The taxonomic status ofTortula muralisvar.baetica(Musci, Pottiaceae): a comparative study

Saussurea taquetii reported from Jejudo Island is either treated as a synonym of S. japonica or is recognized as a distinct taxon. Saussurea japonica and S. pulchella belong to the sect. Theodorea by having peculiar outer phyllaries with pale purplish scarious apical appendages; they are closely related to each other morphologically and are known to occur widely throughout the Korean Peninsula. To assess the taxonomic status of S. taquetii, we investigated representative populations of S. taquetii from jejudo Island, Korea, and S. japonica from Kyushu in Japan. We conducted a comparative study morphologically using specimens of three species from KH, CNU, and TI. Saussurea taquetii is very similar morphologically and ecologically to S. japonica in Kyushu. Unlike previous floristic treatments, we concluded that the two taxa, S. pulchella and S. taquetii, occur on the Korean Peninsula and on jejudo Island, respectively.

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Revised species definitions and nomenclature of the blue and purple/rose Cithaerias butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4963.2.3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4963 (2) ◽

pp. 293-316

Author(s):

CARLA M. PENZ

Keyword(s):

Comparative Study ◽

Taxonomic Status ◽

Female Genitalia ◽

Male And Female ◽

First Time ◽

The Rose ◽

Wing Coloration ◽

Species Definitions

This study reassesses the taxonomic status of Neotropical blue and purple/rose-colored Cithaerias butterflies, thus complementing a previous study of the rose-colored species. Based on comparative study of wing coloration and genitalia morphology, I revise species definitions and the taxonomic status of: Cithaerias andromeda, C. azurina STAT. REV., C. esmeralda STAT. REV., C. bandusia STAT. REV., C. pyropina, and C. songoana STAT. REV. Photographs of adults and illustrations of male and female genitalia are provided for all species. Of particular importance are the genitalia illustrations of male and female C. azurina, presented here for the first time, as well as finding a putative first female of Ecuadorean subspecies C. pyropina julia.

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Taxonomic status of Fusicoccum amygdali and Phomopsis amygdalina

Canadian Journal of Botany ◽

10.1139/b89-168 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 67 (5) ◽

pp. 1275-1280 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

J. J. Tuset ◽

M.A. T. Portilla

Keyword(s):

Comparative Study ◽

Taxonomic Status ◽

Fruit Trees ◽

Type Specimen ◽

Peach Trees

A comparative study was done in Spain of canker and withering of branches in almond and peach trees. Similar diseases of these fruit trees, described by several authors and attributed to Fusicoccum amygdali and Phomopsis amygdalina, suggests that these fungi are identical. Spanish isolates produced phialidic conidiogenous cells and occasionally β-conidia typical of the genus Phomopsis. A study of the type specimen of F. amygdali reveals that it also belongs in Phomopsis. Phomopsis amygdali (Del.) Tuset & Portilla comb.nov. is proposed to accommodate the fungus; Phomopsis amygdalina Canonaco is reduced to synonymy with it.

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