scholarly journals Flueggea acicularis (Phyllanthaceae), a narrow endemic species rediscovered in central China

PhytoKeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 172 ◽  
pp. 57-66
Author(s):  
Songzhi Xu ◽  
Qiliang Gan ◽  
Lianzhong Fu ◽  
Mingxi Jiang ◽  
Zhenyu Li
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Status ◽  
Field Investigation ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Central China ◽  
Karst Region ◽  
Morphological Description ◽  
Chongqing Municipality ◽  
Iucn Red List Criteria ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Flueggea acicularis (Phyllanthaceae) is endemic to the karst region of central China. Male specimens of this species were first collected in 1908. In 1989, female plants of F. acicularis were found for the first time, but misidentified as a new species. Throughout this period the male plants of F. acicularis were mismatched with female plants of other species, and male plants had not been collected since 1908. Then, in March, 2009, the authors rediscovered a wild population of F. acicularis consisting of both male and female plants in Wuxi county, Chongqing municipality, China. Based on field investigation and examination of specimens, we matched the correct female and male plants of this species for the first time since its initial publication a century ago. A complete and accurate morphological description, distribution, habitat and phenology of this species are also provided. Furthermore, the conservation status of F. acicularis is assessed as “Near Threatened” (NT) according to the IUCN Red List criteria.

Long-lost Ceropegia rudatisii (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae)—Rediscovered and redescribed after 100 years

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 498 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-130
Author(s):  
ANNEMARIE HEIDUK ◽  
DAVID G.A. STYLES ◽  
ULRICH MEVE
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Status ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Flowering Plants ◽  
Morphological Description ◽  
Small Populations ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Iucn Red List Criteria ◽  
First Time

Ceropegia rudatisii Schlechter was first collected in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa in 1903 but described in 1905 based on a second independent collection. This Ceropegia species was not seen again for a century and believed to be extinct. In 2020, however, two very small populations were discovered not far from the type locality. The subsequent examination of living flowering plants allowed an updated morphological description and, for the first time, illustration of C. rudatisii with photographs of living flowering plants and details thereof. We provide a comprehensive species description including novel aspects and details, i.e. bracts, inner corolla colouration, pollinarium and pollinia, as well as posture of corolla lobe tips of fresh flowers in situ—being not suberect-spreading, as given in earlier treatments, but flaccid-pendulous. The conservation status of C. rudatisii according to IUCN Red List criteria is furthermore discussed. Conservation measures are indispensable and urgent to avoid the extinction of C. rudatisii.

scholarly journals Sedum ichangensis, a new species of Crassulaceae from Hubei, China

PhytoKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 132 ◽  
pp. 91-98
Author(s):  
Yu-Bing Wang ◽  
Xing-Jun Xiong
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Hubei Province ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Central China ◽  
Iucn Red List Criteria ◽  
A New Species

Sedum ichangensissp. nov., from Yichang, Hubei province, central China, is described and illustrated. The new species is similar to S. elatinoides and S. rosthornianum in its leaf and carpel morphology and differs in its creeping stems and solitary flowers. The conservation status of S. ichangensis was assessed as Endangered according to the IUCN Red List criteria.

scholarly journals Chiococca grandiflora (Rubiaceae), a new species from Northern Mexico

PhytoKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 98 ◽  
pp. 73-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
David H. Lorence ◽  
Thomas R. Van Devender ◽  
George M. Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Northern Mexico ◽  
Iucn Red List Criteria ◽  
A New Species

The new species Chiococcagrandiflora Lorence & T.Van Devender from Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico differs from its congeners by its larger, showy white flowers in compact cymes of 3–9, and infundibuliform corollas 16–20 mm long with tubes 13–17 mm long and lobes 3–3.5 mm long. Its distribution, habitat, and relationships are outlined. The conservation status for this species is estimated to be Endangered (EN) based on IUCN Red List Criteria.

scholarly journals Spiradiclis karstana (Rubiaceae), a new species from Yunnan, China

PhytoKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 117 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Wu ◽  
Xiong Li ◽  
Wen-Jian Liu ◽  
Quan-Ru Liu
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Iucn Red List Categories ◽  
Red List Categories ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Spiradicliskarstana, a new species of Spiradiclis (Rubiaceae) collected from Yunnan, China, is described for the first time. It is morphologically close to S.jingxiensis, but differs from the latter mainly by its inflorescences with 5–9 flowers, its 1.5–2.4 mm long peduncles, its stipules shorter than 1 mm and the 5–12 pairs of secondary veins. The conservation status is assessed as “Vulnerable” (VU) according to the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria.

A Neglected New Species of Hymenaea (Leguminosae, Detarioideae) fromthe Brazilian Amazon

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-90
Author(s):  
Rafael Barbosa Pinto ◽  
Marcos José da Silva ◽  
Ana Maria Goulart de Azevedo Tozzi ◽  
Vidal de Freitas Mansano
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Amazon Rainforest ◽  
Herbarium Collections ◽  
Iucn Red List Criteria ◽  
A New Species

Abstract—A new species, Hymenaea jeaniana, is described and illustrated. The species is known from one of the best-sampled reserves of Amazon Rainforest, the Reserva Adolpho Ducke, in Manaus, and from protected areas of the municipality of Presidente Figueiredo, in Amazonas, Brazil. Previously, the species has been mistakenly assigned to the circumscription of the morphologically similar H. parvifolia, but differs in certain leaflet, inflorescence, and flower characteristics. The new species has a restricted distribution and is assessed as Endangered following IUCN Red List criteria. Based on herbarium collections and field studies, we present a full species description, an illustration, conservation status, and taxonomic comments. An identification key to the Hymenaea species of Brazil is also provided. There are six species of Hymenaea in the Amazon Basin, including the species described herein.

scholarly journals A new species of Dianthus (Caryophyllaceae) from Republic of Korea

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 303 (1) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
DONG CHAN SON ◽  
HYUN-JUN KIM ◽  
KAE SUN CHANG ◽  
DONG-HYUK LEE ◽  
KANG-HYUP LEE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Floral Morphology ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Republic Of Korea ◽  
Eastern Coast ◽  
Differential Characters ◽  
Iucn Red List Criteria ◽  
A New Species

Dianthus koreanus sp. nov., from Gyeongsangbuk-do, Republic of Korea, is described and illustrated. It is a chasmophyte growing on the rocks on the seashore in the eastern coast of Korea. The new species is similar to D. chinensis by its vegetative and floral morphology. Differential characters refer to the leaves (oblanceolate to oblong and greenish-gray coriaceous), and the bracts (3 pairs, each bract being elliptic to obovate with apex acute). The conservation status of D. koreanus was assessed according to the IUCN Red List criteria.

A new species of poison-dart frog (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from Manu province, Amazon region of southeastern Peru, with notes on its natural history, bioacoustics, phylogenetics, and recommended conservation status

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4221 (1) ◽  
pp. 71 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHIRLEY J. SERRANO-ROJAS ◽  
ANDREW WHITWORTH ◽  
JAIME VILLACAMPA ◽  
RUDOLF VON MAY ◽  
JOSÉ M. PADIAL ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Buffer Zone ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Hind Limbs ◽  
Iucn Red List Criteria ◽  
A New Species

We describe and name a new species of poison-dart frog from the Amazonian slopes of the Andes in Manu Province, Madre de Dios Department, Peru; specifically within the Amarakaeri Communal Reserve and the buffer zone of Manu National Park. Ameerega shihuemoy sp. nov. is supported by a unique combination of characters: black dorsum with cream to light orange dorsolateral lines, blue belly reticulated with black, and the lack of axillary, thigh and calf flash marks. Within Ameerega, it shares the general appearance of A. altamazonica, A. boliviana, A. hahneli, A. ignipedis, A. petersi, A. picta, A. pongoensis, A. pulchripecta, A. simulans, A. smaragdina, and A. yungicola; each possessing a granular black to brown dorsum, a light labial bar, a conspicuous dorsolateral line running from the snout to the groin, and a metallic blue belly and underside of arms and hind limbs. From most of these species it can be distinguished by lacking flash marks on the axillae, thighs, and calves (absent in only A. boliviana and A. smaragdina, most A. petersi, and some A. pongoensis), by having bright cream to orange dorsolateral stripes (white, intense yellow, or green in all other species, with the exception of A. picta), and by its blue belly reticulated with black (bluish white and black in A. boliviana, green and blue with black marbling in A. petersi, and green and blue lacking black marbling in A. smaragdina). Its mating call also shows clear differences to morphologically similar species, with a lower note repetition rate, longer space between calls, and higher fundamental and dominant frequencies. Phylogenetic analyses based on the 16S mitochondrial rRNA fragment also support the distinctiveness of the new species and suggest that A. shihuemoy is most closely related to Ameerega macero, A. altamazonica, A. rubriventris, and two undescribed species (Ameerega sp. from Porto Walter, Acre, Brazil, and Ameerega sp. from Ivochote, Cusco, Peru). Genetically, the new species is most similar to the sympatric A. macero, from which it clearly differs in characteristics of its advertisement call and coloration. The new species is found near rocky streams during the dry season and near temporary water bodies during the rainy season. Tadpoles are found in lentic water along streams, or in shallow, slow-moving streams. Given its small geographic range, we recommend that A. shihuemoy should be considered 'Near threatened' (NT) according to IUCN Red List criteria. 

Taxonomic revision of the genus Massularia (Rubiaceae, Gardenieae), with a new species from Central Africa

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 203 (3) ◽  
pp. 263
Author(s):  
Bonaventure Sonké ◽  
Ehoarn Bidault ◽  
Vincent Droissart
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Central African Republic ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Field Investigation ◽  
Careful Examination ◽  
Morphological Description ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Status Assessment ◽  
A New Species

Based on a careful examination of more than 700 herbarium specimens and field investigation, a comprehensive revision of the genus Massularia is given. Massularia stevartiana, a new species from Central African Republic, Cameroon and Gabon is described and illustrated. The novelty is distinguished from M. acuminata, the only other species previously recognized in the genus, by its smaller leaves and flowers. For the two species recognized we provide a morphological description, distribution, habitat, phenology and IUCN conservation status assessment. Distribution maps and a dichotomous key are also provided.Based on a careful examination of more than 700 herbarium specimens and field investigation, a comprehensive revision of the genus Massularia is given. Massularia stevartiana, a new Rubiaceae species from Central African Republic, Cameroon and Gabon is described and illustrated. The novelty is distinguished from M. acuminata, the only other species recognized within the genus, by its smaller leaves and flowers. Another typical character for M. stevartiana is its leaves always cunate. For the two recognized taxa we provide a morphological description, distribution, habitat, phenology and IUCN conservation status assessment. Distribution maps and a taxonomic key are also provided.

scholarly journals Hemiboea suiyangensis (Gesneriaceae): a new species from Guizhou, China

PhytoKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 99 ◽  
pp. 99-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuwan Li ◽  
Mengqi Han ◽  
Xiaojie Li ◽  
Zhenyu Li ◽  
Xiaoguo Xiang
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South China ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspot ◽  
Plant Groups ◽  
Iucn Red List Criteria ◽  
Terrestrial Biomes ◽  
A New Species

The limestone areas in south China are a major biodiversity hotspot for terrestrial biomes. Hemiboea, with 34 species and 5 varieties, mainly distributed in south China, is one of the characteristic plant groups in limestone areas. Hemiboeasuiyangensis, a new species of Gesneriaceae from limestone areas in Guizhou, China, is described and illustrated. The new species is easily distinguished from other Hemiboea species by having an oblique-infundibular corolla with an abaxially gibbous swelling on the upper half of the tube and with a densely villose throat and lower lobes. Hemiboeasuiyangensis is similar to H.omeiensis W. T. Wang in the shape of the leaf blade, but differs from the latter by the shape of the petiole, involucre, calyx and corolla and the colour of the corolla. The conservation status of this species is considered to be “Critically Endangered” (CR) according to IUCN Red List Criteria.

scholarly journals Echeandia cholulensis (Asparagaceae), a new species from central Mexico

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aarón Rodríguez ◽  
Juan Pablo Ortiz Brunel
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Volcanic Belt ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Morphological Description ◽  
Central Mexico ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Area Of Occupancy ◽  
A New Species

Background and Aims: The genus Echeandia (Asparagaceae) characterizes the Mexican geophyte flora. The group is exclusive of the Americas and includes 85 species. In Mexico, there are 74 species, of which 63 are endemic; however, the species richness is concentrated in the Mexican Transition Zone, including the Transmexican Volcanic Belt (TMVB). Here, we name and describe a new species of Echeandia found along the TMVB in the states of Puebla and Tlaxcala.Methods: Field work and herbarium revision led us to discover a new species of Echeandia. The morphological description and illustration were based on eight voucher specimens plus living plants from two populations. Moreover, we compared the morphology of the new taxon with that of E. michoacensis and E. robusta. Lastly, we assessed its conservation status by calculating its extent of occurrence (EOO) and its area of occupancy (AOO), using the GeoCAT tool and based on the IUCN Red List categories and criteria.Key results: Echeandia cholulensis is a new species from Mexico. The new taxon includes robust plants characterized by root-thickenings distant from the corm; lanceolate, undulate, and glaucous leaves; ascending flowers with white tepals; clavate and muricate filaments, and free anthers with longitudinal dehiscence. Until now, it is known from three populations in central Mexico in the states of Puebla and Tlaxcala.Conclusions: Along the TMVB, volcanism has created topographic and climatic variation favoring speciation and persistence. The discovery and morphological description of Echeandia cholulensis exemplifies this observation. Furthermore, botanical exploration and herbaria revisions might discover new species that would increase the great plant diversity of the TMVB.

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