Examining range disjunctions in Australian Terminalia (Combretaceae) with taxonomic revision of the T. canescens and T. cunninghamii species complexes

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell L. Barrett
Keyword(s):  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
Morphological Examination ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Morphological Studies ◽  
Species Complexes ◽  
Taxonomic Changes ◽  
North And South ◽  
A New Species

Several range disjunctions have been identified in the Australian species of the genus Terminalia L. Field studies and examination of herbarium specimens of taxa with range disjunctions have demonstrated that taxonomic changes are justified. Detailed morphological studies of the Terminalia canescens (DC.) Radlk. species complex showed that four taxa should be recognised. The name Terminalia circumalata F.Muell. is resurrected as a taxon endemic to the Pilbara region, with T. canescens not occurring in that region. The distinction of Terminalia bursarina F.Muell., T. canescens and T. pterocarya F.Muell. is also supported. Terminalia cunninghamii C.A.Gardner has been considered to have a disjunct range between the far north and south-west of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Terminalia kumpaja R.L.Barrett is described as a new species to accommodate the disjunct southern populations because morphological examination has shown them to be distinct. Terminalia kumpaja is restricted to the Dampier Botanical District. Full descriptions and illustrations of key identifying features are provided for these species. Keys to all Australian Terminalia species are presented. Additional species with disjunct distributions that warrant further study are noted. Lectotypes are selected for Terminalia circumalata and T. rogersii W.Fitzg.

What is Muscari massayanum and what is not? Second species born of confusion: Muscari erzincanicum (Asparagaceae, Scilloideae), a new species from Turkey

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 487 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-55
Author(s):  
İSMAİL EKER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Flora Of Turkey ◽  
Morphological Studies ◽  
Taxonomic Concept ◽  
Study Type ◽  
Seed Characteristics ◽  
A New Species

In the Flora of Turkey, the taxonomic concept of Muscari massayanum sensu Davis & Stuart was given based on five herbarium specimens and a photograph. In the original study, type location of the species was not specified, but its photograph and brief morphological features were included. In current study, herbarium samples given by Davis & Stuart under the description of the species in the Flora of Turkey were examined, and as a result of field studies conducted at the locations where these samples were collected, it was determined that the aforementioned description included M. massayanum, as well as the later published M. erdalii, and a new taxon yet to be named. As a result of comparative and detailed morphological studies to solve this confusion, a new species, Muscari erzincanicum (Asparagaceae) from Turkey, is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically similar to M. massayanum and M. erdalii, but differs from both by the flower, fruit and seed characteristics.

A taxonomic revision of the genus Sorbaria (Rosaceae) with a new infrageneric classification based on morphology, micromorphology, and palynology

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 487 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
JUN-HO SONG ◽  
SUK-PYO HONG
Keyword(s):  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
Field Observations ◽  
Morphological Examination ◽  
Infrageneric Classification ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Palynological Data ◽  
Diagnostic Characteristics ◽  
Sectional Classification

In the present study, we presented a taxonomic revision of the genus Sorbaria (Sorbarieae; Amygdaloideae) with a new infrageneric classification. Moreover, we extensively reviewed various data for Sorbaria species, including previous anatomical, micromorphological, and palynological data. The new sectional classification was based on morphological, micromorphological, and palynological evidence, with two sections: sect. Sorbaria aut. and sect. Kirilowiana J.-H. Song & S.-P. Hong (sect. nov.). Overall, four species and five varieties (including two nomenclatural novelties) were recognized: S. sorbifolia (Linnaeus) A. Braun var. sorbifolia, S. sorbifolia var. glandulifolia J.-H. Song & S.-P. Hong, S. sorbifolia var. stellipila Maximowicz, S. pallasii (G. Don) Pojarkova, S. tomentosa (Lindley) Rehder var. tomentosa, S. tomentosa var. angustifolia (Wenzig) Rahn., S. kirilowii (Regel & Tiling) Maximowicz var. kirilowii, S. kirilowii var. arborea (C.K. Schneider) J.-H. Song & S.-P. Hong (comb. & stat. nov.), and S. kirilowii var. dubia (C.K. Schneider) J.-H. Song & S.-P. Hong (comb. nov.). Some illustrations and syntype were designated as the lectotype for several names. The classification was based on a comprehensive morphological examination of herbarium specimens, including field observations and observations of types, micromorphological, and palynological characteristics. In addition, we provided an identification key, diagnostic characteristics, full descriptions, comprehensive nomenclatural treatments and taxonomic notes (including complete synonymy), and distribution maps of Sorbaria species.

scholarly journals A new tiny toad species of Amazophrynella (Anura: Bufonidae) from east of the Guiana Shield in Amazonia, Brazil

PeerJ ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. e9887
Author(s):  
Sarah Mângia ◽  
Ricardo Koroiva ◽  
Diego José Santana
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Guiana Shield ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
Palmar Surface ◽  
Species Complexes ◽  
Sister Clade ◽  
A New Species

The combination of different approaches has successfully delimited new species within many Neotropical species complexes traditionally classified as a single nominal organism. Recent studies have shown that the Amazonian endemic genus Amazophrynella, currently composed of 12 small-sized species, could harbor several additional species. Based on morphology and molecular data, we describe a new species of Amazophrynella from east of the Guiana Shield, in Pará state, Brazil. The new species is characterized by having one of the biggest size of the genus (SVL of males 16.0–17.8 mm and females 22.9–24.4 mm), presence of a large palmar tubercle (occupying 2/4 of the palmar surface), 5.6–8.1% uncorrected p-distance from its sister clade (including A. teko, A. sp.1, and A. manaos) for the 16S mitochondrial gene, and 8.8% for the COI. The new species described here represents a newly discovered lineage. Of the 12 Amazophrynella species currently recognized, two were describe in the last century (A. bokermanni and A. minuta) and the remaining species were recently discovered and described (in the last six years), which underscores the degree to which species richness of Amazophrynella is underestimated.

scholarly journals Comparative phylogeography of bamboo bats of the genus Tylonycteris (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in Southeast Asia

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vuong Tan Tu ◽  
Gábor Csorba ◽  
Manuel Ruedi ◽  
Neil M. Furey ◽  
Nguyen Truong Son ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Molecular Dating ◽  
Bamboo Forest ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
Climatic Oscillations ◽  
Biogeographic History ◽  
Species Complexes ◽  
Taxonomic Changes ◽  
A New Species

In Southeast Asia, bats of the genus Tylonycteris Peters, 1872 have traditionally been classified into two wide-ranging species, T. pachypus (Temminck, 1840) and T. robustula Thomas, 1915. Our comparative phylogeographic analyses based on two mitochondrial and seven nuclear genes, combined with our multivariate morphological analyses, show that these species actually represent cryptic species complexes that share a similar biogeographic history in three major regions, i.e., Sundaland, southern Indochina, and northern Indochina. Our molecular dating estimates suggest that Pleistocene climatic oscillations and sea level changes have repeatedly isolated ancestral populations of Tylonycteris spp. in distant bamboo forest refugia. The analyses indicate, however, that populations of the T. pachypus complex were less affected by forest fragmentation in mainland Southeast Asia than those of the T. robustula complex. Accordingly, we propose several taxonomic changes within the genus Tylonycteris: the species T. fulvida and T. malayana are revalidated, and a new species, T. tonkinensis Tu, Csorba, Ruedi & Hassanin sp. nov., endemic to northern Indochina, is described.

A review of the African snake-eyed skinks (Scincidae: Panaspis) from Angola, with the description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4747 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUIS M. P. CERÍACO ◽  
MATTHEW P. HEINICKE ◽  
KELLY L. PARKER ◽  
MARIANA P. MARQUES ◽  
AARON M. BAUER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Biogeographic Patterns ◽  
Data Support ◽  
Species Complexes ◽  
One New Species ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Meristic Data

The genus Panaspis in Angola is represented by four species, most of them part of taxonomically and nomenclaturally challenging species-complexes. We present a taxonomic revision of the group in the region and describe one new species, Panaspis mocamedensis sp. nov., endemic to the lowland areas of the Namibe province, southwestern Angola. Phylogenetic analysis using a combination of mitochondrial (16S, cytb) and nucleares (RAG1, PDC) markers, as well as morphological and meristic data support the recognition of the new species. In addition, these data support the presence of nominotypical Panaspis cabindae, P. wahlbergi and P. maculicollis in Angola. Reexamination of the Angolan population of P. breviceps was based on morphological analysis, as no molecular data from Angola is available for this species. According to our results, this population likely represents the nominotypical form, but due to its complex taxonomic and nomenclatural history and the lack of molecular data, this population needs to be reconsidered when molecular data become available. The description of a new species and revision of the Angolan Panaspis contributes to a better understanding of the true species richness of the Angolan herpetofauna, as well as to understanding the major biogeographic patterns of the region. A key to Angolan Panaspis species is also presented. 

scholarly journals A New Species of the Mexican Tillandsia erubescens Group (Bromeliaceae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 260 (1) ◽  
pp. 57 ◽  
Author(s):  
CAROLINA GRANADOS MENDOZA ◽  
GERARDO A. SALAZAR ◽  
MARÍA FLORES-CRUZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Habitat Preferences ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Extensive Study ◽  
The Other ◽  
Oak Forests ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
High Mountains ◽  
A New Species

The Tillandsia erubescens group (Bromeliaceae) encompasses seven currently recognized species with reduced, pendulous inflorescences and endemic to pine-oak forests in the high mountains of Mexico. During the course of a taxonomic revision based on extensive study of herbarium specimens and detailed observations in the field, a new species of this group was discovered, which is described and illustrated here as T. tecolometl. The new entity belongs to a subgroup of species with purple corollas that also includes T. andrieuxii, T. macdougallii, T. oaxacana and T. pseudooaxacana. We present detailed morphological comparisons of the new species to the other species in the group with purple corollas, complemented with information on their habitat preferences, geographical distribution and phenology. An identification key to all the species with purple corollas belonging to the Tillandsia erubescens group is provided.

scholarly journals Taxonomic revision of the genus Glochidion (Phyllanthaceae) in Taiwan, China

PhytoKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 159 ◽  
pp. 137-159
Author(s):  
Gang Yao ◽  
Zhu-Qiu Song ◽  
Bin-E Xue ◽  
Shi Shi ◽  
Yu-Ling Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
A New Species

A comprehensive taxonomic revision of the genus Glochidion J.R. Forst. & G. Forst. from Taiwan in China was carried out based on the examination of herbarium specimens and filed investigations. Eight species and three varieties are recognized, including a new species endemic to Taiwan, G. lanyuense Gang Yao & S.X. Luo, which is described and illustrated. Three names, viz. G. chademenosocarpum Hayata, G. kusukusense Hayata, and G. ovalifolium F.Y. Lu & Y.S. Hsu, are reduced to the new synonyms of G. rubrum Blume, G. lanceolatum Hayata, and G. ellipticum Wight, respectively. Two names, viz. G. lanceolatum Hayata and G. suishaense Hayata, are lectotypified here. A key to the Glochidion species in Taiwan is provided.

Synoptic revision of the genus Cyrtorchis Schltr. (Angraecinae, Orchidaceae) in Central Africa, with the description of a new species restricted to submontane vegetation

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 267 (3) ◽  
pp. 165
Author(s):  
LAURA AZANDI ◽  
TARIQ STEVART ◽  
BONAVENTURE SONKÉ ◽  
MURIELLE SIMO-DROISSART ◽  
MARIE-LOUISE AVANA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Detailed Examination ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
Iucn Red List Categories ◽  
One New Species ◽  
A New Species

As a preliminary step to the taxonomic revision of the genus Cyrtorchis, a synoptic revision of the species occurring in Central Africa was undertaken. Based on a detailed examination of 1,039 herbarium specimens, including nomenclatural types, we have recognized 14 species in Central Africa (one of which is divided into two subspecies), including one new species that the study brought to light, described here as Cyrtorchis submontana. The new species closely resembles C. guillaumetii and C. brownii in general aspect, but differs from them in having thinner, small elliptic leaves and shorter, fewer-flowered, more lax inflorescences with shorter bracts. The species is restricted to submontane vegetation of Central Africa and is assessed as Endangered following the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Cyrtorchis latibracteata and C. subcylindrifolia are lectotypified, and the latter is placed as a synonym under C. henriquesiana. Many new records are reported, and for each taxon the distribution, habitat and ecology are given. An identification key for the Central African taxa is also provided.

scholarly journals The integrative taxonomy of Beauveria asiatica and B. bassiana species complexes with whole-genome sequencing, morphometric and chemical analyses

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Kobmoo ◽  
N. Arnamnart ◽  
W. Pootakham ◽  
C. Sonthirod ◽  
A. Khonsanit ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biocontrol Agent ◽  
Population Genomics ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Integrative Taxonomy ◽  
Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Morphological Examination ◽  
Genetic Groups ◽  
Species Complexes ◽  
Metabolite Profiles ◽  
A New Species

Fungi are rich in complexes of cryptic species that need a combination of different approaches to be delimited, including genomic information. Beauveria (Cordycipitaceae, Hypocreales) is a well-known genus of entomopathogenic fungi, used as a biocontrol agent. In this study we present a polyphasic taxonomy regarding two widely distributed complexes of Beauveria: B. asiatica and B. bassiana s.lat. Some of the genetic groups as previously detected within both taxa were either confirmed or fused using population genomics. High levels of divergence were found between two clades in B. asiatica and among three clades in B. bassiana, supporting their subdivision as distinct species. Morphological examination focusing on the width and the length of phialides and conidia showed no difference among the clades within B. bassiana while conidial length was significantly different among clades within B. asiatica. The secondary metabolite profiles obtained by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) allowed a distinction between B. asiatica and B. bassiana, but not between the clades therein. Based on these genomic, morphological, chemical data, we proposed a clade of B. asiatica as a new species, named B. thailandica, and two clades of B. bassiana to respectively represent B. namnaoensis and B. neobassiana spp. nov. Such closely related but divergent species with different host ranges have potential to elucidate the evolution of host specificity, with potential biocontrol application.

Taxonomic revision of the genus Bolusiella (Orchidaceae, Angraecinae) with a new species from Cameroon, Burundi and Rwanda

Phytotaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 114 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
SIMON VERLYNDE ◽  
JEAN-YVES DUBUISSON ◽  
TARIQ STÉVART ◽  
MURIELLE SIMO-DROISSART ◽  
DANIEL GEERINCK ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Field Investigation ◽  
Morphological Description ◽  
General Aspect ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Status Assessment ◽  
Taxonomic Changes ◽  
A New Species

On basis of morphological analyses and field investigation, a revision of Bolusiella (Angraecinae; Orchidaceae) was undertaken. We examined 302 specimens from several main herbaria, and for each of the six taxa recognized we provide a morphological description, distribution, habitat, phenology and IUCN conservation status assessment. Distribution maps and an identification key are also provided. Detailed examinations of specimens and comparison with nomenclatural types resulted in one novelty, Bolusiella fractiflexa, which is distributed in lowland and montane forests of Cameroon, Burundi and Rwanda. This species is close to Bolusiella maudiae and B. talbotii in general aspect but differs from them in having only a small or absent spur and a basally fractiflex inflorescence. Some taxonomic changes are made: B. alinae is synonymous with B. talbotii, and B. batesii is lectotypified and considered synonymous with B. zenkeri. Two new records are provided: B. maudiae from Nigeria and B. zenkeri from Liberia.

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