scholarly journals Amaioua longipedicellata (Rubiaceae, Gardenieae), a new species from the Brazilian Atlantic coast

2019 ◽  
Vol 152 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-92
Author(s):  
Piero G. Delprete ◽  
Jomar G. Jardim
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Field Observations ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Semideciduous Forest ◽  
A New Species

Background – Ongoing studies of Brazilian Rubiaceae revealed an undescribed species of Amaioua endemic to Atlantic Forest (Restinga and Semideciduous forest) of the state of Bahia, which is here described and illustrated, and its morphological characters are discussed and compared with those of similar species. Methods – This study is based on examinations of herbarium specimens, samples preserved in 60% ethanol, field observations, and digital images. Herbarium specimens of the CAY, CEPEC, HBR, IBGE, K, MBM, NY, RB, U, UB, UFG, and US herbaria were directly studied. Additional images of herbarium specimens were studied online. Results – Amaioua longipedicellata Delprete & J.G.Jardim is here described, illustrated and compared with the two most similar species, i.e., A. glomerulata (Lam. ex Poir.) Delprete & C.H.Perss. and A. intermedia Mart. A table comparing the morphological characters of these three species, and an appendix with selected specimens studied of A. glomerulata and A. intermedia are included.

scholarly journals Taxonomic novelties in Cyclodium (Dryopteridaceae) and a key to the species with free veins

2019 ◽  
Vol 152 (3) ◽  
pp. 521-530
Author(s):  
Amabily Bohn ◽  
Fernando B. Matos ◽  
Paulo H. Labiak
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Conservation Assessment ◽  
Phylogenetic Studies ◽  
Important Region ◽  
Standard Procedures ◽  
Taxonomic Studies ◽  
A New Species

Background – Cyclodium is a neotropical fern genus comprising about ten species. Most species are found in northern South America, and the foothills of the Guiana Shield is an important region for species diversification. Our phylogenetic and taxonomic studies of the genus demonstrated the need to describe a new species and to recognize a variety at species level.Methods – This study is based on herbarium specimens from CAY, HUA, INPA, MBM, NY, P, RB, UC, UFP, UPCB, and US. Morphological characters were analyzed using standard procedures. The indumentum and spores of the new species were studied using a scanning electron microscope. Species delimitation is proposed based on our preliminary phylogenetic studies, as well as on morphology and geographical distribution.Key results – Cyclodium alansmithii Bohn & Labiak is recognized as a new species, described, and illustrated. The most similar species is Cyclodium inerme (Fée) A.R.Sm., from which it differs by ovate-lanceolate and bicolored scales, reduced fronds, truncate pinna bases, and non-ciliate indusia. Cyclodium alansmithii is currently assessed as Endangered (EN) using IUCN criteria, but more fieldwork and herbarium studies are necessary to establish a more accurate conservation assessment. Cyclodium trianae (Mett.) A.R.Sm. var. chocoense A.R.Sm. is here elevated to species rank. A key to species of Cyclodium with free veins is provided.

scholarly journals New Species and New Records of Sponge-Inhabiting Barnacles (Cirripedia, Balanidae, Acastinae) from Australia

Diversity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 290
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Hosie ◽  
Jane Fromont ◽  
Kylie Munyard ◽  
Diana S. Jones
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Genetic Distances ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Diverse Group ◽  
Undescribed Species

The subfamily Acastinae contains a diverse group of barnacles that are obligate symbionts of sponges and alcyonacean and antipatharian corals. Integrating morphological and genetic (COI) data to compare against known species, this paper reports on nine species of sponge-inhabiting barnacles of the subfamily Acastinae, including three undescribed species (Acasta caveata sp. nov., Euacasta acutaflava sp. nov., and E. excoriatrix sp. nov.) and three species previously not recorded in Australian waters (A. sandwichi, Pectinoacasta cancellorum, and P. sculpturata). The new species are distinguished from similar species by a suite of morphological characters as well as genetic distances. A lectotype for Pectinoacasta cancellorum is designated. Sponge hosts were identified for all specimens where possible and are represented by 19 species from eight families and five orders.

scholarly journals Anemopaegma kawense (Bignoniaceae), a new species from the Kaw Mountain (French Guiana), with notes on related species and a key to the genus in the Guianas

2021 ◽  
Vol 154 (2) ◽  
pp. 296-306
Author(s):  
Olivier Lachenaud ◽  
Fabiana Firetti ◽  
Lúcia G. Lohmann
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Centre Of Diversity ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The Guianas ◽  
A New Species

Background and aims – The genus Anemopaegma (Bignoniaceae) includes around 47 species and has its centre of diversity in Brazil. Here, we describe and illustrate a new species from French Guiana, Anemopaegma kawense, and compare it to the two most similar species, A. foetidum and A. granvillei. We further assess the conservation status of all three species.Material and methods – Morphological descriptions are based on herbarium specimens deposited at BM, BR, CAY, INPA, K, MO, P, SPF, and U, and, in the case of the newly described species, also on field observations. The conservation status assessments follow the IUCN Red List criteria.Key results – Anemopaegma kawense differs from both A. foetidum and A. granvillei by its densely villose twigs, longitudinally plicate leaflets with secondary veins not or hardly prominent below, and tertiary veins impressed below. It is further separated from A. foetidum by the leaflets that are villose below and the calyx that is entirely pubescent outside. On the other hand, A. kawense differs from A. granvillei by the densely lepidote outer surface of the corolla, shorter petiolules, leaflets with midrib impressed above, shorter bracts and bracteoles, inflorescence peduncle exceeding the rachis, and pedicels densely puberulous, not lepidote or only sparsely so at the apex. This species is endemic to the Kaw Mountain in north-eastern French Guiana, where it grows in low stunted forest on laterite; it is assessed as Endangered according to the IUCN criteria. New descriptions are provided for A. granvillei, which is newly reported from Suriname, and for A. foetidum, which is newly reported from French Guiana; these two species are assessed as Endangered and Least Concern, respectively. Lectotypes are designated for A. maguirei, which is here synonymised with A. foetidum, and for A. umbellatum, another synonym of that species. A key to the 12 species of Anemopaegma occurring in the Guianas is presented.

A new species of Bertolonia (Melastomataceae) from the Southeastern Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 273 (2) ◽  
pp. 115 ◽  
Author(s):  
KELLY CRISTINA DA SILVA-GONÇALVES ◽  
JOSÉ FERNANDO A. BAUMGRATZ ◽  
ANDRÉ FELIPPE NUNES-FREITAS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
Abaxial Surface ◽  
Margin Entire ◽  
Apex Acuminate ◽  
Diagnostic Characteristics ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Bertolonia (Melastomataceae; Bertolonieae) endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest is described and illustrated. Bertolonia organensis is known from only one locality in the Serra dos Órgãos National Park, state of Rio de Janeiro. The main diagnostic characteristics that distinguish B. organensis are the leaves with bullate adaxial surface and foveolate abaxial surface, cordate base and seven acrodromous veins, petiole and hypanthium glandulose-punctate, setulose and setulose-glandulose, the external calyx lobes erect, thick, narrow-triangular, apex acuminate-glandulose, margin entire, not ciliate, and the anthers connective dorsally appendaged, trilobed or with an acute calcar. Comparisons with similar species, geographic distribution and habitat are presented for the new species, as well as a key to identify all Bertolonia taxa known from the state of Rio de Janeiro. Bertolonia organensis is classified as Critically Endangered (CR).

Revision of Cyrtandra tempestii (Gesneriaceae) and the description of Cyrtandra tuiwawai from Taveuni, Fiji

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 429 (4) ◽  
pp. 251-260
Author(s):  
MELISSA A. JOHNSON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Habitat Preference ◽  
Floral Morphology ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
Montane Forests ◽  
Southeast Coast ◽  
A New Species

Cyrtandra tempestii, a species endemic to the southeast coast of Taveuni, Fiji, is reevaluated in light of recent field collections and a thorough examination of herbarium specimens. A revised description of this species based on observations and morphological measurements from the field is presented here. Cyrtandra tuiwawai sp. nov. was formerly included under C. tempestii based on similarities in floral morphology and is described here as a new species endemic to the montane forests of Taveuni. Habitat preference, as well as morphological characters, distinguish the two species from one another. The addition of C. tuiwawai brings the total number of Cyrtandra species in Fiji to 42, and supports the need for continued fieldwork in the region.

Pycreus rubidomontanus (Cyperaceae), a widespread but undescribed species from tropical West Africa

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 405 (2) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
FILIP VERLOOVE ◽  
JANE BROWNING ◽  
ATTILA MESTERHÁZY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
South Central ◽  
Rare Endemic ◽  
A New Species

Pycreus rubidomontanus is described as a new species. It is relatively widespread in tropical West Africa where it had been confused up to present with P. atrorubidus, a very rare endemic species from Zambia in south-central Africa that probably is known only from the type gathering. Differences between these and other similar species are discussed and the new species is copiously illustrated.

scholarly journals The last one: A new species of Osteocephalus (Anura: Hylidae) from Colombia, with comments on the morphological and behavioral diversity within the genus

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
William E. Duellman
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Reproductive Behavior ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Black Stripe ◽  
Behavioral Diversity ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Golden Yellow ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Yellow Iris

A new species of Osteocephalus (Anura: Hylidae) from Colombia, with comments on the morphological and behavioral diversity within the genus. A striking, undescribed species of Osteocephalus from the Amazonian slopes of the Andes in Departamento de Putumayo in southern Colombia is a member of the Osteocephalus buckleyi Group. Aside from minor morphological characters, the new species differs from all other members of the group by having a golden yellow iris with a median horizontal black stripe. The diversity in morphological and reproductive behavior reveals various features that are phylogenetically signifcant, but several species remain to be described.

Description of a new species of Plutomurus Yosii (Collembola: Tomoceridae) from Georgia, Caucasus and notes on the morphology of Plutomurus birsteini Djanashvili & Barjadze

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4790 (2) ◽  
pp. 375-386
Author(s):  
SHALVA BARJADZE ◽  
ROSANNA GIORDANO ◽  
FELIPE SOTO-ADAMES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
The Caucasus ◽  
Invertebrate Communities ◽  
A New Species

Plutomurus jordanai sp. nov. from Zeda Kvilishori Cave (Tskaltubo Municipality, Imereti region, Western Georgia) is described, illustrated and differentiated from other morphologically similar species‒‒P. kelasuricus Martynova, 1969 and P. eristoi Barjadze, Baquero, Soto-Adames, Giordano & Jordana, 2016. In addition, morphological characters omitted or erroneously provided in the original description of Plutomurus birsteini Djanashvili & Barjadze, 2011 are described and illustrated from the specimen sampled in the type locality‒‒Sakishore Cave (Racha region, Western Georgia). An identification key to the species of the genus Plutomurus reported from the Caucasus is presented. A list of the invertebrate communities for Zeda Kvilishori and Sakishore caves is provided. 

Aspidosperma flaviflorum (Apocynaceae), a New Species from Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, with Notes on Wood Anatomy

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 315-322
Author(s):  
David Johane Machate ◽  
Marcelo Rodrigo Pace ◽  
Flávio Macedo Alves ◽  
Juliana Furtado da Costa Queiroz ◽  
Maria Ana Farinaccio
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Wood Anatomy ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Growth Rings ◽  
Semideciduous Forest ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Axial Parenchyma ◽  
Mato Grosso Do Sul ◽  
A New Species

Abstract—Aspidosperma flaviflorum, is described as a new species from the submountain semideciduous forest in the municipality of Porto Murtinho in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. This new taxon is described and compared with the most morphologically similar species, A. quirandy and A. tomentosum. In its wood anatomy, A. flaviflorum is unique within the genus by the very scanty axial parenchyma and the lack of a line of axial parenchyma delimiting the growth rings.

Redescription of Microprosthema semilaeve (von Martens, 1872) (Decapoda: Stenopodidea: Spongicolidae) and description of a new species of Microprosthema from Dry Tortugas, Florida

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3630 (3) ◽  
pp. 467-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOSEPH W. GOY ◽  
JOEL W. MARTIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Dry Tortugas ◽  
Pacific Species ◽  
A New Species

Microprosthema semilaeve, a fairly common spongicolid shrimp of reefal habitats in the Western Atlantic and Caribbean is redescribed and figured based on type material and an additional 78 specimens from the majority of its known zoogeographical range. It is distinguished from the Indo-Pacific species of M. validum and an undescribed species of Microprosthema with which it has been confused in the literature by a number of morphological characters. A new species of Microprosthema from deeper waters off the Dry Tortugas and closely related to M. inornatum Manning & Chace, 1990, is described and illustrated. Microprosthema jareckii Martin, 2002 is synonymized with M. manningi Goy & Felder, 1988. A key to the Western Atlantic species of Microprosthema is presented.

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