molecular and morphological analyses of samples ofHomonotafrom the central region of northern Paraguay, comparing the data with those of related species of the group:H.horridaandH.septentrionalis. We found strong molecular evidence (based on 16S, Cyt-b, and PRLR gene sequences) to distinguish this lineage as a new species. Morphological statistical analysis showed that females of the three species are different in metric characters (SVL and TL as the most contributing variables), whereas males are less differentiated. No robust differences were found in meristic characters. The most remarkable trait for the diagnosis of the new species is the presence of well-developed keeled tubercles on the sides of the neck, and lack of a white band (crescent-shaped) in the occipital area, which is present inH.horridaandH.septentrionalis. Nevertheless, in our sample, we found three specimens (one juvenile and two young adults) that exhibit the white occipital band. Thus, this character seems only reliable in adults of the new species. The new species is parapatric toH.septentrionalis, both inhabiting the Dry Chaco of Paraguay.

scholarly journals A new species of the genus Centruroides Marx (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from western Michoacán State, México using molecular and morphological evidence

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 859 ◽  
pp. 31-48
Author(s):  
Ana F. Quijano-Ravell ◽  
Luis F. de Armas ◽  
Oscar F. Francke ◽  
Javier Ponce-Saavedra
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Integrative Taxonomy ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Morphological Evidence ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Gene Mrna

A new species of scorpion belonging to the genus Centruroides Marx, 1890 is described from the Coalcomán mountain range, western Michoacán State, Mexico. Its general aspect resembles Centruroidesruana Quijano-Ravell & Ponce-Saavedra, 2016, and C.infamatus (C. L. Koch, 1844), but it is a smaller species having lower pectinal tooth counts; also, males of C.ruana have the pedipalp chelae slightly thicker, whereas C.infamatus has a subaculear tubercle nearer to the base of the aculeus. Another species with similar aspect is Centruroidesornatus Pocock, 1902; however, a preliminary molecular analysis of the mitochondrial gene mRNA 16S showed genetic divergence (measured as p-distance) near to 10% between these species, and lower differences between the new species with respect to C.infamatus (4.63%) and C.ruana (5.07%). The molecular evidence together with the morphological characters (integrative taxonomy) are sufficient for recognizing the Coalcomán population as a separate and valid species.

Onobrychis maassoumii (Fabaceae-Hedysareae), a new species from Iran

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 406 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
AKRAM KAVEH ◽  
ATEFE AMIRAHMADI ◽  
HANIYEH NAFISI ◽  
SHAHROKH KAZEMPOUR-OSALOO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Alborz Mountain ◽  
Distinct Taxon ◽  
A New Species

Onobrychis maassoumii Kaveh, Amirah. & Kaz. Osaloo sp. nov. is described and illustrated as a new species. It is restricted to Alborz mountain range in northeastern Tehran, Iran. Morphologically, this species is distinct from its closest relatives by greenish appearance, leaflets with upper glabrescent surface, calyx teeth 2–2.3 times as long as tube and petal wings ciliate. Also, molecular evidence reinforced this species as a distinct taxon. The distribution map and an illustration of the new species are also provided.

scholarly journals Dipteris shenzhenensis, a new endangered species of Dipteridaceae from Shenzhen, southern China

PhytoKeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 186 ◽  
pp. 111-120
Author(s):  
Zuo-Ying Wei ◽  
Yu-Feng Gu ◽  
Zeng-Qiang Xia ◽  
Li-Jun Chen ◽  
Ting Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Endangered Species ◽  
Quantitative Trait ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Morphological Evidence ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
A New Species

Dipteris shenzhenensis, a new species of ferns from Shenzhen, Guangdong, southern China, is identified and described. It closely resembles D. chinensis but possesses several unique traits, such as long rhizome scales, castaneous stipe, and abaxially pale fronds with two fan-shaped fronds connected by a broad wing. Molecular evidence showed that D. shenzhenensis is allied to D. conjugata, whereas it has morphologically significant differences (P < 0.05) on the basis of quantitative trait statistical analysis. Overall, the morphological evidence, taken together with the result of cpDNA indicated that D. shenzhenensis is a distinct species.

Earning your stripes: a second species of striped gecko in the New Zealand gecko genus Toropuku (Gekkota: Diplodactylidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4890 (4) ◽  
pp. 578-588
Author(s):  
RODNEY A. HITCHMOUGH ◽  
STUART V. NIELSEN ◽  
AARON M. BAUER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Morphological Evidence ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Cook Strait ◽  
North And South ◽  
A New Species

The New Zealand diplodactylid gecko genus Toropuku is currently monotypic, but the sole member of the genus, T. stephensi, is distributed in two disjunct, geographically distant regions of New Zealand – the islands of Cook Strait (which includes the type locality, Stephens Island), between New Zealand’s North and South Islands, and the Coromandel Peninsula, in the northeastern North Island. Previously published phylogenetic results, based on three total individuals, recognized substantial—possibly species-level—diversity between these disparate localities, although no taxonomic decisions were made at that time. More recently, additional animals have been found on the Coromandel Peninsula. We here present phylogenetic and morphological evidence based on this expanded dataset to formally describe the populations on the Coromandel Peninsula as a new species, Toropuku inexpectatus sp. nov. The specific epithet refers to the species’ surprise discovery in a herpetologically well-surveyed area. The recognition of T. inexpectatus sp. nov. as a distinct species has implications for the conservation status of T. stephensi, which is now considered restricted to three islands in Cook Strait. 

Bletilla guizhouensis (Orchidaceae; Epidendroideae), a new species from Guizhou China: evidence from morphological and molecular analyses

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 406 (5) ◽  
pp. 279-286
Author(s):  
JIE HUANG ◽  
MENG WANG ◽  
LI-JUN CHEN ◽  
ZHI-CONG HUANG ◽  
WEN-HUI RAO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Plastid Dna ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Morphological Comparison ◽  
Molecular Analyses ◽  
Dna Sequence Data ◽  
Floral Bracts ◽  
A New Species

Bletilla guizhouensis (Coelogyninae, Epidendroideae, Orchidaceae), a new species from Guizhou, China, is described and illustrated in this study based on the morphological and molecular evidence. Based on the morphological comparison, B. guizhouensis is closely related to B. striata, but differs in having ovate-oblong floral bracts, oblong-elliptic dorsal sepal, lip broadly-obovate, lip mid-lobe subelliptic, and disk with 7 longitudinal lamellae. These features distinguish the new orchid from all other known species of Bletilla. Molecular analysis based on nuclear ribosomal ITS and plastid DNA sequence data indicate that B. guizhouensis is a new species.

A new species of Tremella s.s. (Tremellaceae, Basidiomycota) from southeastern China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 502 (2) ◽  
pp. 208-216
Author(s):  
LONG FEI FAN ◽  
JIN BAO PU ◽  
FANG WU ◽  
YU CHENG DAI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Bayesian Inference ◽  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
Large Subunit ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Southeastern China ◽  
Rotten Wood ◽  
Thin Walled ◽  
A New Species

A new species Tremella zhejiangensis is described from southeastern China based on phenotypic and molecular evidence. The species is characterized by soft gelatinous, yellowish brown to brownish orange, cerebriform basidioma when fresh, thin-walled, globose to subglobose or broadly ellipsoid basidia with a basal clamp connection, globose to subglobose basidiospores measuring 15.0–19.0 × 14.0–17.5 µm with obvious apiculus, and growth on rotten wood of Liquidambar formosana. The phylogeny of Tremella s.s. is constructed using methods of Maximum Parsimony, Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian Inference analyses based on the combined internal transcribed spacer regions (ITS) and the large subunit (nLSU) dataset. The results indicate that T. zhejiangensis forms a lineage independent of other species of Tremella s.s. An illustrated description of the new species is provided and related species are discussed.

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