Curvicladiella paphiopedili sp. nov., a new species on orchid (Paphiopedilum sp.) from Guizhou, China

Paphiopedilum is known as “slipper orchids”, which has a high ornamental value and can be used as household bonsai and garden plants. Paphiopedilum is also one of the most beautiful plants in the world due to their exotic and unique flowers. An asexual fungus was collected from diseased leaves of Paphiopedilum sp. from Guizhou Province, China, is described and illustrated on the basis of morphological characters and molecular evidence. The morphologies of Curvicladiella paphiopedili sp. nov. were characterized by penicillate conidiophores with a stipe, dull, tapering towards the apex and the curved stipe extension, cylindrical conidia. In the phylogenetic analyses of combined LSU, cmdA, his3, ITS, tef1 and tub2 sequence data, this taxon was clustered as sister to Curvicladiella cignea within Nectriaceae.

A SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF COMMELINACEAE OF BIHAR AND JHARKHAND STATES, INDIA

The members of the family Commelinaceae are commonly distributed in the tropical and sub-temperate regions of the world. The present study reveals that 25 species under 7 genera of the family Commelinaceae are distributed in Bihar and Jharkhand states. The dominant genera are Commelina, Murdannia and Cyanotis. Out of 26 taxa, 16 are common, one is rare and one is endemic. Few species are ethnobotanically important and some are ornamental garden plants. The updated nomenclature of each species, local names (if any), phonological data, distribution in the states, ecological status, local uses (if any) are also provided herewith.

Ethnobotany of Javanese Ethnic Garden Plants in Medan City

The yard of the house is an open environment around the house and is provided to support various social and economic activities related to the owner of the house. The purpose of this study was to determine the types of horticultural crops based on the Javanese in Medan. The survey method used is the survey and interview methods. The result, obtained 12 types of plants that have the potential as medicinal plants and 2 types of plants that have the potential as ornamental plants. All types of plants have medicinal properties, this shows that the home garden has many benefits in providing potential types of plants, especially the daily needs of the family.

Flora of herbaceous and arboreous plants in Komaba Campus of the University of Tokyo, Japan

Recent studies revealed that green spaces in urban areas are critical for conservation of native biodiversity and that assessment of the present flora of green spaces in urban areas is critical for protection of the native biodiversity. The Komaba Campus of the University of Tokyo embraces a relevant green area, located in a highly urbanised area in Tokyo Metropolis (35.66 N 139.68 E, Japan). The total area of this Campus is 25.4 ha, from which, 4.5 ha are covered by vegetation. Although intense urbanisation can be observed around the Campus, new insect species had been reported for the Campus area, suggesting that the biodiversity on the Campus still demands some attention. Differently from fauna surveys, no flora survey has been done for more than 30 years on the Campus. In this study, we have extensively surveyed the plants diversity on the Komaba Campus of the University of Tokyo, aiming for an update of the plants list on this green urban area in Tokyo. The survey covered all herbaceous and arboreous plants growing wild on the Campus. Garden plants were excluded in this survey because these plants were supposed to be cultivated. The final dataset contained, in total, 324 taxa, from which 234 were herbaceous plants and 90 were arboreous plants. The top three taxa are as follows: Poaceae (38 taxa), Asteraceae (34 taxa) and Rosaceae (14 taxa), respectively. This is the first update to the Flora of the Komaba Campus of the University of Tokyo in 30 years and represent an important contribution to conservation of native species in the Tokyo metropolis.

Analisis Evapotranspirasi Menggunakan Metode Penman-Monteith pada Vertical Garden

The development of environmentally friendly infrastructure is very important to reduce the environmental damage that has occurred. Environmentally friendly infrastructure can be supported by vertical garden. Plants in vertical garden undergo evaporation process called evapotranspiration process. The evapotranspiration process can be used to find out the needs of water in plants. The method used to obtain the evapotranspiration value is the Penman-Monteith method. The plants used are Plectranthus scutellarioides, Begonia, Coleus, Euodia ridleyi dwarf, Euodia ridleyi, and Chlorophytum comosum. The reference evapotranspiration value in The Hydraulic Laboratory of Sriwijaya University is 4.9826 mm/day and the smallest is 2.1262 mm/day. The reference evapotranspiration value is influenced by temperature, wind speed, and humidity conditions. Based on these three influences, temperature has a greater influence on the reference evapotranspiration. The largest evapotranspiration value of the six types of plants used is the Plectranthus scutellarioides, which is 3.3347 mm/day, the evapotranspiration value of the smallest plant is Euodia ridleyi dwarf, which is 2.6616 mm/day. The location and arrangement of plants and environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity, wind speed affect the amount of evapotranspiration value.