Clarification of Zamia acuminata and a new Zamia species from Coclé Province, Panama

Phytotaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 98 (2) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDERS J. LINDSTRÖM ◽  
MICHAEL CALONJE ◽  
DENNIS STEVENSON ◽  
CHAD HUSBY ◽  
ALBERTO TAYLOR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
San Jose ◽  
Leaf Material ◽  
Sterile Leaf ◽  
A New Species

Zamia acuminata has remained an obscure, poorly understood species for over a century due to possibly misinterpreted or erroneous locality data on the unicate sterile type specimen, a very brief protologue description, the misidentification of the plants from El Valle de Antón in Panama as Z. acuminata, and the erroneous determinations of plants of Z. acuminata from Costa Rica as Z. fairchildiana. Recently collected material from San José Province in Costa Rica is here determined to be identical to the single sterile leaf material of the holotype of Zamia acuminata. We consider Z. acuminata to be a Costa Rican endemic species restricted to the western Talamanca mountain range in San José Province, and that the Zamia from El Valle de Antón in Panama, which has previously been referred to as Zamia acuminata, to be a new species, here described as Zamia nana.

scholarly journals A new species of Leptogorgia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from Golfo Dulce, Pacific, Costa Rica

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3182 (1) ◽  
pp. 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
ODALISCA BREEDY ◽  
HECTOR M. GUZMAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Single Species ◽  
San Jose ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Deep Waters ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Pacific Ocean ◽  
A New Species

The description of this single species is necessary to facilitate the publication of ongoing research conducted by Rita Vargas at the Museum of Zoology, University of Costa Rica, dealing with the associated microfauna. Presently 24 species of Leptogorgia have been reported for the eastern Pacific, 13 of which have been found in Costa Rica (Breedy & Cortés 2011). Although octocoral surveys have been conducted as part of biodiversity studies, there is no published information regarding the occurrence of this taxon in Golfo Dulce. Here we describe a new species of Leptogorgia and compare it with other Leptogorgia species with similar characteristics. Golfo Dulce is a bay located on the southern Pacific coast of Costa Rica. It is about 50 km long, 10–15 km wide, and covers an area of approximately 680 km². The inner part of Golfo Dulce has a maximum depth of slightly over 200 m with a 60 m deep sill at the opening to the Pacific Ocean (Cortés 1999). It has been considered a tropical fjord because of the bathymetry and the presence of anoxic deep waters (Cortés 1999, Svendsen et al. 2006). Specimens were collected by Scuba diving, preserved in 70% ethanol or air dried, and treated and identified following the current methodology (Breedy & Guzman 2002). The holotype and paratypes are deposited in the Museo de Zoología, Universidad de Costa Rica (MZUCR, formerly UCR), San José, P.O. Box 11501-2060, Costa Rica.

DESCRIPTIONS AND SUBFAMILY CLASSIFICATION OF SOME UNUSUAL PHORIDAE (DIPTERA)

1994 ◽  
Vol 126 (3) ◽  
pp. 703-707 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian V. Brown
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
San Jose ◽  
Subfamily Classification ◽  
A New Species

AbstractA new species, Platydipteron balli (type locality near San José, Costa Rica), and first male specimens of Platydipteron are described. Based on these specimens, the genus is transferred from the Aenigmatiinae to the Metopininae. Male terminalia of Postoptica platypezoidea are described, and the genus is placed in the subfamily Phorinae.

scholarly journals Nepenthes cabanae (Caryophyllales, Nepenthaceae), a new species of pitcher plant from Central Mindanao, Philippines

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Conservation Strategy ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Pitcher Plant ◽  
A New Species

A new endemic species, Nepenthes cabanae, belonging to sect. Insignes is described from the Mt. Pantaron range of central Mindanao. The species is assessed as Critically Endangered. This discovery brings the number of Nepenthes species in this mountain range to eight. Mt. Pantaron is currently not a protected area, but the diversity of Nepenthes taxa suggests concerted efforts should be made to develop a conservation strategy to preserve and protect the area.

scholarly journals Calceolaria flavida (Calceolariaceae) a new endemic species to central Chile 

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolás Lavandero ◽  
Ludovica Santilli ◽  
Maria Fernanda Pérez
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Central Chile ◽  
Iucn Categories ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Coastal Mountain

A new species of Calceolaria endemic to central Chile is described. A comparison with morphologically similar species is made, and a key as well as detailed images to differentiate them is provided. The species is only known from the Natural Sanctuary Cerro El Roble, which is part of the coastal mountain range of central Chile and can be considered as  Critically Endangered (CR) under the IUCN categories and criteria.

A new species of Mimosa (Leguminosae) endemic to the Brazilian Cerrado

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 312 (2) ◽  
pp. 237 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUCAS SÁ BARRETO JORDÃO ◽  
MARLI PIRES MORIM ◽  
JOSÉ FERNANDO A. BAUMGRATZ ◽  
MARCELO FRAGOMENI SIMON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Brazilian Cerrado ◽  
Narrow Endemic ◽  
Large Genus ◽  
A New Species

Mimosa is a very large genus with more than 540 species, which are distributed mainly in the Neotropics and are especially diverse in the Cerrado, where the genus shows high rates of endemism.         The Serra do Cabral mountain range, which is part of the Espinhaço mountain range, contains representative remnants of the Cerrado and is a very important area for the genus, where at least 20 taxa of Mimosa are reported. Unfortunately, it is a threatened and over-exploited region. Here we describe a new narrow endemic species from the Serra do Cabral, Mimosa osmarii, that shows affinities with M. paucifolia var. scoparia, a sympatric taxon. The conservation status of M. osmarii was assessed as vulnerable.

scholarly journals A new species of Eurystyles (Orchidaceae: Spiranthinae) from Costa Rica

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-68
Author(s):  
D. Bogarín
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Central America ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
Habitat Ecology ◽  
A New Species

Eurystyles comprises about 23 species ranging from Mexico to northern Argentina. Six species are recognized in Mexico and Central America and three in Costa Rica. A new species, named E. uxoris, is here described and illustrated based on Costa Rican material. The species is similar to Eurystyles auriculata and E. standleyi, however, it differs by the smaller plants up to 3 cm tall, smaller leaves of less than 1.6 cm long, flowers with brown dorsal sepal and brown lip apex, petals callose or thickened at apex, and a pandurate lip. Information about distribution, habitat, ecology, etymology and phenology of the newspecies is provided. An updated key to the Costa Rican species of Eurystyles is presented.

New records of Swiftia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Octocorallia) from off the Pacific Costa Rican margin, including a new species from methane seeps

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4671 (3) ◽  
pp. 407-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
ODALISCA BREEDY ◽  
GREG W. ROUSE ◽  
APRIL STABBINS ◽  
JORGE CORTÉS ◽  
ERIK E. CORDES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
First Record ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Methane Seeps ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Pacific Margin ◽  
A New Species

Exploration of the deep sea off the Pacific margin of Costa Rica has resulted in the discovery of a number of new species and reports for the region. Here, we report on the occurrence of the octocoral genus Swiftia, and describe a new species collected by the Alvin submersible off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. The new species has been observed at around 1000 m depth, growing on authigenic carbonates near methane seeps. Swiftia sahlingi sp. nov. is characterised by having bright red colonies that are with limited branching, with slightly raised polyp-mounds, thin coenenchyme mainly composed of long warty spindles, and conspicuous plates. A molecular phylogenetic analysis supports the differences between this new taxon and the closest Swiftia species. The new species represents the first record of the genus from Costa Rica and in fact for the Eastern Tropical Pacific. 

scholarly journals Pholiota oblita, new species in sect. Adiposae stirps Subflammans (Strophariaceae, Agaricomycetes), from the Argentinean Yungas

Phytotaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 167 (3) ◽  
pp. 276 ◽  
Author(s):  
NICOLÁS NIVEIRO ◽  
ORLANDO F. POPOFF ◽  
BERNARDO E. LECHNER ◽  
EDGARDO O. ALBERTÓ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
South American ◽  
Original Material ◽  
Current Usage ◽  
The Republic ◽  
A New Species

We present a study on the genus Pholiota sect. Adiposae stirps Subflammans from the Republic of Argentina. Pholiota oblita is proposed as a new species. It is characterized by its narrow lamellae, elongated cheilocystidia and broad spores. Singer originally described this species as P. digilioi, but this name was never validly published. Pholiota oblita is close to P. flammans, from the Northern Hemisphere, and P. subflammans, from the South American Andino-Patagonic forest, but differs by the diagnostic characters previously mentioned. The species was found in the southern end of the Yungas Forest, a cloud forest located on the eastern slopes of the sub-Andean mountains. Numerous collections of P. oblita were found in the Yungas forest but not in other areas. We believe that it could be an endemic species. Furthermore, we found that there are no herbarium specimens for the type of Pholiota subflammans (Speg.) Sacc. With the absence of original material, and to preserve current usage of the name, a neotype is designated hereby. The neotype chosen for P. subflammans is a specimen determined, described, and collected by Singer in the same area where the type specimen was found by Spegazzini.

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