You ‘Sau’ Me! A new species and a rediscovery in the genus Saurauia (Actinidiaceae) from Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao Island, Philippines

Abstract. A new species and a rediscovery in the genus Saurauia (Actinidiaceae) from Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao island, Philippines are presented here. The new species, Saurauia abbreviata, closely resembles Saurauia lanaensis Merr. but can be differentiated by having longer petioles, uniformly setose adaxial leaf surface, longer and wider leaves, more lateral veins, 3 styles, and a 3(–4)-locular ovary. This discovery raises the current number of recognized Saurauia in the Philippines to 57 following an 87-year gap in the taxonomic study of this genus in the country. S. longipedicellata Merr. is also rediscovered after almost a century. A lectotype is here assigned for this name selected among the syntypes. Photographs, ecological notes, and an amended description are also provided to aid taxonomic identification. Abstrak. Usa ka bag-ong species ug nadiskobrehan pag-usab sa genus nga Saurauia (Actinidiaceae) gikan sa Zamboanga Peninsula, isla sa Mindanao, Philippines ang gipresentar dinhi. Ang bag-ong species, Saurauia abbreviata, nahisama pag-ayo sa Saurauia lanaensis Merr. apan ang bag-ong species adunay labi ka taas nga mga petioles, uniformly setose ang ilalom nga dahon, mas taas ug mas lapad nga dahon, labi pang mga lateral veins, 3 styles, ug 3(–4)-locular nga obaryo. Ang nadiskobrehan nagdugang sa kadaghanon sa mga giila nga Saurauia sa Pilipinas ngadto sa 57 human sa 87 ka tuig nga gintang sa taxonomic nga pagtuon sa kini nga genus sa nasud. Ang Saurauia longipedicellata Merr. nadiskobrehan usab pagkahuman sa hapit usa ka gatus ka tuig. Ang tipipikasyon gihimo dinhi aron mapalig-og ang ngalan. Mga litrato, mga notang ekolohikal, ug giusab nga hulagway alang sa maong species makita usab dinhi.

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Contributions to the Andean Senecioneae (Compositae)—II. Werneria lanatifolia, a new species from central Andes

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.422.2.7 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 422 (2) ◽

pp. 201-205 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

JOEL CALVO ◽

ROSA I. MENESES

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Leaf Surface ◽

Central Andes ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Adaxial Leaf Surface ◽

Dichotomous Key ◽

A New Species

Werneria lanatifolia is described as a new species from the central Andes. It is a minute plant characterized by a lanate indumentum on the adaxial leaf surface and involucre. The new species is compared with the morphologically closest taxa and useful characters for its proper identification are provided. Detailed pictures of living plants, a distribution map, and a dichotomous key including the species allied to W. lanatifolia are also presented.

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Miconia paralimoides (Miconieae: Melastomataceae), a new species from the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.131.1.2 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 131 (1) ◽

pp. 9 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Lucas Charles Majure

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Dominican Republic ◽

Species Complex ◽

Leaf Surface ◽

Taxonomic Revision ◽

Undescribed Species ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Cordillera Central ◽

Adaxial Leaf Surface ◽

A New Species

In the course of a taxonomic revision of Miconia sect. Lima, we discovered a previously undescribed species, Miconia paralimoides, from the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic. This species is part of the Miconia lima species complex, and is most similar morphologically to Miconia limoides. We illustrate and provide a distribution map of the species, as well as a key to distinguish M. paralimoides from other members of the Miconia lima complex, i.e., species with very well-developed, bulla-based hairs on the adaxial leaf surface, which mostly or completely cover the areoles.

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A new and unusual amphistomatic species of Tibouchina (Melastomeae, Melastomataceae) from Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.246.2.6 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 246 (2) ◽

pp. 145 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Paulo José Fernandes Guimarães ◽

ELIZABETH M. WOODGYER

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Leaf Surface ◽

The State ◽

Mato Grosso ◽

Adaxial Leaf Surface ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

Tibouchina rosanae, a new species of Melastomataceae (Melastomeae) from the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, is described, illustrated and compared to its putative closest allied. It is characterized mainly by the inflorescence that is lax. Tibouchina rosanae is an amphistomatic species, and the presence of stomata on the adaxial leaf surface is reported here for the first time in the genus.

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A taxonomic study on the Bornean and Philippines Sword-tailed Crickets in the genus Rhicnogryllus Chopard, 1925 (Orthoptera: Trgonidiidae; Trigonidiinae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4763.2.5 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4763 (2) ◽

pp. 217-230

Author(s):

MING KAI TAN ◽

JESSICA B. BAROGA-BARBECHO ◽

RAZY JAPIR ◽

ARTHUR Y. C. CHUNG ◽

RODZAY BIN HAJI ABDUL WAHAB ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Male Genitalia ◽

Type Species ◽

New Genus ◽

The Philippines ◽

Taxonomic Study ◽

New Materials ◽

The Pacific ◽

Pacific Species ◽

A New Species

Rhicnogryllus Chopard, 1925 is a small and relatively unknown group of Sword-tailed Cricket of the subfamily Trigonidiinae. This genus currently comprises 12 species from Asia, Africa (including Madagascar), South America and the Pacific. Species have been recognised by the presence of parallel and elevated veins in both males (which lack stridulatory organs) and females. However, this approach to classifying Trigonidiinae may be outdated and examination of male genitalia can offer better insights into the generic status of these species and how they are related or unrelated. By comparing male genitalia of new materials and old specimens, we describe a new species from the Philippines: Rhicnogryllus? paetensis n. sp., which is similar to the type species. Our hypothesis is that Rhicnogryllus is a non-monophyletic and artificial genus, and that the genus should comprise only Southeast Asian members (since the type species Rhicnogryllus fascipes Chopard, 1925 is known from the Philippines). We are cautiously against describing new genus to avoid adding more confusion until a comprehensive revision to the subfamily and Rhicnogryllus has been undertaken.

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Populus luzae (Salicaceae), a new species of white poplar endemic to the western Transmexican Volcanic Belt, in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.328.3.3 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 328 (3) ◽

pp. 243

Author(s):

J. ANTONIO VÁZQUEZ-GARCÍA ◽

MIGUEL ÁNGEL MUÑIZ-CASTRO ◽

JESÚS PADILLA-LEPE ◽

MARÍA GUADALUPE PULIDO ÁVILA ◽

GREGORIO NIEVES HERNÁNDEZ ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Leaf Surface ◽

Volcanic Belt ◽

Mature Male ◽

Abaxial Surface ◽

White Poplar ◽

Male Inflorescence ◽

Adaxial Leaf Surface ◽

Entire Margin ◽

A New Species

Populus luzae, a new species of white poplar from the western Transmexican Volcanic Belt, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico, is described and illustrated. Populus luzae belongs to section Populus and is morphologically close to P. guzmanantlensis, but it differs from the latter in having smaller size and soboliferous habit, narrower twigs and petioles, ovate to ovate-deltoid and chartaceous leaf blades, adaxial leaf surface with less depressed veins, abaxial surface puberulent, thrice smaller ovate male bracteoles with entire margin, twice longer female bracteoles sparsely denticulate but none lobed, smaller number of pistillate flowers, capsules pubescent, twice longer mature male inflorescence, and a lax and longer infrutescence.

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Taxonomic Study of The Genus STILESIA Railliet, 1893 from Ovis Bharal with Description of A New Species

Indian Journal Of Applied Research ◽

10.15373/2249555x/apr2014/205 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

pp. 1-3

Author(s):

SHAIKH KALIM ◽

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Taxonomic Study ◽

A New Species

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Gymnomitrion fissum (Gymnomitriaceae, Marchantiophyta) — a new species with fissured leaf surface from China

Novosti sistematiki nizshikh rastenii ◽

10.31111/nsnr/2017.51.274 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 51 ◽

pp. 274-280

Author(s):

A. D. Potemkin ◽

Yu. S. Mamontov ◽

N. S. Gamova

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Cross Sections ◽

Cell Walls ◽

Leaf Surface ◽

Outer Cell ◽

Sem Images ◽

Cell Lumen ◽

A New Species ◽

Surface Comparison

Study of selected specimens of Gymnomitrion collected by D. G. Long in Yunnan, China, revealed a new species, G. fissum Mamontov et Potemkin, sp. nov., with a fissured leaf surface. Comparison of SEM images of the leaf surface and leaf cross sections shows that the leaf surface of G. fissum is different from that of other known species with a superficially similar leaf surface, i. e. Mylia taylorii, M. verrucosa s. l. and Trabacellula tumidula. It has fissures around the cell lumen rather than grids and perforations. Outer cell walls of Gymnomitrion fissum are much thicker than in Mylia taylorii, M. verrucosa s. l. and Trabacellula tumidula, and their outer layers tend to be partly or completely caducous. G. fissum is related to the group of species assigned to the former genus Apomarsupella.

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