scholarly journals Description of a new natural Sonneratia hybrid from Hainan Island, China

PhytoKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 154 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Cairong Zhong ◽  
Donglin Li ◽  
Ying Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Mangrove Forest ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Hainan Island ◽  
Parent Species ◽  
Sterile Hybrid ◽  
Natural Hybrid ◽  
Habitat Conditions ◽  
Axillary Inflorescence

Here, we describe, illustrate and compare a new natural hybrid, Sonneratia × zhongcairongii Y. S. Wang & S. H. Shi (Sonneratiaceae), with its possible parent species. Based on its morphological characteristics and habitat conditions, this taxon is considered to represent a sterile hybrid between S. alba and S. apetala. In China, the new hybrid is only reported in the mangrove forest in Dongzhai Harbour, Hainan Island. It has intermediate characteristics with its parents by elliptical leaf blades, peltate stigma, terminal or axillary inflorescence with 1–3 flower dichasia, cup – shaped calyx (4–6 calyx lobes) and no petals. We also provide a key for the identification of Sonneratia species.

Isoetes ×gopalkrishnae (Isoetaceae), a new interspecific sterile hybrid from central India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 362 (1) ◽  
pp. 68 ◽  
Author(s):  
SARVESH KUMAR SINGH ◽  
SANTOSH KUMAR SHUKLA ◽  
NAWAL KISHORE DUBEY ◽  
PRADEEP KUMAR SHUKLA
Keyword(s):  
Transverse Section ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Central India ◽  
Sterile Hybrid ◽  
Habitat Conditions ◽  
Exposed Shore ◽  
Sporangial Wall ◽  
Single Locality

Isoetes ×gopalkrishnae hybr. nov., is described, illustrated and compared with possible parent species. Based on morphological characteristics and habitat conditions, this taxon is considered to represent a sterile hybrid between I. coromandelina and I. panchananii. The new hybrid is amphibious and grows on the exposed shore of an artificial pond. It is known only from a single locality on the Vindhya plateau in Uttar Pradesh, India. It can be distinguished from other taxa by a combination of characters including the lack of a scale, the leaf which is terete in transverse section, velum absent to rudimentary, a sporangial wall with internal pigmentation, rugulate megaspores with a smooth equatorial girdle and microspores with densely echinate to short-cristate ornamentation. It is the first Isoetes hybrid reported from the Indian subcontinent.

scholarly journals Erythraeid larvae parasitizing dragonflies in Zambia—description of Leptus (Leptus) chingombensis sp. nov. with data on biology and ecology of host-parasite interactions

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 790
Author(s):  
Rafał Bernard ◽  
Magdalena Felska ◽  
Joanna Mąkol
Keyword(s):  
Dna Barcode ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Parasite Load ◽  
Ventral Side ◽  
Habitat Conditions ◽  
Local Character ◽  
Host Parasite Interactions ◽  
Group Variation ◽  
The Common ◽  
Host Parasite

A survey of odonate fauna in Zambia (Central Province, Luano District) resulted in discovery of ectoparasitic larvae of Leptus (L.) chingombensis sp. nov. (Trombidiformes: Parasitengona, Erythraeidae) on four species of dragonflies (Odonata) representing four different families assigned to Zygoptera and Anisoptera. The morphological characteristics of the new species is supported with DNA barcode sequence. Despite some intra-group variation related to relatively large sample, the morphological and genetic consistence confirm the common specific identity of the material. A brief comparison of Leptus spp. hitherto known from the Afrotropic as larvae is given. Supplementary data to the descriptions of Leptus (L.) bicristatus Fain et Elsen, 1987, Leptus (L.) aldonae Haitlinger, 1987 and Leptus (L.) soddagus Haitlinger, 1990, based on examination of type material, are provided. In the case of L. (L.) chingombensis sp. nov., the parasite load reached high, previously not recorded for Odonata–terrestrial Parasitengona association values, attaining at 44 and 49 larvae. Clear topic preferences towards the ventral side of the host’s body were recorded, with an additional tendency to distal parts of synthorax and the ventral depression of the abdomen. We hypothesize that the infestation did not take place synchronously at dragonflies emergence, but consisted in repeated infestation events during the recurrent appearance of dragonflies in the contact microhabitat occupied by Leptus. The very local character of the finding along with the regular appearance of larvae parasitizing dragonflies, obviously favoured by specific habitat conditions, no doubts confirms the non-accidental nature of the phenomenon.

Catasetum × sheyllae (Orchidaceae: Catasetinae), a new natural hybrid from Brazilian Amazon

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 527 (4) ◽  
pp. 257-265
Author(s):  
PATRICK DE CASTRO CANTUÁRIA ◽  
DAYSE RAIANE PASSOS KRAHL ◽  
AMAURI HERBERT KRAHL ◽  
GUY CHIRON ◽  
João Batista Fernandes Da Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Field Study ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Natural Hybridization ◽  
Parent Species ◽  
Natural Hybrid ◽  
Putative Parent

Natural hybridization has often been recorded within certain genera of orchids, one of them is Catasetum. During a field study in a forest de igapó in Brazilian Amazon, a new natural hybrid was found, it is here described as Catasetum × sheyllae. Its morphological features, mainly the structures of the lip, are intermediate between those of its putative parent species, C. boyi and C. garnettianum, both observed in sympatry.

Does the genetic variability of Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud determine the spatial distribution of the species?

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 405-414
Author(s):  
Dariusz Świerk ◽  
Michał Krzyżaniak ◽  
Tomasz Kosiada ◽  
Piotr Urbański ◽  
Jolanta Behnke-Borowczyk
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Similarity ◽  
Genetic Factors ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Common Reed ◽  
Habitat Requirements ◽  
High Tolerance ◽  
Habitat Conditions ◽  
Anthropogenic Substrates ◽  
Reed Plants ◽  
The Common

Abstract This paper is an attempt to answer the question whether common reed specimens growing in a particular habitat are genetically related. We have tried to identify groups of plants homogeneous in terms of habitat requirements and genetic similarity. Our objective was also to answer the question whether habitat conditions can affect the morphological characteristics of plants. Plants and bottom sediments were collected from 40 sites in central Poland, which differ in soil moisture and the degree of urbanization. Our research and analysis confirm the hypothesis to a certain extent. During the study, we identified three groups of plants homogeneous in terms of habitat and genetic factors (CVA model), which constitute 20% of all examined plants. In our opinion, further research is required on a larger population of P. australis in a larger area. The research revealed that plants growing in moist and wet areas were characterized by higher content of chlorophyll in leaves, longer stems as well as thicker and wider laminae. The common reed plants preferred anthropogenic substrates, which did not contain many nutrients, but were abundant in calcium. Our study confirmed the high tolerance of P. australis to soil salinity.

scholarly journals Understanding Dynamics of Mangrove Forest on Protected Areas of Hainan Island, China: 30 Years of Evidence from Remote Sensing

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 5356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liao ◽  
Zhen ◽  
Zhang ◽  
Metternicht
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Mangrove Forest ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Hainan Island ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Mangrove Forests ◽  
Visual Interpretation ◽  
Wastewater Disposal

Implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals requires countries to determine targets for the protection, conservation, or restoration of coastal ecosystems such as mangrove forests by 2030. Satellite remote sensing provides historical and current data on the distribution and dynamics of mangrove forests, essential baseline data that are needed to design suitable policy interventions. In this study, Landsat time series were used to map trends and dynamics of mangrove change over a time span of 30 years (1987–2017) in protected areas of Hainan Island (China). A support vector machine algorithm was combined with visual interpretation of imagery and result showed alternating periods of expansion and loss of mangrove forest at seven selected sites on Hainan Island. Over this period, there was a net decrease in mangrove area of 9.3%, with anthropic activities such as land conversion for aquaculture, wastewater disposal and discharge, and tourism development appearing to be the likely drivers of this decline in cover. Long-term studies examining trends in land use cover change coupled with assessments of drivers of loss or gain enable the development of evidence based on policy and legislation. This forms the basis of financing of natural reserves of management and institutional capacity building, and facilitates public awareness and participation, including co-management.

scholarly journals A small-flowered natural Odontoglossum hybrid (Orchidaceae: Oncidiinae) from Ecuador

Lankesteriana ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stig Dalström ◽  
Wesley E. Higgins
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Line Drawing ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Parent Species ◽  
Natural Hybrid

A new small-flowered natural Odontoglossum hybrid from northwestern Ecuador is described and illustrated with a line drawing and a photograph. The novelty is compared with its sympatric parent species, Odontoglossum armatum and O. mirandum. The flower of the new natural hybrid has shorter erect lateral lip-lobes compared to those for O. mirandum, but distinctly longer erect lateral lip-lobes compared to those for O. armatum, which are basically lacking altogether. The taxonomic status of the variable O. mirandum is briefly discussed. Key words: Ecuador, new hybrid, Odontoglossum, Orchidaceae, Oncidiinae

scholarly journals Morphometric and Molecular Analysis of the Three Arbutus Species of Greece

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 423-430
Author(s):  
Konstantinos Fotios BERTSOUKLIS ◽  
Maria PAPAFOTIOU
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Analysis ◽  
Genomic Dna ◽  
Genetic Similarity ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Intermediate Form ◽  
Natural Hybrid ◽  
Arbitrary Primers ◽  
Medicinal Use ◽  
Of Greece

Arbutus andrachne, Arbutus unedo and Arbutus × andrachnoides found in the Greek macchia are promising species for reforestations, ornamental use, as well as for medicinal use and the food industry. Μorphological traits and molecular markers (RAPD) were used to identify and distinguish these Arbutus species to facilitate their exploitation. Since there are no descriptors established for Arbutus spp., 23 qualitative morphological characteristics of crown, foliage, bark, flowering, fruiting, and four quantitative morphological characteristics of leaf and fruit were selected and used to define differences and similarities between sampled individuals of A. andrachne, A. unedo and individuals with intermediate characteristics sampled as A. × andrachnoides. Twenty eight individuals representative of three Arbutus taxa were sampled in two typical macchia forest areas of the prefecture of Attica, Greece. Cluster analysis based on morphological characteristics separated the individuals in three distinct groups, and this was confirmed by molecular analysis. Τhe intermediate form was indicated as A. × andrachnoides, a natural hybrid of A. andrachne and A. unedo. Fifteen 10-mer oligonucleotide arbitrary primers used to amplify genomic DNA generated 166 reproducible polymorphic fragments, which revealed that A. × andrachnoides has higher degree of genetic similarity with A. andrachne than A. unedo. The applied morphometric characteristics are suggested as a basis to develop a complete list of discriminating descriptors for Arbutus genus.

Sorting out the muddle: taxonomy and nomenclature of Thymus ×porcii (Lamiaceae) and related nothotaxa, with comments on parent species delimitation

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 501 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-139
Author(s):  
VIKTOR O. NACHYCHKO ◽  
YEVHEN V. SOSNOVSKY
Keyword(s):  
Species Delimitation ◽  
Parental Species ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Forest Steppe ◽  
Original Material ◽  
Parent Species ◽  
Natural Hybrid ◽  
Separate Species ◽  
Diagnostic Traits

Thymus ×porcii is a natural hybrid between T. pannonicus and T. pulegioides, occurring within the co-occurrence range of its parental species in the forest and forest-steppe zones of Europe. Taxonomy and nomenclature of this hybrid present a longstanding puzzle due to the lack of critical evaluations of the original material as well as conflicting taxonomic interpretations of the parent taxa both at specific and intraspecific levels. The present paper attempts to clarify these issues, arguing against the synonymic treatment and/or consolidation of T. pannonicus and T. pulegioides, which is accepted in modern taxonomies apparently as a result of nomenclatural confusion related to T. pannonicus typification. Based on morphology and reported molecular data, it is proposed to treat T. pannonicus and T. pulegioides as separate species, each containing two varieties being well-distinguished by the presence or absence of leaf indumentum: T. pannonicus var. latifolius (glabrous leaves) and T. pannonicus var. pannonicus (pubescent leaves), and T. pulegioides var. pulegioides (glabrous leaves) and T. pulegioides var. vestitus (pubescent leaves). In view of such treatment, T. ×porcii is divided into three nothovarieties, representing natural crosses between different varieties of the parent species. Namely, in addition to the typical T. ×porcii nothovar. porcii [T. pannonicus var. latifolius × T. pulegioides var. pulegioides] (with T. ×pilisiensis and T. ×goginae as the taxonomic synonyms), we describe a new nothovariety T. ×porcii nothovar. calvariensis [T. pannonicus var. pannonicus × T. pulegioides var. pulegioides], and propose a new nomenclatural combination T. ×porcii nothovar. opizii [T. pannonicus × T. pulegioides var. vestitus] based on the previously published name T. ×opizii. On the basis of original material examination, two collections from BP are designated here as the lectotypes of T. ×porcii (≡ T. ×porcii nothovar. porcii) and T. ×pilisiensis respectively, and one specimen from PR is designated as the lectotype of T. ×opizii (≡ T. ×porcii nothovar. opizii). Main diagnostic traits of T. ×porcii nothovarieties and their parental taxa are compared and discussed.

The Origin of New Natural hybrid, Goodyera × maximo-velutina (Orchidaceae) from Jeju Island, Korea

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 317 (1) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
JI-HYEON SO ◽  
NAM-SOOK LEE
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Dna ◽  
Natural Populations ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Jeju Island ◽  
Hybrid Origin ◽  
Leaf Margin ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Natural Hybrid ◽  
Leaf Venation ◽  
Noncoding Regions

We describe a new taxon of Goodyera (Orchidaceae), G. × maximo-velutina from Jeju Island. This taxon is presumed to be a natural hybrid between G. maximowicziana and G. velutina based on morphological characteristics, i.e., leaf margin, leaf venation, hairiness and color of floral bract, pedicel and ovary. We analyzed ITS of nuclear DNA and three noncoding regions of chloroplast DNA (trnH-psbA, trnS-trnG, trnL) for elucidating the hybrid origin of the new species, G. × maximo-velutina, and two putative parental species. The morphological characteristics and illustrations of the species based on the holotype and other specimens from natural populations are provided together with photographs of the habitat.

CHARACTERISTICS OF A HYBRID BIRCH AND ITS PARENT SPECIES

1963 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Knud E. Clausen
Keyword(s):  
Parental Species ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Chemical Characteristic ◽  
Natural Hybrid ◽  
Stem Height ◽  
Stomatal Size ◽  
Leaf Petiole ◽  
Paper Birch ◽  
Fluorescent Compounds ◽  
Hybrid Group

The ranges of variation in 24 morphological characteristics, 3 anatomical characteristics, and 1 chemical characteristic were studied in a Minnesota population consisting of 150 bog birches (Betula pumila var. glandulifera), 150 paper birches (B. papyrifera), and 47 individuals of their natural hybrid (B. × sandbergii). The hybrid resembled paper birch in having few stems and a long leaf petiole, but was intermediate between its parents in stem height and diameter, dimensions and positions of male and female catkins, size of fruit wings, and 10 leaf characteristics. Hybrid pollen was as large as that of paper birch. In bark color and exfoliation the hybrid group covered the range of both parents, but most hybrids resembled bog birch in bark characteristics. Shape of fruit bracts was different for each taxon. The hybrid was intermediate in leaf midvein anatomy, but resembled bog birch in number of stomates and paper birch in stomatal size. Paper chromatography revealed the presence of unidentified fluorescent compounds in the inner bark. Chromatographic results permitted identification of the parental species but lacked consistency in the hybrids.

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