scholarly journals Peer Review #2 of "A new species of Escallonia (Escalloniaceae) from the inter-Andean tropical dry forests of Bolivia (v0.1)"

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Tropical Dry Forests ◽  
Dry Forests ◽  
A New Species

scholarly journals Coccoloba floresii (Polygonaceae), a new species from Chiapas (Mexico)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 213 (3) ◽  
pp. 263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Javier Ortiz-Diaz ◽  
Itziar Arnelas ◽  
Juan Tun ◽  
Juan Pablo Pinzón-Esquivel
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Tropical Dry Forests ◽  
Dry Forests ◽  
Central Depression ◽  
High Elevations ◽  
A New Species

Coccoloba floresii is here described as a new species from Mexico. Morphological characters of the leaf, inflorescence, and fruit show discontinuities among populations of C. floresii and its relatives, C. barbadensis and C. cozumelensis. In addition, C. floresii is exclusive of the tropical dry forests of Central Depression and Plateau of Chiapas (Mexico) at high elevations.

scholarly journals A new species of Escallonia (Escalloniaceae) from the inter-Andean tropical dry forests of Bolivia

PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e6328
Author(s):  
Felipe Zapata ◽  
Daniel Villarroel
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Reproductive Traits ◽  
Dry Forest ◽  
Tropical Dry Forests ◽  
Tropical Andes ◽  
Dry Forests ◽  
Tropical Plants ◽  
Steep Slopes ◽  
A New Species

Over the last two decades, renewed fieldwork in poorly explored areas of the tropical Andes has dramatically increased the comparative material available to study patterns of inter- and intraspecific variation in tropical plants. In the course of a comprehensive study of the genus Escallonia, we found a group of specimens with decumbent branching, small narrowly elliptic leaves, inflorescences with up to three flowers, and flowers with red petals. This unique combination of traits was not present in any known species of the genus. To evaluate the hypothesis that these specimens belonged to a new species, we assessed whether morphological variation between the putative new species and all currently known Escallonia species was discontinuous. The lack of overlap in tolerance regions for vegetative and reproductive traits combined with differences in habit, habitat, and geographic distribution supported the hypothesis of the new species, which we named Escallonia harrisii. The new species grows in sandstone inter-Andean ridges and cliffs covered with dry forest, mostly on steep slopes between 1,300–2,200 m in southern Bolivia. It is readily distinct in overall leaf and flower morphology from other Escallonia species in the region, even though it does not grow in sympatry with other species. Because E. harrisii is locally common it may not be threated at present, but due to its restricted geographic distribution and the multiple threats of the tropical dry forests it could become potentially vulnerable.

New species of the Rhinella crucifer group (Anura, Bufonidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3265 (1) ◽  
pp. 57 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILIAN VAZ-SILVA ◽  
PAULA HANNA VALDUJO ◽  
JOSÉ P. POMBAL JR.
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Tropical Dry Forests ◽  
Brazilian Cerrado ◽  
Dry Forests ◽  
Cerrado Biome ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Rhinella of Central Brazil from the Rhinella crucifer group is described. Rhinella inopina sp. nov. is restricted to the disjunct Seasonal Tropical Dry Forests enclaves in the western Cerrado biome. The new species is characterized mainly by head wider than long, shape of parotoid gland, and oblique arrangement of the parotoid gland. Data on natural history and distribution are also presented.

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