scholarly journals A comparison of anamorphs of some Pachyphlodes species and the type of Chromelosporium: are they congeneric?

Mycotaxon ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 135 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-182
Author(s):  
Grégoire L. Hennebert ◽  
Cony Decock
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Generic Type ◽  
Unidentified Species ◽  
Its Dna Sequences

There is a question of whether or not the name Chromelosporium competes with the name Pachyphlodes given that both genera exhibit similar conidiogenesis. We address here the question through a comparative study of their anamorphs. The type specimen of C. ochraceum (generic type of Chromelosporium), has been studied and compared to newly collected specimens of two Pachyphlodes species, P. nemoralis and P. citrina (whose identity was confirmed through comparison of ITS DNA sequences) and an unidentified species from the Pachyphlodes–Plicariella lineage. Comparison of the morphology of the Pachyphlodes–Plicariella lineage anamorphs with Chromelosporium ochraceum reveals discriminating characters that may support a generic distinction.

Paris variabilis (Melanthiaceae), a new species from southwestern China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 401 (3) ◽  
pp. 190
Author(s):  
ZHENYAN YANG ◽  
CHENGJIN YANG ◽  
YUNHENG JI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Southwestern China ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Phylogenetic Placement ◽  
Greenish Yellow ◽  
The Status ◽  
Its Dna Sequences ◽  
A New Species

Paris variabilis, a new species from the Wumengshan Mountains, southwestern China, is described and illustrated. The new species is placed in Paris section Euthyra. The new taxon was determined to be most morphologically similar to P. vietnamensis but differs in its oblong leaf blades with an acute apex, stamens 2–4 × petal number, greenish yellow filaments and an enlarged, purplish red style base. The phylogenetic placement of this species was assessed based on nuclear ribosomal ITS DNA sequences data. The results of morphological and phylogenetic analyses support the status of the taxon as a new species.

scholarly journals Begonia difformis comb. & stat. nov. (Sect. Platycentrum, Begoniaceae), a new species segregated from B. palmata D. Don

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 227 (1) ◽  
pp. 83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wai-Chao Leong ◽  
Tao Deng ◽  
Hang Sun ◽  
Ching-I Peng ◽  
Kuo-Fang Chung
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Variation ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Mountain Areas ◽  
The Status ◽  
Variable Species ◽  
Its Dna Sequences ◽  
A New Species

Begonia palmata D. Don is one of the most widely distributed and morphologically variable species of Asian Begoniaceae. Examinations of its morphological variation indicate that two of its seven varieties, B. palmata var. difformis and B. palmata var. crassisetulosa, both distributed in the Gaoligong Mountain areas of Yunnan, China are indistinguishable and yet distinct from other varieties. Phylogenetic analyses using ITS DNA sequences further reveals that samples identifiable to these two varieties are also distantly related to samples of typical B. palmata. Based on these observations, we combine and elevate these two varieties to the status of species, Begonia difformis (Irmsch.) W.C. Leong, C.I Peng & K.F Chung, comb. & stat. nov..

Floral similarity and vegetative divergence in a new species of Bletia (Orchidaceae) from Mexico

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 275 (2) ◽  
pp. 112 ◽  
Author(s):  
GERARDO A. SALAZAR ◽  
CÉSAR CHÁVEZ-RENDÓN ◽  
ALEJANDRO DE ÁVILA B. ◽  
ROLANDO JIMÉNEZ-MACHORRO
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Habitat Specificity ◽  
Its Dna Sequences ◽  
Two Populations ◽  
A New Species

Bletia mixtecana, a new species from Oaxaca, Mexico is described and illustrated. This species is florally similar to B. parkinsonii but differs in its aerial thickened stems (‘pseudobulbs’) and several floral attributes. A phylogenetic analysis of nuclear ribosomal ITS DNA sequences indicates that B. mixtecana and B. parkinsonii are not closely related, suggesting that floral similarity represents either parallelism or shared ancestral (symplesiomorphic) traits. The new species is a strict gypsophile known only from two populations and it qualifies as endangered based on the small number of known populations and individuals, high habitat specificity and the observed loss of plants at one of the two known locations.

scholarly journals An updated checklist of the lichens of St. Eustatius, Netherlands Antilles

MycoKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 69-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andre Aptroot ◽  
Michael Stech
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Identification ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Lichen Species ◽  
Vegetation Types ◽  
Netherlands Antilles ◽  
Phylogenetic Studies ◽  
Biodiversity Inventory ◽  
Unidentified Species ◽  
Chemical Characters

In the course of a multi-taxon biodiversity inventory for the island of St. Eustatius, lichens were collected from 11 plots representing different vegetation types. From these collections, 126 lichen species are reported, 54 of which are new reports for St. Eustatius. Most species could be identified to species level based on morphological and chemical characters. In a few cases, mtSSU DNA sequences were generated for a preliminary molecular identification and future phylogenetic studies. In total, 263 identified lichen species are currently known from St. Eustatius, as well as some additional genera with yet unidentified species and lichenicolous fungi.

Tazarcus, a new phylogenetically unplaced genus of two flightless weevils with metapleural ridge from the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4766 (3) ◽  
pp. 421-434
Author(s):  
VASILY V. GREBENNIKOV
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Forest Litter ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Longitudinal Ridge ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
Multiple Origins ◽  
Eastern Arc ◽  
Unidentified Species

This paper reports new flightless forest litter weevils discovered in Tanzania. They are classified into two species of the genus Tazarcus gen. nov.: T. aeaea sp. nov. (the type species; from South Pare and West Usambara) and T. ogygia sp. nov. (Rubeho). Both new species inhabit the archipelago-type Eastern Arc Mountain rainforests renowned for the high diversity of their biota. Adults of Tazarcus are recognizable by their relatively small size (length of pronotum and elytra in dorsal view 2.0–3.4 mm), the short and straight rostrum covered dorsally with dense velvety pilosity, an antennal funicle with seven segments, a prosternal canal, procoxae separated, a lack of hind wings and effaced elytral shoulders. Remarkably, adults of Tazarcus possess a short longitudinal ridge on each metapleuron, which bears a line of serration likely homologous to sclerolepidia. A phylogenetic analysis of 72 terminals and 3134 aligned positions from one mitochondrial and two nuclear ribosomal fragments corroborated the monophyly of the new genus, of both new species and of all three sampled populations but did not identify the sister group of Tazarcus. Three other weevil taxa with adults possessing a similarly shaped metapleural ridge (the African Thrombosternus Marshall and Allocycloteres Voss and an unidentified species of Molytinae from Madagascar) did not cluster with Tazarcus, suggesting multiple origins of this structure. Tazarcus is taxonomically classified as incertae sedis in a non-monophyletic subfamily “Molytinae”. Images and DNA sequences of all 72 herein analysed specimens are available online at dx.doi.org/10.5883/DS-VGDS011. 

Analysis of ITS DNA Sequences of Korean Oxalis Species (Oxalidaceae)

2007 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 419-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ja Choon Koo ◽  
Mi Suk Chae ◽  
Jeoung Ki Lee ◽  
Sung Soo Whang
Keyword(s):  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Its Dna Sequences
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