Analysis of the size and composition of the southern African flora

Bothalia ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 15 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 613-629 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. E. Gibbs Russell
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Species Level ◽  
African Flora ◽  
The World ◽  
Infraspecific Taxa ◽  
African Plants ◽  
First Time

The southern African flora has been surveyed for the first time at species level in the List of Species of Southern African Plants (Gibbs Russell e tal., 1984). The numbers of taxa recorded for southern Africa are compared to the numbers reported from other parts of Africa, and the largest families in each area are listed and compared The species richness of southern Africa is compared to that of other parts of the world. The numbers of genera, species and infraspecific taxa are given for each familv in the souihern African flora, and compared to previous counts bv Dyer (1975. 1976) and Goldblatt (I97H).

New taxa, new records and name changes for southern African plants

Bothalia ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. E. Gibbs Russell ◽  
W. G. Welman ◽  
G. Germishuizen ◽  
E. Retief ◽  
B. J. Pienaar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southern Africa ◽  
Vascular Plants ◽  
New Records ◽  
The Past ◽  
Past Half Century ◽  
Infraspecific Taxa ◽  
African Plants ◽  
New Research ◽  
Name Changes ◽  
Past Half

Alterations to the inventory of about 24 000 species and infraspecific taxa of bryophytes and vascular plants in southern Africa are reported for the year 1987. The inventory, as presently maintained in the Taxon component of the PRECIS system, contains the accepted name for each taxon, synonyms previously in use as accepted names during the past half-century, and literature references necessary to identify species in each genus and to establish the synonymy. The inventory is updated as new research affecting plant classification in southern Africa is published. During 1987 there were 678 alterations, representing about 2,8% of the total number of taxa.a

scholarly journals Mammals of the Saracá-Taquera National Forest, northwestern Pará, Brazil

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Analice Calaça ◽  
Michel Barros Faria ◽  
Diego Afonso Silva ◽  
Áquila Oliveira Fialho ◽  
Fabiano Rodrigues de Melo
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Mammalian Species ◽  
National Forest ◽  
Large Mammals ◽  
Mammalian Fauna ◽  
The World ◽  
Amazonian Rainforest ◽  
Mammal Faunas ◽  
First Time

Abstract: The Amazonian rainforest harbors one of the most diverse mammal faunas found anywhere in the world, although this fauna is still poorly known. Inventories are essential for the understanding of the biology and ecology of species, and provide basic data for conservation. Over 15 years of sampling in the Saracá-Taquera National Forest, we recorded 72 species of small (nonvolant), medium, and large mammals belonging to 30 families in 10 orders. These taxa included 29 species endemic to the Amazon biome, and 14 classified as threatened with extinction. Overall, the mammalian species richness recorded in the present study was equal to or greater than that recorded in other Amazonian studies, reflecting high levels of diversity on a biogeographic scale. This reinforces the importance of this national forest for the maintenance of the region's mammalian fauna. Some of the species were recorded in the region for the first time, thus extending their known geographic distribution.

New taxa, new records and name changes for southern African plants

Bothalia ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. E. Gibbs Russell ◽  
C. Reid ◽  
L. Fish ◽  
G. Germishuizen ◽  
M. Van Wyk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Taxa ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
New Records ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Infraspecific Taxa ◽  
Total List ◽  
African Plants ◽  
Total Species ◽  
Name Changes

Alterations for the year 1986 to the inventory maintained in PRECIS are reported for bryophytes, pteridophytes and monocotyledons, and for a few dicotyledons. For the cryptogams and monocots there are 77 newly described species or infraspecific taxa, 27 names brought back into use, and nine species newly reported for southern Africa, resulting in 113 additions to the total list of species. Five species were removed because they were mistakenly recorded from the area. Seventy-five names have gone into synonymy, there are 52 new combinations, and there are 35 orthographic corrections, resulting in 237 alterations to the list of species. The total of 355 additions, deletions and alterations represents about 5% of the total species and infraspecific taxa for the cryptogams and monocots.

A revision of the African species of Odontolochini Stebnicka & Howden, 1996 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2230 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
ZDZISŁAWA T. ZDZISŁAWA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Taxonomic Position ◽  
African Species ◽  
The World ◽  
First Time

The taxonomic position and synonymy of 11 native afrotropical species of Odontolochini Stebnicka & Howden, 1996 are discussed and re-descriptions are provided. Lectotypes are here designated for Odontolochus sulcatus Endrödi, 1964 and Loeblietus sulcatus Endrödi, 1979. The genus Loeblietus Endrödi, 1973 is formally synonymized with Odontolochus Schmidt, 1916 and seven new species level synonyms are proposed: Odontolochus chevalieri Paulian, 1942 syn. n., O. parcepunctatus Petrovitz, 1956 syn. n., O. sulcatus Endrödi, 1964 syn. n., and Loeblietus sulcatus Endrödi, 1979 syn. n. are found to be junior synonyms of O. raffrayi Paulian, 1942. Odontolochus granulipennis Petrovitz, 1956 syn. n. and O. heyrovskyi Balthasar, 1963 syn. n. are considered conspecific with O. spinicollis (Harold, 1871) and Odontolochus elgonensis Balthasar, 1961 syn. n. conspecific with O. oberthueri (Clouët, 1900). The name Anodontolochus Paulian, 1942 is determined to be unavailable as no type species was designated with the original description. A key to the 11 species of Odontolochus is provided, sexual dimorphic characters are described and illustrated for the first time, and a general diagnosis of the tribe on the world basis is included.

Towards a People's Philosophy of Law!

1987 ◽  
Vol 31 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 37-43
Author(s):  
A. J. G. M. Sanders
Keyword(s):  
Southern Africa ◽  
Internal Conflict ◽  
Philosophy Of Law ◽  
African Region ◽  
Conflict Of Laws ◽  
Southern African Region ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time

It was in August 1980 that Professor Allott visited Southern Africa for the first time, and I am proud that it was the Institute to which I am attached which arranged the visit. In October 1981 we had the pleasure of welcoming Professor Allott to our region again. This time the happy occasion had been arranged by the University of Swaziland. All of us took an instant liking to Professor Allott. (As for our visitor, I got the distinct impression that he, too, enjoyed the encounter!) The way in which he was able to keep our discussions on track and lend perspective to them made a great impression. Hitherto, we had known him as a learned author on African law and the “internal conflict of laws”. “In the flesh”, he proved to be a man of the people and a teacher par excellence—concerned but never patronising, incisive in his criticisms but never disparaging. This impression is confirmed in his publication, The Limits of Law, which has become a source of constant reference in the Southern African region, and which inspired this essay.For reasons Professor Allott will understand, my contribution to his Festschrift has taken the form of a cri de coeur from a troubled part of the world which, only too aware of the limits and the excesses of law, continues to put its faith in law as a social directive.

scholarly journals The genus Eunotia Ehrenb. (Bacillariophyta) in the Cheremsky Nature Reserve, Ukrainian Polissya, and refined terminology relevant to the raphe system morphology

PhytoKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 128 ◽  
pp. 1-31
Author(s):  
Lyudmila N. Bukhtiyarova
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Indirect Evidence ◽  
Diatom Frustule ◽  
New Findings ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Freshwater Habitats ◽  
High Species Richness ◽  
First Time

Numerous species of Eunotia Ehrenb., widely distributed in the world flora, prefer acidic, dystrophic or oligotrophic freshwater habitats with low conductivity and usually occur in epiphytic or epilithic hydrotopes. In Ukraine, only 32 species and eight varieties of Eunotia were known until this study. For the first time, 9 more species have been recorded mainly from the Cheremsky Nature Reserve, located in Ukrainian Polissya. New findings include 2 species widely distributed in the world flora on most continents and 7 rare species known from several locations, among them E.genuflexa, E.jarensis and E.ruzickae, which are probably European endemics as they have not been reported from other continents. For the present time in the Cheremsky Nature Reserve, the 20 species recorded here, the highest species richness of Eunotia in Ukraine, bring the total number of Eunotia in Ukraine to 41 species, which comprises only 7% of Eunotia species in the world flora. This is indirect evidence of insufficient investigation of the wetlands in Ukraine where Eunotia usually is represented with high species richness. Several definitions are suggested to describe morphological features that are peculiar to the diatom frustule particular to the Eunotia species. The genus Eunotia possesses a mirror-symmetric, mantle-offset, brevisslit raphe system, which may or may not have terminal raphe fissures. Morphological analysis provided in this study revealed the absence of terminal raphe fissures for many species of Eunotia. Instead, the distal ends of the raphe slits finish on the outer valve surface by funnel holes, sometimes pore-like ones, connected with the helictoglossae. However, in the literature those distal ends of the raphe slits were described erroneously as terminal raphe fissures. For the first time different types of raphe system are grounded. Two species Eunotiaimplicata Nörpel-Schempp et al. in Alles et al. and Eunotiaincisa W. Smith ex Gregory were lectotypified.

New taxa, new records and name changes for southern African plants

Bothalia ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 275-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. C. De Wet ◽  
G. E. Gibbs Russel ◽  
G. Germishuizen ◽  
B. D. Schrire ◽  
M. Jordaan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southern Africa ◽  
Vascular Plants ◽  
New Records ◽  
The Past ◽  
Past Half Century ◽  
Infraspecific Taxa ◽  
African Plants ◽  
New Research ◽  
Name Changes ◽  
Past Half

Alterations to the inventory of about 24 000 species and infraspecific taxa of bryophytes and vascular plants in southern Africa are reported for the year 1988. The inventory, as currently maintained in the Taxon component of the PRECIS system, contains the accepted name for each taxon, synonyms previously in use as accepted names during the past half-century, and literature references necessary to identify species in each genus and to establish the synonymy. The inventory is updated as new research affecting plant classification in southern Africa is published. During 1988 there were 744 alterations, affecting about 3% of the total number of taxa.

scholarly journals Disability and HIV: What drives this relationship in Eastern and Southern Africa?

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill Hanass-Hancock ◽  
Ilaria Regondi ◽  
Kerisha Naidoo
Keyword(s):  
Southern Africa ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
The World ◽  
Significant Public Health ◽  
Disability Prevalence ◽  
World Report ◽  
Eastern And Southern Africa ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship

The Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) region is the epicentre of the global HIV epidemic and also home to a large number of people with disabilities. Both HIV and Disability are significant public health issues. While they are generally viewed as distinct and unrelated phenomena data seems to suggest that they are particularly closely intertwined in ESA.For the first time in history, by using the same disability indicator consistently, the publication of the World Report on Disability in 2011 has allowed for the comparison of disability data between countries, and across regions. This has the potential to shed some light on the relationship between disability and socio-economic markers and other health conditions in a way that was not possible previously. In the absence of disability and HIV-specific population-based surveys, this paper uses global socio-economic and HIV datasets and compares them to data contained in the most recent World Report on Disability.The analysis suggests that disability prevalence may be related to HIV-prevalence in ESA (Pearson 0.87). It identifies research and policy gaps and seeks to shed light on the relationship between the two phenomena. It concludes that, more than any other region in the world, ESA needs to ensure better data collection on disability and the inclusion of disability throughout its HIV programmes in order to provide a comprehensive and appropriate response to the epidemic. 

Deepwater crabs from seamounts and chemosynthetic habitats off eastern New Zealand (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1708 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHANE T. AHYONG
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Cold Seep ◽  
Generic Level ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
First Time

Deepwater crabs from seamounts and chemosynthetic habitats off eastern New Zealand are reported. Of the 30 species reported, eight are new to science: Cymonomus clarki sp. nov. (Cymonomidae), Dicranodromia delli sp. nov. (Homolodromiidae), Ethusina castro sp. nov. and E. rowdeni sp. nov. (Dorippidae), Trichopeltarion janetae sp. nov. (Atelecyclidae), Mathildella mclayi (Mathildellidae), Neopilumnoplax nieli sp. nov. (Mathildellidae), and Garthambrus tani sp. nov. (Parthenopidae). The dorippids, parthenopids and mathidellids reported here are the first members of these families to be described from New Zealand. Three previously described species are recorded for the first time from New Zealand waters: Dicranodromia spinulata Guinot, 1995 (Homolodromiidae), Intesius richeri Crosnier & Ng, 2004 (Mathildellidae) and Miersiograpsus australiensis Türkay, 1978 (Plagusiidae). The majority of brachyurans from New Zealand seamounts and chemosynthetic habitats are ‘typical’ deepwater forms of which thirteen species are presently unique to New Zealand. At species level, 43% of the seamount and cold-seep brachyurans are apparent New Zealand endemics, with strongest affinities with the eastern Australian fauna (37%). At the generic level, however, congeners of most species reported herein occur widely in the Indo-West Pacific (including eastern Australia and New Caledonia), suggesting that the New Zealand seamount and cold-seep brachyuran fauna is an extension of the tropical Indo-West Pacific fauna. Thirty-three percent (10 of 30 species) of the known New Zealand seamount and cold-seep brachyurans have only been recently discovered indicating that species richness is probably strongly underestimated. A key to the Brachyura known from New Zealand seamounts and chemosynthetic habitats is given.

Sialis navasi, a new alderfly species from China (Megaloptera: Sialidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2230 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
XINGYUE LIU ◽  
FUMIO HAYASHI ◽  
DING YANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Taxonomic Position ◽  
The World ◽  
First Time

The taxonomic position and synonymy of 11 native afrotropical species of Odontolochini Stebnicka & Howden, 1996 are discussed and re-descriptions are provided. Lectotypes are here designated for Odontolochus sulcatus Endrödi, 1964 and Loeblietus sulcatus Endrödi, 1979. The genus Loeblietus Endrödi, 1973 is formally synonymized with Odontolochus Schmidt, 1916 and seven new species level synonyms are proposed: Odontolochus chevalieri Paulian, 1942 syn. n., O. parcepunctatus Petrovitz, 1956 syn. n., O. sulcatus Endrödi, 1964 syn. n., and Loeblietus sulcatus Endrödi, 1979 syn. n. are found to be junior synonyms of O. raffrayi Paulian, 1942. Odontolochus granulipennis Petrovitz, 1956 syn. n. and O. heyrovskyi Balthasar, 1963 syn. n. are considered conspecific with O. spinicollis (Harold, 1871) and Odontolochus elgonensis Balthasar, 1961 syn. n. conspecific with O. oberthueri (Clouët, 1900). The name Anodontolochus Paulian, 1942 is determined to be unavailable as no type species was designated with the original description. A key to the 11 species of Odontolochus is provided, sexual dimorphic characters are described and illustrated for the first time, and a general diagnosis of the tribe on the world basis is included.

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