scholarly journals THE DIVERSITY OF TERRESTRIAL ARACEAE IN MT. WATUWILA COMPLEX, SOUTH-EAST OF SULAWESI

2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-137
Author(s):  
Ina Erlinawati
Keyword(s):  
Endemic Species ◽  
Dominant Species ◽  
Colocasia Esculenta ◽  
Flowering Plants ◽  
Specimen Collection ◽  
The Family

The arums comprise the family of Araceae, including the numerous aroids subfamily, monocotyledonous flowering plants, in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The diversity of terrestrial Araceae in Sulawesi is very poorly documented and understood and remains critically threatened. The aims of this study were to understand the diversity of terrestrial Araceae on Mount Watuwila Complex and to add the number specimen collection in Herbarium Bogoriense. The exploration was conducted by used exploring method, including collection, identification and description. The exploration on Mount Watuwila Complex (170–800 m alt.), May 7–29, 2008 was got 22 number collections of Araceae, consist of 12 numbers of terrestrial Araceae, 10 species, those are Aglaonema simplex Bl., Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G. Don, Alocasia suhirmaniana Yuzammi & A. Hay, Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott, Homalomena spp. (3 species), Schismatoglottis calyptrata (Roxb.) Zoll. & Moritzi, S. plurivenia Alderw and Spathiphyllum commutatum Schott. Schismatoglottis calyptrata (Roxb.) Zoll. & Moritzi is dominant species and Alocasia suhirmaniana Yuzammi & A. Hay is endemic species. The descriptions of each species were made.

Floristic Structure of Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve with special Reference to Endemic species

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 351-355
Author(s):  
L. Prakash ◽  
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P. Balasubramanian ◽  
C. Anbarasu ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Flowering Plants ◽  
Eastern Ghats ◽  
Comprehensive List ◽  
Tiger Reserve ◽  
The Family ◽  
Floristic Structure

The present study was carried out to prepare a comprehensive list of endemic flowering plants occurring in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, Southern Eastern Ghats. A total of 147 species of endemic flowering plants belonging to 113 genera and 46 families were recorded. The family Acanthaceae harbours highest number of endemic species.

Triassic sponges (Sphinctozoa) from Hells Canyon, Oregon

1988 ◽  
Vol 62 (03) ◽  
pp. 419-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baba Senowbari-Daryan ◽  
George D. Stanley
Keyword(s):  
Endemic Species ◽  
Upper Triassic ◽  
Island Arc ◽  
Tropical Island ◽  
The Family ◽  
Wallowa Terrane ◽  
Unique Condition ◽  
Hells Canyon

Two Upper Triassic sphinctozoan sponges of the family Sebargasiidae were recovered from silicified residues collected in Hells Canyon, Oregon. These sponges areAmblysiphonellacf.A. steinmanni(Haas), known from the Tethys region, andColospongia whalenin. sp., an endemic species. The latter sponge was placed in the superfamily Porata by Seilacher (1962). The presence of well-preserved cribrate plates in this sponge, in addition to pores of the chamber walls, is a unique condition never before reported in any porate sphinctozoans. Aporate counterparts known primarily from the Triassic Alps have similar cribrate plates but lack the pores in the chamber walls. The sponges from Hells Canyon are associated with abundant bivalves and corals of marked Tethyan affinities and come from a displaced terrane known as the Wallowa Terrane. It was a tropical island arc, suspected to have paleogeographic relationships with Wrangellia; however, these sponges have not yet been found in any other Cordilleran terrane.

Pauropodidae (Myriapoda, Pauropoda) from the Canary Islands

1979 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-186
Author(s):  
Ulf Scheller
Keyword(s):  
Canary Islands ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
The Family

AbstractThe first two collections of Pauropoda from the Canary Islands have been examined. Locality and habitat records are given for 176 specimens representing 4 genera and 14 species, all from the family Pauropodidae. Most species are widely distributed and common to Europe and North Africa. No endemic species has been discovered. A lectotype has been designated for Allopauropus (Decapauropus) rhopalophorus Remy and the division of Stylopauropus pedunculatus (Lubbock) into subspecies is discussed.

scholarly journals Two new records of flowering plants from Lesotho

Bothalia ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Khotso Kobisi ◽  
Lerato S. Kose ◽  
Annah Moteetee
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
New Records ◽  
Field Trips ◽  
Flowering Plants ◽  
Plant Identification ◽  
The Family ◽  
National University ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time

Background: A number of books, articles and checklists have been published on Lesotho’s flora. The species presented here have been recorded for South Africa but have not previously been recorded for Lesotho.Objectives: As part of a study aimed at updating biodiversity records of the southern parts of Lesotho (Qacha’s Nek and Quthing districts), with the main focus of compiling a checklist for the Sehlabethebe National Park, this report presents plant species that have until now not been recorded for the Lesotho flora.Method: Several field trips were undertaken between 2004 and 2009. Plant identification was done based on observation and photographic records. After the compilation of the checklist, it became clear that two of the species observed had not been previously recorded for Lesotho. A follow-up trip was carried out in February 2016, during which plant specimens of the presumed new records were collected and deposited at the National University of Lesotho Herbarium (ROML) [and the University of Johannesburg Herbarium (JRAU)]. Plant identification was confirmed by experts in the family Apocynaceae.Results: Two species not previously recorded for Lesotho, namely Ceropegia africana subsp. barklyi and Duvalia caespitosa subsp. caespitosa, were found during the exploration of the southern parts of Lesotho which included the Sehlabathebe National Park.Conclusions: The fact that two species have been recorded in Lesotho for the first time clearly indicates that documentation of the flora of Lesotho needs to be updated. This work is therefore regarded as complementary to previous publications on the Lesotho flora.

scholarly journals Overview and revision of the extant genera and subgenera of Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Werner P. Strümpher ◽  
Martin H. Villet ◽  
Catherine L. Sole ◽  
Clarke H. Scholtz
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Phylogeny ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Genus Level ◽  
Generic Rank ◽  
The Family ◽  
Taxonomic Changes

Extant genera and subgenera of the Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) are reviewed. Contemporary classifications of this family have been based exclusively on morphological characters. The first molecular phylogeny for the family recently provided strong support for the relationships between morphologically defined genera and subgenera. On the basis of morphological, molecular and biogeographical evidence, certain taxonomic changes to the genus-level classification of the family are now proposed. The family is confirmed as consisting of two subfamilies, Omorginae Nikolajev and Troginae MacLeay, the former with two genera,OmorgusErichson andPolynoncusBurmeister, and the latter with two genera,TroxFabricius andPhoberusMacLeaystat. rev.Phoberusis restored to generic rank to include all Afrotropical (including Madagascan endemic) species;Afromorgusis confirmed at subgeneric rank within the genusOmorgus; and the monotypic Madagascan genusMadagatroxsyn. n.is synonymised withPhoberus.The current synonymies ofPseudotroxRobinson (withTrox),ChesasBurmeister,LagopelusBurmeister andMegalotroxPreudhomme de Borre (all withOmorgus) are all accepted to avoid creating speculative synonyms before definitive phylogenetic evidence is available. New combinations resulting from restoringPhoberusto a monophyletic genus are listed in Appendix A.

scholarly journals Observations on two commercial flower mixtures as food sources for beneficial insects in the UK

1997 ◽  
Vol 128 (4) ◽  
pp. 397-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. L. CARRECK ◽  
I. H. WILLIAMS
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Dominant Species ◽  
Flowering Phenology ◽  
Flowering Plants ◽  
The Other ◽  
Food Sources ◽  
Beneficial Insects ◽  
Flower Density ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Made In

Observations were made in 1994 and 1995 in Hertfordshire of the flowering phenology and attractiveness to beneficial insects of two commercial mixtures of flowering plants intended for set-aside land. These were the Tübingen Mixture from Germany and Ascot Linde SN from the Netherlands. The mixtures were visited by 14 species of Hymenoptera, 14 species of syrphid Diptera and six species of Lepidoptera. Although the mixtures contained 12 and five plant species respectively, Phacelia tanacetifolia was the dominant species to establish, flower and attract insects in both mixtures. The other plants contributed little to flower density or insect diversity. These mixtures are therefore not suitable for UK needs using the present proportions of plant species.

scholarly journals Cypselar diversity in four species of Senecio L. (Asteraceae)

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-17
Author(s):  
Tulika Talukdar ◽  
Sobhan Kumar Mukherjee
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Flowering Plants ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Phenotypic Information ◽  
Important Member ◽  
The Family ◽  
Plant Taxon ◽  
Specific Concept

The genus Senecio L. is one of the largest genera of flowering plants and is an important member of the tribe Senecioneae (Asteraceae). Phenotypic information, including a broad range of morphological characters is very crucial for phylogenetic reconsideration of any family, tribe or genus. In the family Asteraceae, very little attention has been paid to cypselar diversity, though it is regarded as taxonomically valuable. A sincere attempt has been made to study detailed cypselas macro and micro-morphological features of four species of Senecio L. These diacritical features could be used to strengthen current inter-specific concept of Senecio L.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v21i1.19251Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 21(1): 13-17, 2014 (June)

scholarly journals Early evolution of the angiosperm clade Asteraceae in the Cretaceous of Antarctica

2015 ◽  
Vol 112 (35) ◽  
pp. 10989-10994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viviana D. Barreda ◽  
Luis Palazzesi ◽  
Maria C. Tellería ◽  
Eduardo B. Olivero ◽  
J. Ian Raine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pollen Grains ◽  
Terrestrial Ecosystems ◽  
Flowering Plants ◽  
Flowering Plant ◽  
Recent Common Ancestor ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Most Recent Common Ancestor ◽  
The Family ◽  
Dramatic Rise ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic

The Asteraceae (sunflowers and daisies) are the most diverse family of flowering plants. Despite their prominent role in extant terrestrial ecosystems, the early evolutionary history of this family remains poorly understood. Here we report the discovery of a number of fossil pollen grains preserved in dinosaur-bearing deposits from the Late Cretaceous of Antarctica that drastically pushes back the timing of assumed origin of the family. Reliably dated to ∼76–66 Mya, these specimens are about 20 million years older than previously known records for the Asteraceae. Using a phylogenetic approach, we interpreted these fossil specimens as members of an extinct early diverging clade of the family, associated with subfamily Barnadesioideae. Based on a molecular phylogenetic tree calibrated using fossils, including the ones reported here, we estimated that the most recent common ancestor of the family lived at least 80 Mya in Gondwana, well before the thermal and biogeographical isolation of Antarctica. Most of the early diverging lineages of the family originated in a narrow time interval after the K/P boundary, 60–50 Mya, coinciding with a pronounced climatic warming during the Late Paleocene and Early Eocene, and the scene of a dramatic rise in flowering plant diversity. Our age estimates reduce earlier discrepancies between the age of the fossil record and previous molecular estimates for the origin of the family, bearing important implications in the evolution of flowering plants in general.

Ebbepterote, a new genus for the Australian 'Eupterote' expansa (T. P. Lucas), with a revised classification of the family Eupterotidae (Lepidoptera)

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 99 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. G. Oberprieler ◽  
W. A. Nässig ◽  
E. D. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Endemic Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Monophyletic Group ◽  
Tarsal Segment ◽  
The Family

The single and endemic species of Eupterote Hübner recorded from Australia is shown not to possess the male genitalia typical of this genus, nor of any other genus of Eupterotidae, and it is consequently placed in a new genus, Ebbepterote Oberprieler, Nässig & Edwards, as E. expansa (T. P. Lucas, 1891), comb. nov. Its genitalia are compared with those of many Asian and African genera of Eupterotidae, resulting in a revised classification and redefinition of the major eupterotid lineages. Five groups are defined: a probably paraphyletic 'basal' Ganisa-group and likely monophyletic subfamilies Janinae (including Tissanga Aurivillius and Hibrildes Druce), Striphnopteryginae, Eupterotinae and Panacelinae. Ebbepterote and the New Guinean 'Eupterote' styx Bethune-Baker species-complex are included in Striphnopteryginae, which is otherwise restricted to Africa. Cotana Walker is reassigned to Eupterotinae from Panacelinae and Sphingognatha Felder is resurrected from synonymy with Eupterote. The genitalia of Ebbepterote and several other critical genera are illustrated, demonstrating that the shape of the uncus does not constitute a suitable synapomorphy for defining the Eupterotidae as a monophyletic group. Another alleged eupterotid synapomorphy, the presence of a row of midventral spurs on the apical tarsal segment of the hindleg of the female, is shown to occur only sporadically in the family but also outside of it, in the lemoniid–brahmaeid–sphingid clade of Bombycoidea. As a result, the monophyly of the Eupterotidae currently rests only on a single, cryptic character of the mesoscutum of the imago and is in urgent need of substantiation.

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