scholarly journals Overview of the conservation status of Australian frogs

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Marc Hero ◽  
Clare Morrison ◽  
Graeme Gillespie ◽  
J. Dale Roberts ◽  
David Newell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Status ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Individual Species ◽  
Amphibian Species ◽  
Current Conservation ◽  
World Conservation ◽  
Iucn Red List Categories ◽  
Threatening Processes ◽  
Red List Categories

A review of the current conservation status of Australian amphibians was recently completed as part of a World Conservation Union (IUCN) sponsored Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA). Fifty of 216 amphibian species (23%) in Australia are now recognized as threatened or extinct in accord with IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Here we report on the categories and criteria under which individual species qualified for listing and provide a summary of supporting information pertaining to population and distribution declines. Major threatening processes contributing to listing of species are also reviewed.

scholarly journals Spiradiclis karstana (Rubiaceae), a new species from Yunnan, China

PhytoKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 117 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Wu ◽  
Xiong Li ◽  
Wen-Jian Liu ◽  
Quan-Ru Liu
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Iucn Red List Categories ◽  
Red List Categories ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Spiradicliskarstana, a new species of Spiradiclis (Rubiaceae) collected from Yunnan, China, is described for the first time. It is morphologically close to S.jingxiensis, but differs from the latter mainly by its inflorescences with 5–9 flowers, its 1.5–2.4 mm long peduncles, its stipules shorter than 1 mm and the 5–12 pairs of secondary veins. The conservation status is assessed as “Vulnerable” (VU) according to the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria.

scholarly journals JAVANESE ENDEMIC STROBILANTHES(ACANTHACEAE): TAXONOMY, DISTRIBUTION AND CONSERVATION STATUS

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (3A) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasper Michael Mambrasar ◽  
Yayah Robiah ◽  
Nira Ariasari Z. ◽  
Yayan Supriyanti ◽  
Dewi Rosalina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Status ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Iucn Red List Categories ◽  
Red List Categories

The taxonomic status of Javanese Strobilanthes has been revised by Bennett and Scotland (2003). However, the results of the validation of the Javanese Acanthaceae by Girmansyah (2014) show that several Strobilanthes species, especially those endemic to Java, need to be revised. Because they have become synonymous. Conservation status of Javanese endemic Strobilanthes was carried out according to the IUCN Red list Categories and Criteria.  

Studies in Neotropical Araliaceae. IV. Three New Species of Sciodaphyllum from the Eastern Andes of Central Peru

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-84
Author(s):  
M. Marcela Mora ◽  
Porter P. Lowry II ◽  
Gregory M. Plunkett
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
Iucn Red List Categories ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Red List Categories ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Near Threatened

Sciodaphyllum P. Browne (Araliaceae) has recently been resurrected to accommodate the majority of Neotropical species previously included in Schefflera J. R. Forst. & G. Forst. Recent field and herbarium studies have revealed many distinctive new species of Sciodaphyllum, including three from the eastern slopes of the Andes in central Peru, which are described and illustrated here: S. geniculatum M. M. Mora, Lowry & G. M. Plunkett, S. oxapampense G. M. Plunkett, Lowry & M. M. Mora, and S. rodolfoi Lowry, G. M. Plunkett & M. M. Mora. The conservation status of S. geniculatum is assessed as Vulnerable (VU) using the IUCN Red List categories and criteria, whereas both S. oxapampense and S. rodolfoi are assessed as Near Threatened (NT).

Valeriana caparaoensis (Valerianaceae nom. conserv.), a New Species from Southeastern Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 219-225
Author(s):  
Cassio Rabuske-Silva ◽  
Marcos Sobral ◽  
João Ricardo Vieira Iganci
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Iucn Red List Categories ◽  
Tropical Grasslands ◽  
Red List Categories ◽  
A New Species

Abstract—Valeriana caparaoensis, a new species from the High Altitude Tropical Grasslands of Southeastern Brazil, is described and illustrated. The new species is known only from the Serra do Caparaó massif, between the states of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo, Southeastern Brazil. It shares morphological affinities with V. catharinensis and V. polystachya, the first restricted to Brazilian Subtropical Highland Grasslands, and the last restricted to Lowland Grasslands of Southern Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. Besides the great geographical disjunction, the new species differs from the other two species by the pinnately lobed proximal leaves, by the lanceolate distal lobes and longer pseudopetioles in distal leaves, by differences in the size of the flowers, and by the rounded to ovate and broader achenes. Additionally, we provide the preliminary conservation status assessments using IUCN Red List categories and criteria, as well as an updated checklist and a key for Valeriana species from Southeastern Brazil.

Allium shahinii: a new species of A. sect. Scorodon (Amaryllidaceae) from Turkey

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 461 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-203
Author(s):  
GÜLNUR EKŞİ ◽  
HAYRİ DUMAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Mountain Ranges ◽  
Iucn Red List Categories ◽  
Deciduous Woodland ◽  
Red List Categories ◽  
A New Species

Allium shahinii, a new species of Allium sect. Scorodon, is described and illustrated from Erzincan Province, Eastern Turkey. It is a narrowly distributed geophyte growing on siliceous screes of warm exposure in mountain ranges of the nemoral and thermophilous deciduous woodland zone, showing close morphological relationships mainly with A. moschatum, A. stocksianum, A. spirophyllum, A. circumflexum but it is clearly differentiated due to perigon, outer tunic, indumentum, leaf and scape characteristics. In this study, diagnostic characters, description, taxonomic comments, photographs, distribution map, detailed illustration, the conservation status of A. shahinii and identification key are provided for A. shahinii and related taxa. According to IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria, A. shahinii is assessed here as a Critically Endangered (CR) species.

scholarly journals Paraboea dolomitica (Gesneriaceae), a new species from Guizhou, China

PhytoKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 153 ◽  
pp. 37-48
Author(s):  
Zhiyou Guo ◽  
Zhaowen Wu ◽  
Weibin Xu ◽  
Zhenyu Li ◽  
Xiaoguo Xiang
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Leaf Position ◽  
Iucn Red List Categories ◽  
Data Support ◽  
Red List Categories ◽  
A New Species

Here we describe Paraboea dolomitica Z.Y. Li, X.G. Xiang & Z.Y. Guo, a new species of Gesneriaceae from Guizhou, China. Based on recent extensive observations, this new species is morphologically similar to Paraboea filipes (Hance) Burtt, in having obovate leaf blades, 1–4-flowered cymes and purplish corolla, but differs from that species by the combination of denticulate leathery leaves, sparsely brown haired peduncles, two woolly bracts, reniform anthers and two glabrous staminodes. Additionally, molecular data support this new species as a member of a clade that includes P. crassifolia, P. tetrabracteata, P. peltifolia, P. vetutina, P. dushanensis, P. dictyoneura, P xiangguiensis and P. guilinensis, but it is distinct from them in leaf position, inflorescence, penduncle, bract and capsule. The conservation status of this species is considered to be “Vulnerable” (VU) according to the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria.

scholarly journals Hemiboea chanii (Gesneriaceae), a new species from limestone areas of northern Vietnam

PhytoKeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 183 ◽  
pp. 108-114
Author(s):  
Cuong Huu Nguyen ◽  
Ly Van Nguyen ◽  
Khang Sinh Nguyen ◽  
Alexander A. Egorov ◽  
Leonid V. Averyanov
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Flowering Time ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Northern Vietnam ◽  
Iucn Red List Categories ◽  
Red List Categories ◽  
A New Species

Hemiboea chanii, a new species of Gesneriaceae from Ha Giang Province, northern Vietnam, is here described and illustrated. It has many branched stems, diamond-shaped involucre with two cirrose opposite apices, a pink corolla, red spotted inside, and a flowering time in January-February. Among congeners with an externally hairy corolla, this new species is morphologically close to H. crystallina and H. sinovietnamica. Diagnostic discriminative characters in all mentioned species are discussed. The conservation status of this species is considered to be “Critically endangered” (CR) according to the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria.

scholarly journals Three new endemic species of Lepanthes (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae) from the highlands of Ecuador

PhytoKeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 180 ◽  
pp. 111-132
Author(s):  
Francisco Tobar Suarez ◽  
María Fernanda López ◽  
María José Gavilanes ◽  
Marco Federico Monteros ◽  
Tatiana Santander García ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Montane Forest ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Iucn Red List Categories ◽  
Taxonomic Novelties ◽  
Red List Categories ◽  
Three New Species

Three new species of Lepanthes from Ecuador are described and illustrated. These additions to the Ecuadorean flora were recorded in evergreen montane forest and páramo as part of three different research projects conducted during the last five years (2016–2021). Lepanthes oro-lojaensis was discovered in the southwest of El Oro province and is similar to L. jimburae, differing mainly in the much smaller plants, inflorescences and floral parts. Lepanthes microprosartima from the western slopes of Pichincha volcano in northern Ecuador resembles L. obandoi but differs in the coloration of the leaves, the inflorescence that are shorter than the leaves and the smaller floral appendix. Lepanthes caranqui, found in eastern Pichincha and Imbabura, is most similar to L. pachychila but differs from it in its much larger plants and different shape of the petals and the floral appendix. Preliminary assessments of the conservation status of the three taxonomic novelties are provided, using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria.

A New Micro-Endemic Species of Alectryon (Sapindaceae) from Koghis Forest, New Caledonia

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 156-162
Author(s):  
Jérôme Munzinger ◽  
Porter P. Lowry ◽  
Martin W. Callmander ◽  
Sven Buerki
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Dry Forest ◽  
Pacific Island ◽  
Humid Forest ◽  
Iucn Red List Categories ◽  
Red List Categories

Abstract—The new species Alectryon hirsutus is described from New Caledonia. It is distinguished from the only other member of the genus occurring on this southwest Pacific island, A. carinatus, by its uniformly densely hirsute indumentum (vs. glabrous or with short, appressed trichomes) as well as features of its leaves [(2‐)3‐5 pairs of leaflets vs. 1‐2]) and fruits (9‐16 × 16‐28 mm vs. 5.6‐13 × 5.7‐10.6 mm), along with its presence in dense humid forest (vs. sclerophyllous or lowland dry forest). A preliminary conservation status of Critically Endangered [CR] is suggested following IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria.

Conservation status of New Caledonia palms

1999 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.-C. Pintaud ◽  
T. Jaffré ◽  
J.-M. Veillon
Keyword(s):  
Threatened Species ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Iucn Red List Categories ◽  
Area Of Occupancy ◽  
Palm Species ◽  
Red List Categories ◽  
Herbarium Collections

An assessment of the conservation status of the palm species occuring in New Caledonia is provided, based on the new IUCN Red List categories. To determine the conservation status of each species, their extent of occurrence was determined using locality data on herbarium collections. Area of occupancy, number of adults, regeneration, and threats were evaluated on 62 localities throughout the Territory, including all types of palm habitats and all localities of species occurring at less than five sites. Among the 37 palm species known in New Caledonia, all are endemic and 13 are in a threatened category, including four critically endangered, one endangered, and eight vulnerable. Only four of the threatened species are represented in a reserve. Six species are listed as LRcd since they are adequately protected in a reserve despite an acute restriction of their range. Recommendations are given to improve the network of protected areas to include more threatened species.

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