Eleocharis endounifascis: A new species of Eleocharis subgenus Limnochloa (Cyperaceae) from northern South America

Phytotaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. E. Hinchliff ◽  
S. Petersen ◽  
E. H. Roalson
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Standing Water ◽  
Northern South America ◽  
Herbarium Collections ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Eleocharis endounifascis, is described and illustrated. This species inhabits standing water in disturbed, open habitats, occurring among a mosaic of wet forest, and probably also flourishes in sunny, seasonally inundated wetlands from Belize to southeastern Venezuela and Guyana to Brazil. It was previously confused with Eleocharis interstincta in herbarium collections and floristic works.

Up on the table mountains in Brazil: new Bromeliaceae and Eriocaulaceae (Poales) from the Pantepui in the Guayana Shield

2018 ◽  
Vol 151 (1) ◽  
pp. 130-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael G. Barbosa-Silva ◽  
Marcelo Trovó ◽  
Gustavo Martinelli ◽  
Rafaela Campostrini Forzza
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Field Trips ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Guayana Shield ◽  
Northern South America ◽  
Angiosperm Species ◽  
Herbarium Collections ◽  
Table Mountains

Background and aims – As “islands in the sky” of northern South America, the isolated ecosystems of the Pantepui province include a distinct flora with high levels of endemism and which are ancestral areas for many angiosperm lineages. About one fifth of Pantepui angiosperm species are distributed in Poales, a highly diverse angiosperm order.Methods – Recent field trips were carried out on two Brazilian tepuis, by foot and helicopter. Herbarium collections were consulted and compared with the proposed new species. Key results – Four new species of Poales, three Navia Schult. & Schult.f. (Bromeliaceae) and one Paepalanthus Mart. (Eriocaulaceae) were found. Descriptions, illustrations, and distribution maps of the new species, as well as an identification key to Brazilian Navia species, are provided.

First record and a new species of Megarthrus Curtis (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Proteininae) from the Colombian Central Andes

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2916 (1) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
MARGARITA M. LÓPEZ-GARCÍA ◽  
DIANA M. Méndez-Rojas ◽  
JOSÉ LUÍS NAVARRETE-HEREDIA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Central America ◽  
First Record ◽  
Central Andes ◽  
South American ◽  
The South ◽  
The World ◽  
Northern South America ◽  
A New Species

The genus Megarthrus Curtis 1829 with about 139 species described around the world, is the largest of the subfamily Proteininae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) (Cuccodoro 2011). Megarthrus is distributed worldwide (Cuccodoro 1999) but it is apparently more diverse in the Holartic region (Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002). However, the South American fauna is underestimated because many of the collected specimens are not yet described (Cuccodoro 2011). Newton et al. (2005) cited the genus as probable in Colombia because some species are known from Central America and northern South America, but until now, no species has been published from Colombia. Therefore, M. andinus sp. nov. represents the first record of the genus and subfamily for this country.

A New Species in the Ibatia Species Complex in Matelea s. l. (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae: Asclepiadeae) from Colombia

2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 429-433
Author(s):  
Alexander Krings
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
The West ◽  
Northern South America ◽  
Floral Characters ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Matelea s.l. (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae, Asclepiadeae, Gonolobinae) is described from coastal Colombia: Matelea dugandii. The species belongs to the Ibatia species complex in Matelea s.l., but exhibits distinct differences in floral characters from previously known taxa, particularly in the terminal style-head appendage. An updated key to members of the complex in northern South America and the West Indies is provided, including M. cumanensis, M. fontana, M. maritima, M. pacifica, and M. rubra.

Piper callejasii (Piperaceae), a New Species from the Eastern Slopes of the Andes, Northern South America

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 200-205
Author(s):  
William Trujillo ◽  
Edwin Trujillo Trujillo ◽  
M. Alejandra Jaramillo
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Northern South America ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Piper L. (Piperaceae) from the eastern slopes of the Andes in Colombia and Peru, P. callejasii W. Trujillo & M. A. Jaram., is described and illustrated, and morphological comparisons with similar species are discussed. Piper callejasii is distinguished by its stigmas being sessile, rather than on a long style as in four similar species. Its conservation status is suggested to be Endangered.

A new species of Chironius Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from the Pantepui region, northeastern South America

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2611 (1) ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
PHILIPPE J. R. KOK
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Guiana Shield ◽  
Northern South America ◽  
A New Species

A new colubrid snake of the genus Chironius Fitzinger, 1826 is described from the Pantepui region, Guiana Shield, northern South America. The new species, C. challenger sp. nov., is identified as a member of the genus Chironius by its low number of dorsal scale rows (< 12), and it differs markedly from all known congeners by the combination of 10 dorsal scale rows at midbody, absence of apical pits and paravertebral keels in females, more than 149 ventrals, less than 105 divided subcaudals, anal scale single, loreal as high as long or only slightly longer than high, adults and juveniles brownish with lighter crossbands, adults with dark mottling on venter, and 39–41 maxillary teeth. A key to the Chironius species of the Guiana Shield is provided.

scholarly journals A New Species of Amaurospiza Blue Seedeater From Venezuela

The Auk ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 120 (3) ◽  
pp. 600-606
Author(s):  
Miguel Lentino ◽  
Robin Restall
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Semideciduous Forest ◽  
Biological Survey ◽  
Subsequent Investigation ◽  
Northern South America ◽  
A New Species

Abstract At regular intervals throughout 2001, a unit from the Phelps Ornithological Collection assisted a biological survey along the Río Caroni in Venezuela, north and downstream of the Embalse de Guri. One of the expeditions was to Isla Carrizal at 07°54'N, 63°04'W, a large uninhabited island thickly covered with groves of spiney Guadua latifolia and Ripidocladus sp. bamboos, mixed with semideciduous forest and patches of savanna. On two occasions, three specimens of an unknown blue seedeater (Amaurospiza) were collected. Those were the first records for an Amaurospiza for northern South America, and subsequent investigation showed it to be a hitherto undescribed species.

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