scholarly journals A new species of Sun Skink (Reptilia: Scincidae: Eutropis) from the Zamboanga Peninsula, southwestern Mindanao Island, Philippines

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Far East ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Nicobar Island ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
Continental Origin ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of lizard in the genus Eutropis Fitzinger 1843 from the southwestern tip of the Zamboanga Peninsula on the western part of Mindanao Island, Philippines. The new species is related to Eutropis rugifera, which is a secretive, forest-adapted skink that ranges widely outside the Philippines from the western extent of its distribution on Nicobar Island (the type locality) through southern Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and the Mentawai islands, Borneo, Java, and as far east as Bali Island. The discovery of a new, morphologically distinct, and genetically highly divergent Sun Skink lineage in the low elevation forests of the Zamboanga Peninsula creates a puzzling disjunct geographic distribution (E. rugifera has not been reported from the Sulu Archipelago). The new species is estimated to have diverged ~10–16 mya from E. rugifera, from which it appears to have an extralimital and isolated distribution. Considering the dynamic geological history and ancient continental origin of the Zamboanga Peninsula, colonization by the new species may have been facilitated by pre-Pleistocene overseas long-distance dispersal, saltatory range expansion, and subsequent contraction/extinction in the Sulu Archipelago, and/or possibly paleotransport on the ancient crustal fragment of Zamboanga. The new species is known only from Zamboanga City’s primary surface water supply catchment at the lowest elevations inside the boundaries of Pasonanca Natural Park, despite the fact that there have been historical surveys of herpetological diversity at multiple sites to the northeast (Zamboanga, western Mindanao) and to the southwest (Sulu Archipelago). The new species, thus, may be limited to just the tip of the Zamboanga Peninsula, possibly rendering KEYWORDS: IUCN Red List, Palawan microcontinent block, Pasonanca Natural Park, Sulu Archipelago, Surface catchment watershed biodiversity

Begonia caramoanensis (sect. Baryandra, Begoniaceae) a new species from Camarines Sur, Philippines

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 439 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-294
Author(s):  
ROSARIO R. RUBITE ◽  
MADELEINE L. IRABAGON ◽  
DIANE JOY E. PALACIO ◽  
YU PIN ANG ◽  
RENE ALFRED ANTON BUSTAMANTE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Red List ◽  
Glandular Hairs ◽  
Iucn Red List Categories ◽  
Red List Categories ◽  
Dark Green ◽  
A New Species

Begonia caramoanensis from Caramoan, Camarines Sur, Luzon Island is described as a new species endemic to the Philippines. This is the latest addition to the species rich Begonia section Baryandra. It resembles Begonia madulidii but is distinguished by the dark green almost orbicular leaves; extensive inflorescence branching five times; and the glandular hairs of the bracts, peduncle, pedicels and ovary. More than 500 individuals, were observed in each of the four barangays of Caramoan, thus according to to the IUCN red list categories and criteria, B. caramoanensis is hereby proposed to be placed under Least Concern (LC) category.

A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker (Squamata; Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Thailand that converges in morphology and color pattern on Pseudogekko smaragdinus (Taylor) from the Philippines

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4816 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. LEE GRISMER ◽  
PLATON V. YUSHCHENKO ◽  
PARINYA PAWANGKHANANT ◽  
MALI NAIDUANGCHAN ◽  
ROMAN A. NAZAROV ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Sister Species ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Body Morphology ◽  
Taxonomic Analysis ◽  
Dorsal Pattern ◽  
A New Species

An integrative taxonomic analysis of newly discovered populations of Hemiphyllodactylus from Indochina recovered a new species from Peninsular Thailand and two others from Laos. The new Thai species, Hemiphyllodactylus pardalis sp. nov. described herein, is the sister species to all other species in the newly designated Indochina clade and has a unique spotted contrasting dorsal pattern not seen in any other species of Hemiphyllodactylus. This, along with its elongate and gracile body morphology, renders it remarkably convergent on the Philippine gecko Pseudogekko smaragdinus despite the fact it is deeply nested within Hemiphyllodactylus. The description of this new species underscores the depauperate nature of Hemiphyllodactylus diversity throughout Indochina in general and Thailand in particular compared to neighboring upland areas of Myanmar and Peninsular Malaysia. This especially underscores the need for continued herpetofaunal field surveys in montane areas of western Thailand. 

scholarly journals Nephelaphyllum maliauensis (Orchidaceae; Collabiinae), a new species from the Maliau Basin, Sabah, Borneo, with a discussion of the taxonomic identities of N. pulchrum, N. latilabre and N. flabellatum

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 336 (1) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
KENJI SUETSUGU ◽  
MONICA SULEIMAN ◽  
HIROKAZU TSUKAYA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Forest Floor ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Deep Well ◽  
Dry Seasons ◽  
Dark Green ◽  
Small Genus ◽  
Light Green ◽  
A New Species

Nephelaphyllum is a relatively small genus, containing only 11 species distributed from China through Indochina to Thailand and from Peninsular Malaysia eastwards through Indonesia to the Philippines (Chan et al. 1994). The species are easily recognised, even when not in flower, by their characteristic light green or yellowish leaves and dark green venation and blotches (Comber 1990). All species grow in deep, well-drained humus in dark conditions on the forest floor, especially in areas without severe dry seasons (Comber 1990).

scholarly journals Begonia bangsamoro (Begoniaceae, section Petermannia), a new species from Mindanao Island, the Philippines

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 497 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-48
Author(s):  
DAVE P. BUENAVISTA ◽  
YU PIN ANG ◽  
MC ANDREW K. PRANADA ◽  
DARYL S. SALAS ◽  
EEFKE MOLLEE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Riparian Forest ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Red List ◽  
Iucn Red List Criteria ◽  
A New Species

Begonia bangsamoro, a new Philippine Begonia species from the section Petermannia is described and illustrated. The new species was discovered in the fragmented riparian forest of Lanao del Sur, along the Ginapukan river in Wao, Mindanao island, Philippines. The previous collections also revealed that it occurs in the nearby province of Bukidnon. Begonia bangsamoro is distinguished from other Philippine Begonia by its lacerate leaf margins, terminal inflorescences, 4-tepaled staminate flowers, and sparsely hirsute ovaries. The new species is compared with the phenetically similar B. quercifolia. Based on IUCN Red List criteria, B. bangsamoro is designated as Endangered (EN).

scholarly journals Begonia yenyeniae (Begoniaceae), a new species from Endau Rompin National Park, Johor, Malaysia

PhytoKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 23-37
Author(s):  
Joanne Pei-Chih Tan ◽  
Sheh May Tam ◽  
Ruth Kiew
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Native Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Red List ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Iucn Red List Categories ◽  
Red List Categories ◽  
A New Species

Begoniayenyeniae is a new species of horticultural value known only from the Endau Rompin National Park, Peninsular Malaysia. It is similar to Begoniarajah with which it had previously been confused in the number of tepals and leaf characters. The new species is compared with three similar species, B.foxworthyi, B.rajah and B.reginula and photographs of all four species and descriptions of B.yenyeniae and B.rajah are provided. Molecular analysis using the ndhF-rpl132 chloroplast marker confirms the four species as distinct. Amongst native species, the three variegated species, B.yenyeniae, B.rajah and B.reginula, are some of the most popular Malaysian begonias in cultivation. Based on its restricted distribution, Begoniayenyeniae, under the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria, is assessed as Critically Endangered.

Didymoplexis holochelia (Orchidaceae, Gastrodiinae), a new species from northern Vietnam

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 405 (1) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
LEONID V. AVERYANOV ◽  
MAXIM S. NURALIEV ◽  
TATIANA V. MAISAK ◽  
ANDREY N. KUZNETSOV ◽  
SVETLANA P. KUZNETSOVA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Tropical Africa ◽  
Photographic Material ◽  
Northern Vietnam ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
A New Species

Didymoplexis Griffith (1844: 383) belongs to a group of morphologically close genera, which also includes Asian genera, Gastrodia R.Brown (1810: 330), Didymoplexiella Garay (1954: 33) and Didymoplexiopsis Seidenfaden (1997: 13). All these plants are small, terrestrial, leafless mycoheterotrophic herbs forming the core of the subtribe Gastrodiinae Lindley (1840: 383) of tribe Gastrodieae Lindley (1821: Appendix), subfamily Epidendroideae Lindley (1821: Appendix). Two-lipped flower and column lacking distinct wings or appendages are main generic characters that distinguish Didymoplexis from related genera of this subtribe. Didymoplexis comprises about 20 species distributed mostly in tropical Africa, Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands (Zhou et al. 2016, Govaerts et al. 2018). All species of this genus are miniature ephemeral herbs with small, unattractive fugacious flowers opening in one or two in succession and lasting commonly only one day, often only in the morning hours. As a result, representatives of this genus are easily overlooked in botanical surveys, poorly represented in herbaria (where they are often hardly recognized without additional spirit or photographic material) and remain infrequently inventoried in local floras throughout its range. According to available records (Fig. 1), the highest species diversity of Didymoplexis is observed in Java with 6 species (Comber 1990). Thailand (Pedersen et al. 2014) and Borneo (Wood & Cribb 1994, Tsukaya & Okada 2012, Tsukaya et al. 2014, Suetsugu et al. 2017) are inhabited by 5 species each. Three species were hitherto recorded in China (Chen et al. 2009, Lin et al. 2016, Zhou et al. 2016) and Vietnam (Averyanov 2011). Two species were found in Sri Lanka (Fernando & Ormerod 2008) and Laos (Averyanov et al. 2016, 2018). Floras of most other Asian regions such as Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Japan, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and the Philippines include only one species (Garay & Sweet 1974, Seidenfaden & Wood 1992, Comber 2001, Pearce & Cribb 2002, Kress et al. 2003, Rokaya et al. 2013, Islam et al. 2016). The presence of several species of Didymoplexis in Cambodia is highly possible, despite none of them were recorded there to date. One more species new to science that clearly differs from all hitherto known species of this genus was recently discovered in northern Vietnam, close to the Laos border. Here we describe and illustrate this remarkable plant as Didymoplexis holochelia.

scholarly journals Brownlowia latifiana (Malvaceae-Brownlowioideae), a new species from Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 298 (2) ◽  
pp. 134
Author(s):  
R. C. K. CHUNG ◽  
E. SOEPADMO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphometric Analysis ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Conservation Assessment ◽  
Iucn Red List Categories ◽  
The Status ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Brownlowia latifiana (Malvaceae-Brownlowioideae), endemic to Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia, is described and illustrated. This new species has most of its morphological characters that are related to those of the genus Jarandersonia. Therefore, a standard morphological taxonomic revision and morphometric analysis were carried out to assess the status of Brownlowia latifiana. Results of the morphometric analysis based on morphological characters showed that Brownlowia latifiana is embedded within the clades of Brownlowia but distanced from the clades Jarandersonia. Brownlowia formed a distinct clade in the clustering tree well separated from the Jarandersonia. A distribution map and a conservation assessment using the IUCN Red List categories and criteria are provided.

scholarly journals Vaccinium hamiguitanense (Ericaceae), a new species from the Philippines

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-287
Author(s):  
Peter W. Fritsch ◽  
Victor B. Amoroso ◽  
Fulgent P. Coritico ◽  
Darin S. Penneys
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Leaf Blade ◽  
Ultramafic Rock ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Red List ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
Montane Rain Forest ◽  
Data Deficient ◽  
A New Species

Vaccinium hamiguitanense, a new species from the Philippines, is described and illustrated. The new species is most similar to V. gitingense Hook. f. but differs by having smaller leaf blades, leaf blade margins with 2 to 4 impressed more or less evenly distributed crenations (glands) per side, inflorescences with fewer flowers, shorter pedicels that are puberulent and muriculate, and a glabrous floral disk. The new species is endemic to Mt. Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary in Davao Oriental Province of Mindanao Island in Tropical Upper Montane Rain Forest and low (“bonsai”) forest on clay derived from ultramafic rock. We assign an IUCN Red List preliminary status as Data Deficient.

Gastrodia cajanoae (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae: Gastrodieae), a new species from the Philippines

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 266 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
PIETER B. PELSER ◽  
KIM JOHN S. DOBLE ◽  
PETER O’BYRNE ◽  
PAUL ORMEROD ◽  
JULIE F. BARCELONA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Biological Species ◽  
Biological Species Concept ◽  
Calyx Tube ◽  
Morphological Studies ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
Centre Of Diversity ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
A New Species

Gastrodia Brown (1810: 330) is a holomycotrophic terrestrial orchid genus of c. 65 species with an Old World distribution and centre of diversity in Southeast Asia (Cribb et al. 2010, Huang et al. 2015, Ong 2015). In the Philippines, two species are thus far known: G. javanica (Blume, 1825: 421) Lindley (1840: 384) and G. verrucosa Blume (1856: 175). Both have a widespread distribution in northern Malesia and southern East Asia. During fieldwork for the Co’s Digital Flora of the Philippine project (Pelser et al. 2011 onwards) in early December 2012, Gastrodia plants were photographed that belong to a third Philippine species. These plants were observed in three areas on the island of Mindanao: Mt. Apo Natural Park (North Cotabato Prov.) and two sites in Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park (Lantapan and Baungon municipalities; Bukidnon Prov.). In December 2015, plants belonging to the same species were collected in Northern Negros Natural Park (Victorias City, Negros Occidental Prov., Negros) and in March 2016 plants were photographed in Barlig (Mountain Prov., Luzon). Morphological studies showed that this species is distinct from all Gastrodia species except G. spathulata (Carr, 1935: 180) Wood (in Wood et al. 2011: 355) in having petals that are considerably shorter than the calyx tube and separate from it about half way along the inner surface of the tube. It differs from G. spathulata in the longer adnation of the petals to the calyx tube, the shape of the petals and their lack of indumentum, and characters of the lip ridges. Assuming that these morphological differences are an indication of reproductive isolation, we name and describe these plants here as a new species under a biological species concept (Mayr 2000). This new addition brings the total number of Philippine Gastrodia species to three.

Hoya phuwuaensis (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae), a new species from Northeastern Thailand

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 282 (3) ◽  
pp. 218
Author(s):  
MANIT KIDYOO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Botanical Garden ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Tropical Asia ◽  
Iucn Red List Categories ◽  
Flora Of China ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Northeastern Thailand

The new species, Hoya phuwuaensis is described and illustrated. It was discovered in Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary, Bueng Kan Province, northeastern Thailand. Hoya phuwuaensis is similar to the widespread and common species H. caudata. Both species have prominent mottling of silver spots on the adaxial leaf surface and positively geotropic inflorescences with slender peduncles. However, the new species can be distinguished from H. caudata by its elliptic leaf with cuneate base, obovate-oblong corona lobe and triangular anther appendages.Brown, R. (1810) Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen, etc. Leornard Schrag, Nuremberg.Decaisne, J. (1844) Asclepiadaceae. In: Candolle, A.P. de (Ed.) Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8. Fortin, Masson & Sociorum, Paris, pp. 490–665.Hooker, J.D. (1883) The Flora of British India 4. Reeve & Co., London, 780 pp.Kerr, A.F.G. (1940) Hoya flagellata Kerr. Hooker’s Icones Plantarum 35: t. 3407.IUCN Standards and Petitions Subcommittee (2016) Guidelines for using the IUCN Red List categories and criteria. Version 12. Prepared by the Standards and Petitions Subcommittee. Available from: http://www.iucnredlist.org/documents/RedListGuidelines.pdf (accessed 13 September 2016)Kerr, A.F.G. (1951) Hoya R.Br. In: Pendleton, R.L. (Ed.) Florae Siamensis Enumeratio 3 (1). Siam Society, Bangkok, pp. 35–42. Kidyoo, M. (2013) Hoya soidaoensis kidyoo, a new species of Hoya (Asclepiadaceae) from Eastern Thailand. Phytotaxa 105 (2): 45–50.         http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.105.2.3Kidyoo, M. (2015) Hoya rostellata (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae), a new species from Thailand. Taiwania 60 (1): 39–42.Li, P.T, Gilbert, M.G. & Stevens, W.D. (1995) Asclepiadaceae. In: Wu, Z.Y. & Raven, P.H. (Eds.) Flora of China. 16. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, pp.189–270.Ridley, H.N. (1923) Hoya Br. In: Ridley, H.N. (Ed.) The Flora of the Malay Peninsula 2. Reeve & Co., London, pp. 393–402.Rintz, R.E. (1978) The Peninsular Malaysian species of Hoya (Asclepiadaceae). Malaysian Nature Journal 30: 467–522.Rodda, M. & Simonsson Juhonewe, N. (2011) Hoya mappigera (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae), a new campanulate flowered species from Peninsular Malaysia and southern Thailand. Feddes Repertorium 122: 1–7.         http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fedr.201100019Rodda, M. & Ang, W.F. (2012) Hoya caudata Hook.f. (Apocynaceae), A new record for Singapore, and keys to the Hoya species of Singapore. Nature in Singapore 5: 123–128.Schlechter R. (1916) Neue Asclepiadaceen von Sumatra und Celebes. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 34: 1–18.Thaithong, O. (1995) The genus Hoya in Thailand. In: Kiew, R. (Ed.) The Taxonomy and Phytochemistry of the Asclepiadaceae in Tropical Asia. University Pertanian, Malaysia, pp. 83–94.Wanntorp, L., Kocyan, A., van Donkelaar, R. & Renner, S.S. (2006) Towards a monophyletic Hoya (Marsdenieae, Apocynaceae): Inferences from the chloroplast trnL region and the rbcL-atpB spacer. Systematic Botany 31: 586–596.             http://dx.doi.org/10.1600/036364406778388593

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