A New Species ofHarpalejeunea(Spruce) Schiffn. (Lejeuneaceae) from Montane Cloud Forest of Colombia and Costa Rica

The new species Eugenia naraveana is described and illustrated here. It is only known at the windward slopes of Cofre de Perote volcano, and it grows in the upper tropical montane cloud forest. Its closest relatives are Eugenia sotoesparzae and Eugenia mexicana, but they differ from the new species because they grow in tropical perennial forests and coastal dunes, in addition to the differences in their morphological structures. This new species breaks the typical altitude range of Eugenia in Veracruz, Mexico, being registered above 2,100 up to 2,600 meters.

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A new species of Myxia (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cixiidae) collected on palms from the Reserva Privada el Silencio de Los Angeles Cloud Forest in Costa Rica

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.5027.3.7 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5027 (3) ◽

pp. 417-428

Author(s):

MARCO A. ZUMBADO ECHAVARRIA ◽

EDWIN A. BARRANTES BARRANTES ◽

CHARLES R. BARTLETT ◽

ERICKA E. HELMICK ◽

BRIAN W. BAHDER

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Costa Rica ◽

Los Angeles ◽

Cytochrome C ◽

Cytochrome C Oxidase ◽

Molecular Analysis ◽

Cloud Forest ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Forest Habitat ◽

A New Species

A new species of Myxia Bahder & Bartlett (Cixiidae: Cixiinae: Oecleini) is established as Myxia hernandezi sp. n. collected from native palms in cloud forest habitat in Costa Rica. Placement in the genus Myxia is supported by molecular analysis of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) and 18S loci as well as morphological characters.

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A new species of planthopper in the genus Myxia (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cixiidae) from the Reserva Privada el Silencio de Los Angeles Cloud Forest in Costa Rica

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4915.3.4 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4915 (3) ◽

pp. 351-363

Author(s):

MARCO A. ZUMBADO ECHAVARRIA ◽

EDWIN A. BARRANTES BARRANTES ◽

CHARLES R. BARTLETT ◽

ERICKA E. HELMICK ◽

BRIAN W. BAHDER

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Costa Rica ◽

Los Angeles ◽

Cytochrome C ◽

Cytochrome C Oxidase ◽

Molecular Analysis ◽

Cloud Forest ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

The Caribbean ◽

A New Species

A new species of Myxia Bahder & Bartlett (Cixiidae: Cixiinae: Oecleini) is established as Myxia baynardi sp. n. collected from native palms in cloud forest habitat in Costa Rica. Placement in the genus Myxia is supported by molecular analysis of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) and 18S loci as well as morphological characters. Haplaxius delta (Kramer) was collected along the Caribbean coast as a new country record for Costa Rica. Based on morphological characters observed and molecular analysis of COI and 18S, H. delta is herein moved to the genus Myxia.

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Philodendron guadarramanum (Araceae), a new species from Tabasco, Mexico

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.468.3.5 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 468 (3) ◽

pp. 296-300

Author(s):

PEDRO DÍAZ JIMÉNEZ ◽

PEDRO A. AGUILAR-RODRÍGUEZ ◽

THOMAS B. CROAT ◽

MARCO CEDEÑO-FONSECA ◽

MARTIN ALARCÓN MONTANO ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Tropical Rainforest ◽

Cloud Forest ◽

Montane Cloud Forest ◽

Primary Lateral ◽

A New Species

We describe and illustrate Philodendron guadarramanum, a new species of Araceae from Tabasco, Mexico. This species grows in montane cloud forest and evergreen tropical rainforest at elevations between 700 and 1100 m. It is similar to Philodendron purulhense, but differs from that species by having petioles broadly and sharply sulcate adaxially, with an acute medial rib, leaf blades with more basal veins and more primary lateral veins per side, and inflorescences more numerous per axil.

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A new species of Isthmura (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from the montane cloud forest of central Veracruz, Mexico

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4277.4.7 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4277 (4) ◽

pp. 573 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

ADRIANA SANDOVAL-COMTE ◽

EDUARDO PINEDA ◽

SEAN M. ROVITO ◽

RICARDO LURÍA-MANZANO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Cloud Forest ◽

The Other ◽

Mountainous Region ◽

Eastern Slope ◽

Montane Cloud Forest ◽

Mtdna Phylogeny ◽

Plethodontid Salamander ◽

Salamander Species ◽

A New Species

We describe a new plethodontid salamander species of the genus Isthmura, known only from one locality in the mountainous region of central Veracruz, Mexico. Like its congeners, Isthmura corrugata sp. nov. has a large and robust body, but it is easily distinguished from the other species in the genus by the absence of any spot or mark on the dorsum (except by dull reddish brown coloration on eyelids) and by extremely well-marked costal grooves separated by very pronounced costal folds. Based on an mtDNA phylogeny, the new species is most closely related to the geographically distant I. boneti and I. maxima but occurs very near I. naucampatepetl and I. gigantea on the eastern slope of Cofre de Perote, Veracruz. The region where I. corrugata occurs contains a high number of plethodontid salamander species and is threatened by human activity.

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A New Species of Isopterygium (Pylaisiadelphaceae) from Central America

Polish Botanical Journal ◽

10.2478/pbj-2013-0010 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 58 (1) ◽

pp. 91-94 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

William R. Buck ◽

Bruce Allen

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Central America ◽

Cloud Forest ◽

Montane Cloud Forest ◽

A New Species

Abstract Isopterygium zunilense (Pylaisiadelphaceae) is described from a montane cloud forest in Guatemala. It is distinguished by its large stature with leaves rounded to the insertions.

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A new species of Clandestinotrema (Ascomycota: Ostropales: Graphidaceae) from montane cloud forest in the Venezuelan Andes

Plant and Fungal Systematics ◽

10.2478/pfs-2018-0002 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 63 (1) ◽

pp. 7-10

Author(s):

Ian D. Medeiros

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Cloud Forest ◽

Type Locality ◽

Herbarium Specimens ◽

Montane Cloud Forest ◽

A New Species ◽

Olive Green

AbstractRevision of lichen herbarium specimens at DUKE revealed a species of thelotremoid Graphidaceae new to science. Clandestinotrema carbonera sp. nov. is characterized by an olive-green thallus, dense cortex, the absence of a columella, ascospores 15–24 × 5.5–8.0 μm with 3–5 transverse septa (occasionally submuriform), and the presence of hypostictic acid as a major substance. At present the species is known only from the type locality, an area of montane cloud forest near Mérida, Venezuela. Interestingly, this species appears to have been discussed in the literature once before, as an unnamed ‘Thelotrema sp.’ which in the 1970s provided the first instance of hypostictic acid isolated from a lichen. The previous report of C. leucomelaenum from the same locality is shown to actually represent C. pauperius.

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Ixchelia kochii (Violaceae, Rinoreeae), a new species from western Mexico and the third one of the genus

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.391.2.8 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 391 (2) ◽

pp. 143

Author(s):

RAMÓN CUEVAS GUZMÁN ◽

ENRIQUE V. SÁNCHEZ RODRÍGUEZ ◽

NORA M. NÚÑEZ LÓPEZ

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Central America ◽

Cloud Forest ◽

Western Mexico ◽

The Third ◽

Montane Cloud Forest ◽

A New Species

Ixchelia kochii Cuevas (Violaceae, Rinoreeae), a new species from western Mexico, is described and illustrated; it constitutes the third species of a recently described genus endemic to Mexico and Central America. The species grows in ecotones between tropical subdeciduous forest and montane cloud forest. The species of the genus are compared, and their relationships discussed.

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