A new species ofMicrophysogobio(Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Fujian Province, China, and a molecular phylogenetic analysis ofMicrophysogobiospecies from southeastern China and Taiwan

A new species of fire-bellied newt, Cynops fudingensis, is described from northeastern Fujian Province, southeastern China. This species forms a well-supported clade with C. orientalis and C. orphicus based on molecular phylogenetic analysis of nucleotide sequences from mitochondrial DNA subunit two of NADH dehydrogenase and its two flanking tRNAs. Further, its genetic distance to each of the two previously described species is large. Principal-components analysis of external linear measurements differentiates the new species from C. orientalis and C. orphicus in morphological space. Geographically, C. fudingensis occupies the distribution gap between C. orientalis and C. orphicus.

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Pilaira australis sp. nov. (Mucorales, Mucoromycota) isolated from emu faeces in Australia

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.329.3.9 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 329 (3) ◽

pp. 277 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

ANDREW S. URQUHART ◽

PAULINE M. L. COULON ◽

ALEXANDER IDNURM

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Species Identification ◽

Internal Transcribed Spacers ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

Unique Combination ◽

Dromaius Novaehollandiae ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic ◽

Carbon Utilisation ◽

A New Species

Pilaira australis, a new species of fungus in the coprophilous genus Pilaira, was isolated from emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) faeces and is described. Morphologically, the species resembles other species in the genus, particularly P. moreaui, except differs in its unique combination of sporangiophore height and sporangiospore length. Molecular phylogenetic analysis indicates that P. australis is distinct from other species in the genus with two regions, the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) and a fragment of the pyrG gene, showing 91% and 90% identity to the nearest species, respectively. Ultrastructure features and carbon utilisation were determined for P. australis, and may provide characteristics for species identification in this genus.

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Codonopsis atriplicifolia (Campanulaceae), a new species from western Sichuan, China

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.512.3.7 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 512 (3) ◽

Author(s):

YU-YANG ZHOU ◽

YUN-HAO SI ◽

ZHEN ZHANG ◽

QIANG WANG ◽

YAN YU

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Chloroplast Dna ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

Dna Fragments ◽

Western Sichuan ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic ◽

A New Species

Codonopsis atriplicifolia (Campanulaceae) from western Sichuan, China, is described here as a new species, which is similar to C. subscaposa in a number of characters. The results of molecular phylogenetic analysis of 25 species of Codonopsis based on chloroplast DNA fragments (matK, petD with petB-petD, rbcL) show that C. atriplicifolia is closely related to C. farreri. In morphology, the new species is distinctly different from the allied species by its linear-lanceolate leaves with subentire to pinnatipartite margins.

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A new species of Scrophularia (Scrophulariaceae) from Hubei, China

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.350.1.1 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 350 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

RUI-HONG WANG ◽

MAO-QIN XIA ◽

JIN-BO TAN ◽

CHUAN CHEN ◽

XIN-JIE JIN ◽

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Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Species Delimitation ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Central China ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

Leaf Margin ◽

Close Relationship ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic ◽

A New Species

A new species, Scrophularia jinii (Scrophulariaceae), from Central China is described and illustrated. This new species was formerly misidentified as S. fargesii, from which it differs in many morphological characters. Moreover, it is distinct with all known Scrophularia species in its unique deeply double serrate leaf margin with 3–7 big teeth on each side. Molecular phylogenetic analysis further supports its species delimitation and suggests a close relationship with several Japanese and North American species.

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A new species of Pilarella (Copepoda, Calanoida, Arietellidae) from the hyperbenthic layer of Japan, with a molecular phylogenetic analysis of some representative genera of the Arietellidae

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.1038.63170 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1038 ◽

pp. 179-194

Author(s):

Sota Komeda ◽

Kenta Adachi ◽

Susumu Ohtsuka

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

Posterior Border ◽

The Third ◽

The Family ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic ◽

New Diagnosis ◽

Caudal Rami ◽

A New Species

A new species of the continental shelf hyperbenthic genus Pilarella is described, the first from the Indo-Pacific. This is the second species of Pilarella known, and the first description of a male in the genus. The new species is easily distinguished from other species of Pilarella (P. longicornis) based on: (1) short caudal rami, approximately 1.5 times longer than wide; (2) 2 setae on the mandibular endopod; (3) 6 setae on the maxillular coxal epipodite; and (4) in the female, a short left antennule reaching the posterior border of the genital double-somite. The new diagnosis of Pilarella differs from Metacalanus in the separation of ancestral segments IX–XII and XIV–XV of the antennule, and the presence of 5–6 setae on the maxillular praecoxal arthrite. Pilarella is also separated from Metacalanalis based on the absence of a seta on the third ancestral segment of the antennary exopod, the symmetry of legs 1–3, the presence of a medial basal seta on the female leg 5, and 2 lateral exopodal spines on the female leg 5. A molecular phylogenetic analysis of some representative genera of the family Arietellidae, including the present new species, recovers two arietellid clades (Metacalanus- and Arietellus-clades) as in previous studies. Dichotomous keys for the genera of Arietellidae and the species of Pilarella are included.

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Primula sunhangii (Primulaceae): a new species from Hubei, Central China

PhytoKeys ◽

10.3897/phytokeys.156.49137 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 156 ◽

pp. 103-112

Author(s):

Jiao Sun ◽

Dai-Gui Zhang ◽

Xian-Han Huang ◽

Komiljon Tojibaev ◽

Jing-Yuan Yang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Hubei Province ◽

Central China ◽

Morphological Data ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic ◽

A New Species

This report provides a description of Primula sunhangii from the Shennongjia Forestry District, Hubei Province in Central China, which is categorized as a new species of the primrose family. Primula sunhangii is morphologically similar to P. involucrata Wall. ex Duby in terms of its simple umbel, efarinose, and prolonged bracts. However, P. sunhangii is distinguished by its glabrous sepal, short petiole (compare with blade) and cylindrical calyx and capsule. Molecular phylogenetic analysis based on nuclear and cpDNA genes demonstrates that P. sunhangii and P. involucrata are closely related. Combining genetic and morphological data, the recognition of P. sunhangii as a unique new species is supported.

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Russula rubricolor sp. nov. from Himalayan forests of Pakistan

Mycotaxon ◽

10.5248/135.765 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 135 (4) ◽

pp. 765-776

Author(s):

Sana Jabeen ◽

Arooj Naseer ◽

Abdul Nasir Khalid

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Sequence Data ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

Its Sequence ◽

Central Depression ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic ◽

A New Species ◽

Himalayan Forests

A new species, Russula rubricolor, was collected in the Himalayan forests of Pakistan. This species is morphologically characterized by the yellowish hymenium, bright red pileus that is convex to flat with central depression and finally infundibuliform and striate towards margin, becoming blackish red with age. The newly reported species is placed in Russula subsect. Maculatinae based molecular phylogenetic analysis of ITS sequence data and supported by the red pileus color.

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Trigonotis motuoensis (Boraginaceae), a new species from Xizang, China

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.461.4.1 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 461 (4) ◽

pp. 233-242

Author(s):

XUE-MIN XU ◽

DAN-HUI LIU ◽

YI HE ◽

QUAN-RU LIU

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

Bottom Surface ◽

Congeneric Species ◽

Flat Bottom ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic ◽

A New Species

Trigonotis motuoensis, a distinct new species endemic to Xizang, China, is described and illustrated. It can be easily distinguished from all other known congeneric species by the ebracteate inflorescences, broadly spatulate calyx lobes and obliquely trigonous-tetrahedral nutlets that have flat bottom surface and triangular abaxial surfaces. Our molecular phylogenetic analysis based on nrITS confirmed that it belongs to Trigonotis sect. Elongatae. An updated key to the species of Trigonotis from Xizang is also provided.

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A new species of Conocybe (Bolbitaceae) from Punjab, Pakistan

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.402.5.4 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 402 (5) ◽

pp. 251

Author(s):

AIMAN IZHAR ◽

HIRA BASHIR ◽

ABDUL NASIR KHALID

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Its Region ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

Molecular Evidence ◽

Fruiting Bodies ◽

Germ Pore ◽

Central Disc ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic ◽

A New Species

Conocybe punjabensis sp. nov., a species belonging to the saprobic family Bolbitaceae, is illustrated and described from Pakistan based on morphology and molecular evidence. The species can be distinguished on the basis of medium-sized fruiting bodies, a pileus with a dark brown central disc, a fibrillose stipe, forked lamellae near pileus margin, ellipsoid angular basidiospores with an apical germ pore, cheilocystidia and pleurocystidia varying from catenulate, lecythiform to clavate, and lecythiform caulocystidia. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the nuclear ribosomal ITS region also supports the recognition of this new species in Conocybe. Detailed descriptions, photographs, illustrations and comparison with allied taxa are given.

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Infundibulicybe macrospora sp. nov., a new and noteworthy species from Himalayan moist temperate forests of Pakistan

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.452.4.2 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 452 (4) ◽

pp. 268-277

Author(s):

MUHAMMAD ALI ◽

JUNAID KHAN ◽

HIRA BASHIR ◽

ABDUL REHMAN NIAZI ◽

HASSAN SHER ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽

Temperate Forests ◽

Its Region ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic ◽

A New Species ◽

Reddish Orange ◽

Light Orange

Infundibulicybe macrospora, a new species, is described and illustrated from the Himalayan moist temperate forests of Pakistan. The new species can be differentiated from close allies by its reddish orange to light orange pileus, whitish lamellae and stipe, and larger and broader basidiospores. The new species is also supported by molecular phylogenetic analysis inferred from internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region.

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