Strobilanthes bolavenensis, a new species of Acanthaceae from Bolaven Plateau, southern Laos

Dyckia pampeana Büneker, a new species of Bromeliaceae (Pitcairnioideae) from the Pampa grasslands of Brazil and Uruguay, is hereby described and illustrated. Data on habitat, ecology, etymology, geographical distribution, morphological affinities and status of conservation according to the IUCN criteria are provided.

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Echeveria munizii (Crassulaceae) a new species of epiphyte from tropical Volcán de Colima, Mexico

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.191.1.11 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 191 (1) ◽

pp. 165 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

José Antonio Vázquez-García ◽

Gregorio Nieves-hernández ◽

Jesús Padilla-Lepe ◽

Ana Teresa Nuño-Rubio ◽

Miguel De Jesús Cházaro-Basáñez

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Species Conservation ◽

Volcán De Colima ◽

Conservation Assessment ◽

Western Mexico ◽

Pale Pink ◽

Inner Surface ◽

Volcan De Colima ◽

A New Species ◽

Iucn Criteria

Echeveria munizii, a new species from the southwestern slopes of Volcán de Colima on the Colima-Jalisco border in western Mexico is described and illustrated. This species belongs to series Gibbiflorae and is most similar to E. fulgens from which it differs in having adaxially sulcate leaves with straight and hyaline margins, olive green to brownish green surface, a fewer flowered inflorescence with fewer flowers per branch, a pink / orange bicolored corolla with the inner surface pale pink to orange, the base of the carpels white, and longer pedicels. A species conservation assessment, undertaken using IUCN criteria, determines Echeveria munizii to be Critically Endangered (CR).

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Novelties in Brazilian Anchietea A.St.-Hil. (Violaceae): A new species from inselbergs in the Atlantic rainforest and an update on the conservation status of Anchietea ferrucciae Paula-Souza & Zmarzty

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.280.1.6 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 280 (1) ◽

pp. 63

Author(s):

JULIANA DE PAULA-SOUZA ◽

JOSÉ RUBENS PIRANI

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Atlantic Rainforest ◽

Conservation Assessment ◽

Espírito Santo ◽

Espirito Santo ◽

A New Species ◽

Iucn Criteria

Anchietea ballardii Paula-Souza, a new species of Violaceae endemic to inselbergs in Espírito Santo state, Brazil, is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically similar to Anchietea ferrucciae Paula-Souza & Zmarzty, endemic to the Caatinga in Bahia state, being recognized by its obovate to suborbicular fruit valves, ovate or widely elliptic to suborbicular leaves and more congested arrangement of leaves and flowers/fruits. An updated key to the species of Anchietea A.St.-Hil. is provided, and a preliminary conservation assessment using IUCN criteria are provided for both the new species and and A. ferrucciae. Anchietea ballardii Paula-Souza, uma nova espécie de Violaceae endêmica de inselbergs do Espírito Santo, Brasil, é descrita e ilustrada. A nova espécie é morfologicamente relacionada à Anchietea ferrucciae Paula-Souza & Zmarzty, endêmica da Caatinga da Bahia, sendo distinta pelas valvas dos frutos obovais a suborbiculares, folhas ovais ou largamente elípticas a suborbiculares e arranjo mais congesto de folhas e flores/frutos. Uma chave de identificação atualizada para as espécies de Anchietea A.St.-Hil. é apresentada, assim como a avaliação de seu status de conservação e o de A. ferrucciae.

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Stigmatodon francae (Bromeliaceae, Tillandsioideae), a New Species from Cliff Ecosystems on Inselbergs in Southeastern Brazil

Novon A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature ◽

10.3417/2020521 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 28 (4) ◽

pp. 275-280

Author(s):

Dayvid Rodrigues Couto ◽

Vitor da Cunha Manhães ◽

Andrea Ferreira da Costa

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Geographical Distribution ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Habitat Ecology ◽

A New Species ◽

Iucn Criteria

Stigmatodon Leme, G. K. Br. & Barfuss is an exclusively Brazilian genus of Bromeliaceae that occurs mainly on large vertical granite surfaces of inselbergs in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil. A new species found in cliff ecosystems on inselbergs in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro is described and illustrated. Data are provided on its habitat, ecology, and geographical distribution, together with an evaluation of its conservation status according to IUCN criteria.

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Prosopanche cocuccii (Hydnoraceae): a new species from Southern Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.521.3.3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 521 (3) ◽

pp. 177-192

Author(s):

JORDANO D. TAVARES DE CARVALHO ◽

CATARINE MARKUS ◽

ALDO MEROTTO JUNIOR ◽

RENATO A. ZÁCHIA ◽

MARILIA SCHUCH ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Nicotiana Tabacum ◽

Host Plant ◽

Morphological Characteristics ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

Habitat Ecology ◽

Single Host ◽

Flower Organs ◽

General Size ◽

A New Species

Prosopanche cocuccii is described as a new species from Southern Brazil. It resembles P. bonacinae due to the trigonous rhizome and by the general size of the flower organs. Nevertheless, P. cocuccii is distinguished by the main floral morphological characteristics used to differentiate species. In addition, the new species presents some rare characters for the genus, such as a highly branched rhizome and flowers usually grouped in fascicles. We provide a description, illustrations, field photographs, morphological details under the stereomicroscope, and comments on habitat, ecology, distribution, and conservation of the new species, as well as an updated key for the genus Prosopanche. In addition, we identified that P. cocuccii produces a large number of rhizomes and fruits for each single host specimen of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), which resulted in a decrease in height and growth of its only known host plant.

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Muscari inundatum (Asparagaceae, Scilloideae), a new species from southern Anatolia

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.484.2.3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 484 (2) ◽

pp. 181-194

Author(s):

İSMAİL EKER ◽

HASAN YILDIRIM

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Geographical Distribution ◽

Identification Key ◽

Conservation Assessment ◽

Comprehensive Description ◽

Diagnostic Characters ◽

Original Photographs ◽

A New Species

A new species, Muscari inundatum (Asparagaceae) from Turkey, is described and illustrated. It is morphologically similar to M. neglectum and M. adilii, but differs mainly by its shouldered fertile flowers with erect to slightly recurved lobes at maturity. In this study, a comprehensive description, diagnostic characters, original photographs, detailed illustration, geographical distribution, conservation assessment, identification key, and taxonomic comments on the new species are presented.

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Taxonomic notes on some Styrax (Styracaceae) species from Brazil

Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas ◽

10.17348/jbrit.v15.i2.1158 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 525-533

Author(s):

Peter W. Fritsch

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Geographic Distribution ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Type Collection ◽

Conservation Assessment ◽

Central Brazil ◽

Revolute Margin ◽

A New Species

Taxonomic issues regarding three species of Styrax ser. Valvatae in Brazil are addressed. Styrax bahiensis, a new species from Bahia state, northeastern Brazil, is described and illustrated. It is similar to S. pallidus in its leaves of similar size and anther thecae that exceed the connective, but differs by coriaceous leaf blades with a revolute margin, leaf domatia up to 0.7 mm long and flat or rarely slightly bulging, a yellow- or orange-stellate-tomentulose calyx abaxially, and spreading corolla lobes. The species is known only from the type collection gathered over 50 years ago. Styrax griseus is placed in synonymy under S. kuhlmannii, a species from central Brazil, and a lectotype is provided for S. kuhlmannii. An updated description and estimate of the geographic distribution of S. pauciflorus are provided, as well as a lectotype and conservation assessment for this species.

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Odontochilus putaoensis (Cranichideae, Orchidaceae), a new species from Myanmar

PhytoKeys ◽

10.3897/phytokeys.103.25913 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 103 ◽

pp. 19-26 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ye Lwin Aung ◽

Aye Thin Mu ◽

Xiaohua Jin

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Iucn Red List ◽

Red List ◽

Identification Key ◽

Conservation Assessment ◽

Asian Species ◽

Iucn Red List Categories ◽

Light Yellow ◽

Red List Categories ◽

A New Species

Odontochilusputaoensis, a new species of Orchidaceae, is described and illustrated from Putao Township, Kachin State, Myanmar.Odontochilusputaoensisis close toO.duplex, but can be easily distinguished from the latter by having a light yellow lip, a bisaccate hypochile with a small, erect, blade-like and emarginate callus within each sac, a mesochile with a pair of dentate-pectinate flanges and a bilobed epichile with a pair of widely diverging lobes that are erect and concave. An identification key to the Southeast Asian species ofOdontochilusand colour photographs ofO.putaoensisare provided. A preliminary conservation assessment according to the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria is given for the new species.

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Plantago campestris (Plantaginaceae), a rare new species from southern Brazil, supported by phylogenomic and morphological evidence

PeerJ ◽

10.7717/peerj.11848 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

pp. e11848

Author(s):

Gustavo Hassemer ◽

Elliot M. Gardner ◽

Nina Rønsted

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Species Complex ◽

High Throughput Sequencing ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

High Elevation ◽

Species Level ◽

Morphological Evidence ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

A New Species ◽

Iucn Criteria

High-throughput sequencing, when combined with taxonomic expertise, is a powerful tool to refine and advance taxonomic classification, including at the species level. In the present work, a new species, Plantago campestris, is described out of the P. commersoniana species complex, based on phylogenomic and morphological evidence. The main morphological characters that distinguish the new species from P. commersoniana are the glabrous posterior sepals and the slightly broader leaves. The new species is known from only three localities, all in natural high-elevation grasslands in Paraná and Santa Catarina states, southern Brazil. According to the IUCN criteria new species should be assessed as Endangered (EN). We present field photographs of P. campestris and related species, and we provide an identification key to the species previously included within the circumscription of P. commersoniana.

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Behuria mestrealvarensis (Melastomataceae): a new species on an inselberg in Espírito Santo, Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.255.3.10 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 255 (3) ◽

pp. 281 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

DIEGO TAVARES IGLESIAS ◽

VALQUÍRIA FERREIRA DUTRA ◽

RENATO GOLDENBERG

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Habitat Quality ◽

The State ◽

Critically Endangered ◽

Fragmented Landscape ◽

Espírito Santo ◽

Espirito Santo ◽

A New Species ◽

Iucn Criteria ◽

Single Locality

Behuria mestrealvarensis (Melastomataceae) from the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil, is described, illustrated and compared with B. capixaba, the species most similar to it. Behuria mestrealvarensis differs from B. capixaba by the glabrous petioles and hypanthia, by the solitary flowers or these in simple or compound triads up to 7 flowers, elliptic bracteoles almost the same size of the pedicel and hypanthium, sepals with eciliate margins and ovary apex with trichomes up to 0.5 mm. It occurs in a single locality, on an isolated, ca. 800m elev. inselberg. Due to its restricted occupancy area, fragmented landscape and poor habitat quality, this species must be considered as Critically Endangered according to IUCN criteria.

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