A taxonomic review of Hibiscus sect. Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Western Australia and the Northern Territory

2003 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 185 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. A. Craven ◽  
F. D. Wilson ◽  
P. A. Fryxell
Keyword(s):  
New Taxa ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Morphological Diversity ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Taxonomic Review ◽  
North Western

Recent collections have extended significantly the known morphological diversity in Hibiscus sect. Furcaria in north-western Australia. This additional knowledge required a review of the taxonomy, as a result of which several new taxa are described, namely H. aneuthe, H. aphelus, H. bacalusius, H. fallax, H. fryxellii var. mollis, H. inimicus, H. kenneallyi, H. marenitensis, H. petherickii, H. reflexus, H. riceae, H. squarrulosus, H.�stewartii and H. thegaleus. Hibiscus mustiae is included in H. zonatus. An identification key, synoptic treatments and distribution maps are provided for all taxa occurring in the region. In addition, all new taxa are described and all, with the exception of H. thegaleus, are illustrated. An exsiccatae list is provided.

New taxa in Glycine (Fabaceae: Phaseolae) from north-western Australia

2002 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 565 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. E. Pfeil ◽  
L. A. Craven
Keyword(s):  
New Taxa ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
National Park ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Range Extension ◽  
North Western

Three new taxa of Glycine are described, namely Glycine pullenii B.E.Pfeil, Tindale & Craven and G.�aphyonota B.E.Pfeil from Bungle Bungle-Purnululu National Park, Western Australia, and G. hirticaulis subsp. leptosa B.E.Pfeil from the Top End of the Northern Territory. A key to Glycine Willd. in north-western Australia is provided. A range extension for G. falcata Benth. is noted.

scholarly journals Five new species of Streptocarpus (Gesneriaceae) from Katanga, D.R. Congo

2021 ◽  
Vol 154 (2) ◽  
pp. 264-280
Author(s):  
Eberhard Fischer ◽  
Iain Darbyshire
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Family Treatment ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
The Family ◽  
Gallery Forests

Background and aims – Five new species of Streptocarpus (Gesneriaceae) are described from D.R. Congo in connection with preparing the family treatment for the Flore d’Afrique centrale.Methods – Standard herbarium practices were applied.Key results – Streptocarpus malachiticola sp. nov. is related to S. compressus and S. goetzei while S. bampsii sp. nov., S. malaissei sp. nov., S. salesianorum sp. nov., and S. schaijesii sp. nov. are related to S. michelmorei and S. solenanthus. The differences with these species are discussed and distribution maps for the new taxa are presented. An identification key for all known acaulescent species from D.R. Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi is provided. The conservation status of new species is preliminarily assessed. All taxa are range-restricted in Upper Katanga and the assessments are as follows: S. malachiticola: EN B1+2ab(iii), S. bampsii: CR B2ab(iii), S. malaissei: EN B1+2ab(iii), S. salesianorum: CR B2ab(iii), and S. schaijesii: EN B2ab(iii). Streptocarpus malachiticola is found on metalliferous rocks while the remaining species are either epiphytes in gallery forests (S. bampsii) or occur on humid rocks in gallery forests.

An overview of the genus Radiospongilla (Porifera, Spongillida) with description of a new species from Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4834 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-80
Author(s):  
R. PRONZATO ◽  
R. MANCONI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Outer Layer ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Freshwater Sponges ◽  
Biogeographic Pattern ◽  
Biogeographic Regions ◽  
North Western ◽  
A New Species

A new species of freshwater sponges is described from Australia. The new species Radiospongilla fungosa is characterized by the following traits ‘megascleres microspiny stout oxeas with scattered, small, simple spines except tips’, and by having ‘gemmuloscleres long, slim, spiny strongyles with scattered simple spines and hooked spines clustered at tips’, ‘gemmular theca with 2 layers of gemmuloscleres radially and tangentially arranged’, ‘pneumatic layer irregularly filamentous network (near inner layer) and thin laminae irregularly arranged (towards outer layer)’. We discuss the relationships of the new species to other members of the genus both from Australia, particularly North-Western Australia, and from other biogeographic regions on the basis of diagnostic morphotraits. An overview on the taxonomy, biogeographic pattern and phylogeny of the genus is supplied and updated to present, together with an updated identification key for Australia species. The diagnosis of the genus Radiospongilla is emended. 

Three new Praociini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Peninsula Valdés (Argentina), with zoogeographical and ecological remarks

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2965 (1) ◽  
pp. 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
GUSTAVO E. FLORES ◽  
RODOLFO CARRARA ◽  
GERMÁN H. CHELI
Keyword(s):  
New Taxa ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
The Third ◽  
Coleoptera Tenebrionidae

Three new taxa from Peninsula Valdés (Argentina) are described for the tribe Praociini (Pimeliinae): Calymmophorus peninsularis sp. nov. and two subspecies of Praocis (Hemipraocis) sellata Berg 1889: P. (H.) sellata peninsularis ssp. nov. and P. (H.) sellata granulipennis ssp. nov. The first two taxa are endemic to the peninsula and the third one is distributed in and outside the peninsula. Distribution maps, habitat records and habitus photographs for these three new taxa are included, with comparisons to other known species of the genera. An identification key to the five subspecies of Praocis (Hemipraocis) sellata is provided. A discussion is presented on endemicity and sympatry of two species of Calymmophorus Solier 1840, and non-sympatry of two subspecies of Praocis (Hemipraocis) sellata. The following synonymy is reported and illustrated: Praocis sellata bruchi Kulzer 1958 = Praocis sellata topali Kaszab 1964 syn. nov.

Analysis of mitochondrial DNA clarifies the taxonomy and distribution of the Australian snubfin dolphin (Orcaella heinsohni) in northern Australian waters

2011 ◽  
Vol 62 (11) ◽  
pp. 1303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Palmer ◽  
Stephen A. Murphy ◽  
Deborah Thiele ◽  
Guido J. Parra ◽  
Kelly M. Robertson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Conservation Management ◽  
Mitochondrial Control Region ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Base Pairs ◽  
Metapopulation Structure ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Nucleotide Divergence ◽  
Free Ranging ◽  
North Western

Conservation management relies on being able to identify and describe species. Recent morphological and molecular analyses of the dolphin genus Orcaella show a species-level disjunction between eastern Australia and South-east Asia. However, because of restricted sampling, the taxonomic affinities of the geographically intermediate populations in the Northern Territory and Western Australia remained uncertain. We sequenced 403 base pairs of the mitochondrial control region from five free-ranging Orcaella individuals sampled from north-western Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Low net nucleotide divergence (0.11–0.67%) among the Australian Orcaella populations show that populations occurring in the Northern Territory and Western Australia belong to the Australian snubfin (O. heinsohni) rather than the Asian Irrawaddy dolphin (O. brevirostris). Clarifying the distribution of Orcaella is an important first step in the conservation and management for both species; however, an understanding of the metapopulation structure and patterns of dispersal among populations is now needed.

Two new taxa and one new record of Aquilegia (Ranunculaceae) from India and Pakistan

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 439 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-118
Author(s):  
ANDREY S. ERST ◽  
COLIN A. PENDRY ◽  
TATYANA V. ERST ◽  
HIROSHI IKEDA ◽  
KUNLI XIANG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
New Record ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Western Himalayas ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
The North ◽  
First Time ◽  
North Western ◽  
A New Species

A new species Aquilegia bashahrica and a new nothospecies Aquilegia × emodi from North-western Himalayas, are described and illustrated. In addition A. lactiflora is recorded for India and Pakistan for the first time and Aquilegia kareliniana is excluded from the flora of India. An identification key to the species of Aquilegia from the North-western Himalayas is provided and diagnostic characters are discussed.

Acacia valida (Fabaceae, Mimosoideae), a new species from Western Australia and the Northern Territory, as well as the typification and revision of A. Pachyphloia

1996 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 307
Author(s):  
MD Tindale ◽  
PG Kodela
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
North Western ◽  
A New Species

Acacia valida, a new species of Acacia subgenus Acacia from the northern parts of the Northern Territory and Western Australia is described and illustrated. A lectotype is selected for Acacia pachyphloia and two subspecies are recognised. Acacia pachyphloia subsp. pachyphloia occurs in the Northern Territory and north Western Australia, and A. pachyphloia subsp. brevipirznula subsp. nov. occurs in north Western Australia.

Biology and Systematics of a New Limnodynastine Genus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) From North-Western Australia.

1979 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 135 ◽  
Author(s):  
MJ Tyler ◽  
AA Martin ◽  
M Davies
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Temporary Pools ◽  
Male Mating ◽  
Mating Call ◽  
Black Bodies ◽  
North Western ◽  
Foam Nest

The new leptodactylid genus Megistolotis and new species Megistolotis lignarius are described from localities in northern Western Australia and the Northern Territory. M. lignarius inhabits scree slopes and escarpments. The male mating call is a single note resembling the striking of timber. The spawn clump is a foam nest anchored to stones at the edge of small, temporary pools, and the tadpoles have intense black bodies and fins, and suctorial mouths. Megistolotis is most closely related to the limnodynastine genera Limnodynastes and Heleioporus.

Revision of Acacia tumida (Leguminoseae: Mimosoideae) and close allies, including the description of three rare taxa

2003 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 139 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. W. McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Variation ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Morphological Variability ◽  
Present Knowledge ◽  
Rare Taxa ◽  
North Western

Acacia tumida F.Muell ex. Benth. is a wide-ranging species in north-western Australia, with high morphological variability. Overseas it is cultivated for firewood, windbreaks and sand stabilisation. To assist in its domestication, the taxonomy of A. tumida is revised and its close allies, A. difficilis Maiden and A. retinervis Benth., circumscribed. The following six new taxa in the A. tumida group are described: A. areolata M.W.McDonald, A.�dissimilis M.W.McDonald, A. seclusa M.W.McDonald (syn. A. tumida var. pubescens Maiden), A. tumida var. extenta M.W.McDonald, A. tumida var. kulparn M.W.McDonald and A. tumida var. pilbarensis M.W.McDonald. A lectotype is designated for A. retinervis. A key to the group, which also includes A. brassii Pedley, A. eriopoda Maiden & Blakely, A. meiosperma (Pedley) Pedley, A. mountfordiae Specht & A. torulosa Benth., is presented. Genetic variation and phylogeny in A. areolata and A. seclusa on the basis of allozymes are briefly discussed. On the basis of present knowledge, three of the new taxa (A. dissimilis, A. seclusa, A. tumida var. extenta) have restricted distributions and warrant formal legislative protection.

Taxonomic review of Drilini (Elateridae: Agrypninae) in Cameroon reveals high morphological diversity, including the discovery of five new genera

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 441-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Kundrata ◽  
Ladislav Bocak
Keyword(s):  
Rain Forest ◽  
Tropical Rain Forest ◽  
Morphological Diversity ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Taxonomic Review ◽  
Comprehensive Survey ◽  
High Diversity

The first comprehensive survey of the Cameroonian Drilini fauna is presented. High diversity was identified in the zone of tropical rain forest and five genera are proposed: Flabelloselasia gen. n., Kupeselasia gen. n., Lolosia gen. n., Microselasia gen. n., and Wittmerselasia gen. n. with the subgenus Latoselasia subgen. n. The following species are described: Flabelloselasia oculata sp. n., Kupeselasia minuta sp. n., Lolosia transversalis sp. n., Microselasia barombi sp. n., M. elongata sp. n., M. gracilis sp. n., M. grandis sp. n., M. kupensis sp. n., M. lolodorfensis sp. n., M. macrocephala sp. n., M. obscura sp. n., M. pseudograndis sp. n., Wittmerselasia camerooniana sp. n., W. davidsoni sp. n., W. geiseri sp. n., W. variabilis sp. n., and W. (Latoselasia) similis sp. n. Selasia maculata Wittmer, 1989 is redescribed and transferred to Wittmerselasia gen. n. as W. maculata (Wittmer, 1989), comb. n. Taxonomically important characters are illustrated for all genera and species and an identification key for Drilini from Cameroon is provided.

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