scholarly journals Elatostema qinzhouense (Urticaceae), a new species from limestone karst in Guangxi, China

PeerJ ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. e11148
Author(s):  
Longfei Fu ◽  
Alexandre K. Monro ◽  
Tiange Yang ◽  
Fang Wen ◽  
Bo Pan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Ribosomal Rna ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
Plastid Genome ◽  
Single Copy ◽  
Rrna Genes ◽  
Partial Sequence ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Trna Genes ◽  
A New Species

Elatostema qinzhouense L.F. Fu, A.K. Monro & Y.G. Wei, a new species from Guangxi, China is described and illustrated. Morphologically, E. qinzhouense is most similar to E. hezhouense from which it differs by having smaller size of leaf laminae, fewer and smaller staminate peduncle bracts, longer pistillate peduncle bracts and a larger achene. This result is supported by the molecular evidence. The phylogenetic position of the new species within Elatostema is evaluated using three DNA regions, ITS, trnH-psbA and psbM-trnD, for 107 taxa of Elatostema s.l. (including E. qinzhouense). Bayesian inference (BI) and maximum likelihood (ML) analyses each recovered the same strongly supported tree topologies, indicating that E. qinzhouense is a member of the core Elatostema clade and sister to E. hezhouense. Along with the phylogenetic studies, plastid genome and ribosomal DNA (rDNA) sequences of the new species are assembled and annotated. The plastid genome is 150,398 bp in length and comprises two inverted repeats (IRs) of 24,688 bp separated by a large single-copy of 83,919 bp and a small single-copy of 17,103 bp. A total of 113 functional genes are recovered, comprising 79 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNA genes, and four rRNA genes. The rDNA is 5,804 bp in length and comprised the 18S ribosomal RNA partial sequence (1,809 bp), internal transcribed spacer 1 (213 bp), 5.8S ribosomal RNA (164 bp), internal transcribed spacer 2 (248 bp) and 26S ribosomal RNA partial sequence (3,370 bp). In addition, the chromosome number of E. qinzhouense is observed to be 2n = 26, suggesting that the species is diploid. Given a consistent relationship between ploidy level and reproductive system in Elatostema, the new species is also considered to be sexually reproducing. Our assessment of the extinction threat for E. qinzhouense is that it is Endangered (EN) according to the criteria of the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Ceriporia albomellea (Phanerochaetaceae, Basidiomycota), a new species from tropical China based on morphological and molecular evidences

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 298 (1) ◽  
pp. 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
YUAN YUAN ◽  
XIAO-HONG JI ◽  
FANG WU ◽  
JIA-JIA CHEN
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Ribosomal Rna ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
Large Subunit ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Its Regions ◽  
Tropical China ◽  
A New Species

A new polypore, Ceriporia albomellea, collected from tropical China, is described and illustrated based on morphological characteristics and molecular evidence. It is characterized by thin, resupinate basidiome with a white subiculum, cottony margin, white to cinnamon-buff pores, clavate cystidia and oblong-ellipsoid basidiospores measured as 3.1–3.8 × 1.7–2 µm. Phylogenetic analysis based on the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions and nuclear large subunit (nLSU) ribosomal RNA gene regions supported C. albomellea as a distinctive species belonging to Ceriporia.

A new species of Skeletocutis (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) from Yunnan of China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 270 (4) ◽  
pp. 267 ◽  
Author(s):  
LU-SEN BIAN ◽  
CHANG-LIN ZHAO ◽  
FANG WU
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Ribosomal Rna ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
Large Subunit ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Its Regions ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Polyporales, named as Skeletocutis yunnanensis, was collected on angiosperm wood in northern Yunnan Province, southwestern China. It is described based on morphological characteristics and molecular evidence. The species belongs to the Skeletocutis subincarnata complex, but differs morphologically from all known species of the genus by white, cream to buff pores surface, angular pores mostly 5–6 per mm with entire mouths, a dimitic hyphal structure both in trama and subiculum, generative hyphae in whole basidiocarps covered by fine crystals, skeletal hyphae unchanged in KOH, not agglutinated, allantoid basidiospores measured as 3.5–4.5 × 1.0–1.2 µm, and growth on angiosperm wood. Phylogenetic analysis based on the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions and nuclear large subunit (nLSU) ribosomal RNA gene regions indicated that the new species grouped with Skeletocutis and nested in the tyromyces clade.

Amanita mansehraensis, a new species in section Vaginatae from Pakistan

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 409 (4) ◽  
pp. 189-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
MALKA SABA ◽  
DANNY HAELEWATERS ◽  
MUHAMMAD FIAZ ◽  
ABDUL NASIR KHALID ◽  
DONALD H. PFISTER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Ribosomal Rna ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Large Subunit ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Evolutionary Relationships ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer Region ◽  
Bayesian Inferences ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Amanita subgenus Amanita sect. Vaginatae is described and illustrated based on material collected in pine forests in district Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtoonkhaw, Pakistan. Amanita mansehraensis is recognized by the presence of a light brown or light greyish olive pileus with strong brown or deep brown pileus center; non-appendiculate, rimose, sulcate or plicate striate pileus margin; subglobose to ellipsoid basidiospores; and a saccate volva. The internal transcribed spacer region (ITS) and large subunit of the nuclear ribosomal RNA gene (nrLSU) were used for the delimitation of this species based on sequence data. The evolutionary relationships of A. mansehraensis with other species of Amanita were inferred by means of Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian inferences of the nrLSU dataset and concatenated ITS+nrLSU dataset. Amanita mansehraensis is most closely related to A. brunneofuliginea, A. pseudovaginata, and the recently described A. glarea.

A new species and a new record of Xanthagaricus (Agaricaceae, Agaricales) from China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 371 (4) ◽  
pp. 241 ◽  
Author(s):  
FENGJIAN WANG ◽  
LIANGLIANG QI ◽  
XIANGYU ZHOU ◽  
YU LI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Analysis ◽  
Ribosomal Rna ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
New Record ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ribosomal Rna Gene ◽  
Micromorphological Characters ◽  
A New Species

Two species of Xanthagaricus discovered in Hubei Province of China are described based on the macro- and micromorphological features. Their identity is further supported by molecular analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) of the ribosomal RNA gene. The phylogeny obtained here showed that one of the Chinese species is nested in an exclusive clade which in combination with its striking morphological features, infers that it represents a new species, named X. ianthinus, while the other species is placed as a member in the X. epipastus clade. Descriptions are accompanied with illustrations of macro- and micromorphological characters and a discussion of related taxa is presented.

Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal a new species of Fistulina (Fistulinaceae, Agaricales) from Australia

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 420 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-240
Author(s):  
YI-FEI SUN ◽  
SHUN LIU ◽  
BAO-KAI CUI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Ribosomal Rna ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Large Subunit ◽  
Pore Surface ◽  
Ribosomal Rna Gene ◽  
Hyphal System ◽  
Cotton Blue ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Fistulina, F. tasmanica sp. nov., is described and illustrated from Tasmania in Australia. Fistulina tasmanica is distinguished by its pileate and fleshy basidiomata with rose pore surface, fibrous context, separated tubes with small pores (6–7 per mm), a monomitic hyphal system with only clamped generative hyphae, subellipsoid to ellipsoid basidiospores (5.4–6 × 3.4–4 μm) which are negative in Melzer’s reagent and cotton blue. Phylogenetic analyses inferred from the internal transcribed spacer regions (ITS) and the large subunit of nuclear ribosomal RNA gene (nLSU) sequences also confirmed that F. tasmanica is a new member within Fistulina.

Amanita mansehraensis, a new species in section Vaginatae from Pakistan

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 401 (3) ◽  
pp. 199
Author(s):  
MALKA SABA ◽  
DANNY HAELEWATERS ◽  
MUHAMMAD FIAZ ◽  
ABDUL NASIR KHALID ◽  
DONALD H. PFISTER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Ribosomal Rna ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Large Subunit ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Evolutionary Relationships ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer Region ◽  
Bayesian Inferences ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Amanita subgenus Amanita sect. Vaginatae is described and illustrated based on material collected in pine forests in district Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtoonkhaw, Pakistan. Amanita mansehraensis is recognized by the presence of a light brown or light greyish olive pileus with strong brown or deep brown pileus center; non-appendiculate, rimose, sulcate or plicate striate pileus margin; subglobose to ellipsoid basidiospores; and a saccate volva. The internal transcribed spacer region (ITS) and large subunit of the nuclear ribosomal RNA gene (nrLSU) were used for the delimitation of this species based on sequence data. The evolutionary relationships of A. mansehraensis with other species of Amanita were inferred by means of Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian inferences of the nrLSU dataset and concatenated ITS+nrLSU dataset. Amanita mansehraensis is most closely related to A. brunneofuliginea, A. pseudovaginata, and the recently described A. glarea.

Morphological and molecular evidence for a new species of Russula (Russulaceae) from southern China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 202 (2) ◽  
pp. 94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Kun Li ◽  
Xin Zhang ◽  
Ye Yuan ◽  
Zheng Cao ◽  
Jun Feng Liang
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Its Region ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
A New Species

Russula subrutilans sp. nov., a new species of Russula is described from southern China. It is unique for having buff pink to light congo-pink pileus, distant ventricose to subventricose lamellae with rare lamellulae, globose to broadly ellipsoid spores with bluntly conical warts forming a partial reticulum, and narrowly clavate to clavate cheilocystidia and pleurocysitidia with variable tips. Phylogenetic relationships among the new species and other closely related species in the genus are inferred based on the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region.

Pilea nonggangensis (Urticaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 313 (1) ◽  
pp. 130 ◽  
Author(s):  
LONG-FEI FU ◽  
SHI-LIAN HUANG ◽  
ALEX K. MONRO ◽  
YING LIU ◽  
FANG WEN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Species Conservation ◽  
Its Region ◽  
Systematic Position ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Conservation Assessment ◽  
Dna Sequence Data ◽  
A New Species

Pilea nonggangensis Y. G. Wei, L. F. Fu & A. K. Monro, a new species from Guangxi, China is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically most similar to P. basicordata from which it differs by being dioecious, having peltate leaf blades, membranous stipules, paired inflorescences and larger bracts. Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region and plastid trnL-F intron spacer (trnL-F) DNA sequence data from the new species and 20 local congeneric species are used to resolve the systematic position of the new species within Pilea. Despite vastly different morphology the molecular evidence suggests that P. nonggangensis is most closely related to P. pseudonotata. A Global Species Conservation Assessment classifies P. nonggangensis as Vulnerable (VU).

scholarly journals Comparative Survey of Morphological Variations and Plastid Genome Sequencing Reveals Phylogenetic Divergence between Four Endemic Ilex Species

Forests ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 964
Author(s):  
Tao Su ◽  
Mengru Zhang ◽  
Zhenyu Shan ◽  
Xiaodong Li ◽  
Biyao Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plastid Genome ◽  
Strong Association ◽  
Nuclear Genome ◽  
Image Cytometry ◽  
Single Copy ◽  
Reproductive Organs ◽  
Rrna Genes ◽  
Phenotypic Traits ◽  
Trna Genes ◽  
Plastid Genomes

Holly (Ilex L.), from the monogeneric Aquifoliaceae, is a woody dioecious genus cultivated as pharmaceutical and culinary plants, ornamentals, and industrial materials. With distinctive leaf morphology and growth habitats, but uniform reproductive organs (flowers and fruits), the evolutionary relationships of Ilex remain an enigma. To date, few contrast analyses have been conducted on morphology and molecular patterns in Ilex. Here, the different phenotypic traits of four endemic Ilex species (I. latifolia, I. suaveolens, I. viridis, and I. micrococca) on Mount Huangshan, China, were surveyed through an anatomic assay and DNA image cytometry, showing the unspecified link between the examined morphology and the estimated nuclear genome size. Concurrently, the newly-assembled plastid genomes in four Ilex have lengths ranging from 157,601 bp to 157,857 bp, containing a large single-copy (LSC, 87,020–87,255 bp), a small single-copy (SSC, 18,394–18,434 bp), and a pair of inverted repeats (IRs, 26,065–26,102 bp) regions. The plastid genome annotation suggested the presence of numerable protein-encoding genes (89–95), transfer RNA (tRNA) genes (37–40), and ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes (8). A comprehensive comparison of plastomes within eight Ilex implicated the conserved features in coding regions, but variability in the junctions of IRs/SSC and the divergent hotspot regions potentially used as the DNA marker. The Ilex topology of phylogenies revealed the incongruence with the traditional taxonomy, whereas it informed a strong association between clades and geographic distribution. Our work herein provided novel insight into the variations in the morphology and phylogeography in Aquifoliaceae. These data contribute to the understanding of genetic diversity and conservation in the medicinal Ilex of Mount Huangshan.

Allium dönmezii, a new species of Allium sect. Melanocrommyum (Amaryllidaceae) from Turkey: morphological and molecular evidence

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 411 (3) ◽  
pp. 194-204
Author(s):  
ŞÜKRÜ KARAKUŞ ◽  
BİROL MUTLU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Marker ◽  
Ribosomal Dna ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
Nuclear Ribosomal Dna ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Its Regions ◽  
First Time ◽  
East Anatolia ◽  
A New Species

Allium dönmezii is described as a new species from east Anatolia, Turkey. The molecular marker ITS (Internal Transcribed Spacer of nuclear ribosomal DNA) confirms that the new species belongs to A. sect. Melanocrommyum. The diagnostic characters of the new species are morphologically compared with the related A. woronowii, A. serpentinicum, and A. moderense, as well as with A. rothii and A. chrysantherum. In addition, the ITS regions of A. purpureoviride and A. chrysantherum were sequenced and uploaded on GenBank for the first time.

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