Ornithoglossum pulchrum (Colchicaceae: Colchiceae), a new species from southern Namibia

Bothalia ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-233
Author(s):  
D. A. Snijman ◽  
B. Nordenstam ◽  
C. Mannheimer
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Widespread Species ◽  
Pale Yellow ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Dark Pink

We describe a new species in the sub-Saharan genus Ornithoglossum Salisb. from southern Namibia. Ornithoglossum pulchrum from near Aus, is remarkable in having bright to dark pink flowers, a feature previously unknown in the genus. The perigone is almost concolorous apart from a contrasting, pale yellow nectary region, narrowly outlined with darker red, near the base of each tepal. The undulate leaves together with the long filaments, which are nearly as long as the tepals, suggest a relationship with O. undulatum, a widespread species in the western parts of southern Africa, and O. zeyheri from Namaqualand and the northwestern Cape.

Eight new species of Moraea (Iridaceae) from southern Africa with range extensions and morphological notes in the genus

Bothalia ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Goldblatt ◽  
J. C. Manning
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Winter Rainfall ◽  
African Species ◽  
Basal Leaf ◽  
Pale Yellow ◽  
Northern Cape ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
African Genus

We describe eight new southern African species in the largely sub-Saharan African genus Moraea L., one from the winterdry Great Karoo and the others from the winter-rainfall zone of the southwest of the subcontinent. M. striata Goldblatt J.C.Manning (subg. Visciramosae Goldblatt) from the southern foothills of the Great Swartberg Mtns has khaki-green flowers with reflexed tepal limbs streaked with dark lines. The acaulescent M. singularis Goldblatt J.C.Manning (subg. Umbellatae Goldblatt J.C.Manning) with terete leaf blades is restricted to the dry, interior foothills of the Kamiesberg in Northern Cape. M. filamentosa Goldblatt J.C.Manning, subg. Acaules (Baker) Goldblatt J.C.Manning, is described from the dry interior of Namaqualand in Northern Cape. The species is closely allied to the widespread M. falcifolia Klatt. In subg. Polyanthes (Goldblatt) Goldblatt J.C.Manning, we describe M. thermarum Goldblatt J.C.Manning (sect. Hexaglottis (Vent.) Goldblatt) from southwestern Namibia, allied to M. brevituba (Goldblatt) Goldblatt, and M. lazulina Goldblatt J.C.Manning (sect. Pseudospicata Goldblatt J.C.Manning) from the Little Karoo, until now confused with M. exiliflora Goldblatt but differing in its larger flowers with strongly reflexed tepals. The new M. petricola Goldblatt J.C.Manning (subg. Vieusseuxia (D.Delaroche) Goldblatt), is restricted to higher elevations of the Pakhuis Mtns of northern Western Cape. Lastly, in subg. Homeria (Vent.) Goldblatt J.C.Manning, we recognize M. doleritica Goldblatt J.C.Manning with pale yellow flowers and anthers exceeding the style branches, restricted to dolerite outcrops in the Great Karoo, and M. eburnea Goldblatt J.C.Manning from the northern foothills of the Klein Swartberg, which has a single, basal leaf and pale yellow flowers with filaments free distally. Moraea now has 222 species, including 203 in southern Africa, of which 200 are endemic to the region. In addition to describing new species, the paper brings to light range extensions of a further eight species: M. barnardii L.Bolus, M. elliotii Baker, M. exiliflora Goldblatt, M. falcifolia Goldblatt J.C.Manning, M. fenestralis (Goldblatt E.G.H.Oliver) Goldblatt, M. louisabolusiae Goldblatt, M. tulbaghensis L.Bolus and M. unguiculata Ker Gawl. Each of the species falls into one of the subgenera mentioned for the new species except M. fenestralis which belongs in subg. Galaxia.

Observations on the caddisfly fauna (Insecta, Trichoptera) of the lower Orange and Fish Rivers in southern Africa with the description of a new species

Zoosymposia ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 338-349
Author(s):  
WOLFRAM MEY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Dominant Species ◽  
Flash Floods ◽  
River Ecosystem ◽  
Widespread Species ◽  
A New Species

The Trichoptera of the lower Orange River were collected at irregular intervals from 1993 to 2008. A total of 15 species are listed, including a new species which is described as Catoxyethira gariepensis n. sp. (Hydroptilidae). The composition of the taxocenosis and the dominant species at different sample sites are briefly documented. The survey has revealed the occurrence of a poor fauna, which consists mainly of widespread species. Records from the literature and the present data are summarised. Twenty-six species are now known to occur in the Orange River. Droughts and flash-floods are major events in this watershed.  These are unpredictable and contribute to the unstable conditions of the river ecosystem and do not allow the development of a more diverse fauna.

Description of a new species of Neoromicia (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from southern Africa: A name for “N. cf. melckorum”

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4236 (2) ◽  
pp. 351 ◽  
Author(s):  
STEVEN M. GOODMAN ◽  
TERESA KEARNEY ◽  
MALALATIANA MICHÈLE RATSIMBAZAFY ◽  
ALEXANDRE HASSANIN
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
12S Rrna ◽  
The Family ◽  
Nucleotide Divergence ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Rrna Sequences

The taxonomy of sub-Saharan small insectivore bats of the family Vespertilionidae is unresolved and currently five named species of the genus Neoromicia are recognized from southern Africa, with N. melckorum considered a synonym of N. capensis. Since several years, the name “N. cf. melckorum” has been used in the literature to designate an apparently undescribed and moderately large bodied vespertilionid bat known from different localities in southern and southeastern Africa. Using new data from molecular genetics, bacular morphology, and cranio-dental characters, we conclude that N. melckorum sensu stricto is indeed nested within N. capensis and obtain the needed evidence to formally describe “N. cf. melckorum”, named herein as N. stanleyi sp. nov. On the basis of molecular and bacular evidence, N. stanleyi is found in Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Zambia, and using a combination of other characters is presumed to occur in northern South Africa and Malawi. Bayesian and maximum likelihood analyses based on 12S rRNA sequences indicate that it belongs to a clade containing four species of Neoromicia (N. capensis, N. malagasyensis, N. matroka, and N. robertsi) and Laephotis. Neoromicia stanleyi shows at least 3.2% nucleotide divergence from its closest relatives. It is larger in cranial characters than other members of the capensis group occurring in the southern portion of Africa, and a number of bacular characters distinguish N. stanleyi from N. capensis. 

A new species of Trachusa Panzer, 1804 (Megachilidae: Anthidiini) from southern Africa, with notes on the subgeneric classification and a key to the Afrotropical species

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4399 (3) ◽  
pp. 329
Author(s):  
MAX KASPAREK
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Colour Features ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
A New Species

Only a single species of the genus Trachusa Panzer, 1804 is currenlty known from southern Africa: Trachusa aquiphila (Strand, 1912). A second species is described here from Namibia: Trachusa namibiensis sp. n., with habitus similar to T. aquiphila, but distinguished by morphological characters and colour features. The new species combines features of the subgenera Trachusa (Paraanthidium Friese) and Trachusa (Massanthidium Pasteels), therefore the latter is here regarded as a junior synonym of Paraanthidium, and all three species which have been assigned to subgenus Massanthidium are here transferred to Trachusa (Paraanthidium). Trachusa (Paraanthidium) and Trachusa (Congotrachusa) are now the only subgenera occurring in sub-Saharan Africa. Trachusa namibiensis sp. n. seems not to be rare and was found sympatrically with T. aquiphila. It is polylectic and was found on the wing in autumn (March). 

Andreaea barbarae (Andreaeaceae, Bryophytina), a new moss species from Lesotho

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 336 (2) ◽  
pp. 148 ◽  
Author(s):  
CARLOS CERREJÓN ◽  
ENRIQUE MAGUILLA ◽  
DIETMAR QUANDT ◽  
JESÚS MUÑOZ ◽  
MODESTO LUCEÑO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Northern Hemisphere ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Moss Species ◽  
Spore Size ◽  
Taxonomic Key ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
A New Species

Specimens of Andreaea sect. Andreaea collected in Lesotho show morphological differences from the remaining Sub-Saharan Africa species in the group. Particularly, Lesotho specimens have much larger spores, a character diagnostic in the genus. Spore size also separates the Lesotho specimens from typical A. rupestris from the Northern Hemisphere. Consequently, we describe a new species from the highlands of Lesotho (Andreaea barbarae). Additionally, we present a taxonomic key to all accepted species of Andreaea sect. Andreaea in sub-Saharan Africa.

A new species of Lepiota (Agaricaceae) from Punjab, Pakistan

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 511 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
ABDUL REHMAN NIAZI ◽  
MUHAMMAD ASIF ◽  
AIMAN IZHAR ◽  
ABDUL NASIR KHALID
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Tree ◽  
Full Description ◽  
Loamy Soil ◽  
Pale Yellow ◽  
Cholistan Desert ◽  
Its Nrdna ◽  
Distinct Morphology ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Yellowish Orange

During our surveys of fungi of some areas adjacent to the Cholistan desert, Punjab, Pakistan, we collected a new species in Lepiota sect. Echinatae. It was found on loamy soil under Vachellia nilotica and is described and illustrated as new based on the distinct morphology and ITS nrDNA analysis. The new species, Lepiota haroonabadensis, is characterized macroscopically by a light yellowish orange pileus covered with brown squarrose scales, bright yellowish to yellowish red stipe with pale yellow spiny scales, and rudimentary annulus; and microscopically by ellipsoid basidiospores, narrowly clavate to clavate cheilocystidia, cylindrical to sub-cylindrical or ellipsoidal elements of the pileus covering and cylindrical to globose elements of the stipe covering. A full description, color photos, line illustrations and a phylogenetic tree to show the position of the new species are provided.

A new species of Gymnopus sect. Androsacei (Omphalotaceae, Agaricales) from China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 521 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
JI-PENG LI ◽  
BIN SONG ◽  
ZHAN FENG ◽  
JING WANG ◽  
CHUN-YING DENG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Morphological Description ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Line Drawings ◽  
Pale Yellow ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Gymnopus sect. Androsacei, namely, G. pallipes is described and illustrated based on morphological and molecular phylogenetic evidence. It is characterized by marasmioid basidiomata, a dark brown to reddish brown pileus becoming dull white to yellowish grey with age, whitish to pale yellow stipe and presence of rhizomorphs. Phylogenetic analyses support it as a new species within Gymnopus sect. Androsacei. The detailed morphological description, colour photos of basidiomata, and line drawings of microcharacters are presented and delimitation characters from similar species are discussed. A key to the known species of Gymnopus s. str. from China is also provided.

ZAMIACEAE

Bothalia ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. H. Hurter ◽  
H. F. Glen
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
A New Species

ENCEPHAIARTOS RELICTUS: A NEW SPECIES FROM SOUTHERN AFRICA

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