Works in Asia
Published research works with metadata for Asia (Continent).
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Primula weiliei (Primulaceae), a new species from Hubei, Central China
In this study, we describe and illustrate a new species, Primula weiliei L.S.Yang, Z.K.Wu & G.W.Hu, from the Shennongjia Forestry District, Hubei Province in Central China. It is …
Chimonobambusa pleiacantha (Poaceae, Bambusoideae), a new species from southeast Sichuan, China
Chimonobambusa pleiacantha, a newly-identified species of the genus Chimonobambusa Makino from southeast Sichuan, China, is meticulously described and illustrated herein. It is mo…
Carex duanensis (Carex sect. Rhomboidales), a new species of Cyperaceae from limestone areas of Guangxi, China
Carex duanensis Z.C.Lu, Y.F.Lu & X.F.Jin, a new species in limestone areas of Guangxi, China, was discovered and described. The morphology showed that C. duanensis is similar to C…
Impatiens beipanjiangensis (Balsaminaceae), a new species from Guizhou, China
Impatiens beipanjiangensis Jian Xu & H. F. Hu (Balsaminaceae), a new species of Impatiens subg. Clavicarpa discovered in Guizhou, China, is described and illustrated in this study…
Asplenium guodanum (Aspleniaceae), a distinct new fern species from northern Guangdong, China, based on morphological d…
A new spleenwort species, Asplenium guodanum, was found and described from Danxia landform region in Guangdong, China. The new species has close resemblance to A. subcrenatum Chin…
New record of Gracilaria phuquocensis (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta) in the Philippines
While reliance on morphology has been at the expense of clearly distinguishing gracilarioid species, molecular data have proven to be more reliable in discriminating between taxa.…
Carex qingyuanensis (Cyperaceae), a new species from Guangdong, China
Carex qingyuanensis, a new species of Cyperaceae from Guangdong Province, China, is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically similar to Carex peliosanthifolia…
Callicarpa yongshunensis (Lamiaceae): A new species from Hunan, China
This study provides detailed description of a newly-discovered Callicarpa yongshunensis Wen B. Xu, Xiao D. Li & Yan Ling Liu (Lamiaceae) species from Hunan, China. The species sha…
Carex linanensis (sect. Mitratae), a new species of Cyperaceae from Zhejiang, East China
Carex linanensis X.D.Qiu & X.F.Jin, a new species in sect. Mitratae of the sedge family (Cyperaceae) from north-western Zhejiang is described and illustrated. We performed a stati…
Mazus jiangshiense (Mazaceae), a new species from China: evidence from morphological and molecular analyses
Utilising both morphological and molecular analyses, this study unveils Mazus jiangshiense sp. nov., a novel addition to the Mazaceae family, discovered in Shaowu County, Fujian P…
A new species and a replacement name in Cynanchum (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadeae) from China
Cynanchum pingtaoi S.Jin Zeng, G.D.Tang & Miao Liao, sp. nov. (Apocynaceae) from Yunnan Province, China, is described and illustrated based on morphological and molecular evidence…
Description of Navicula vanseea sp. nov. (Naviculales, Naviculaceae), a new species of diatom from the highly alkaline …
The current article describes Navicula vanseea sp. nov., a new species of diatom from Lake Van, a highly alkaline lake in Eastern Anatolia (Türkiye). The description is based on l…
Oxalis xishuiensis (Oxalidaceae), a new species from Danxia landforms in Guizhou, China
Oxalis xishuiensis, a new species of Oxalidaceae from Danxia landforms of Xishui County, Guizhou, China, is described and illustrated. It is morphologically similar to O. wulingen…
Two new diatom species of the genus Gomphonemopsis (Bacillariophyceae) from the coast of China and two new combinations…
Two new diatom species belonging to the genus Gomphonemopsis are described, Gomphonemopsis nana sp. nov. and Gomphonemopsis gaoi sp. nov. These two species were compared in detail…
Glochidion yangchunense (Phyllanthaceae), a new species with discoid flowers from Guangdong Province, China
Phyllanthodendron can be readily morphologically distinguished from Glochidion, but recent molecular evidence showed that Phyllanthodendron is paraphyletic due to Glochidion being…
Gentiana mopanshanensis (Gentianaceae), a new species from Yunnan, southwest China
Gentiana mopanshanensis, a new species of the family Gentianaceae is here described and illustrated. This species is presently known only from the Mopanshan Mountain, Yunnan Provi…
Ajania flavida (Asteraceae, Anthemideae), a distinct new species from southwestern China
Ajania flavida, a new species from western Sichuan and eastern Xizang, China, is described and illustrated. It is readily assigned to A. sect. Ajania owing to its straw-colored, g…
Dryopteris jinpingensis, a critically endangered diploid new species of Dryopteridaceae from Yunnan, China
Dryopteris jinpingensis, a new species of diploid, sexually reproductive ferns of Dryopteridaceae from Yunnan, southwestern China, is described and illustrated. Morphologically, D…
Taxonomic notes on the genus Itea (Iteaceae)
The genus Itea (Iteaceae) is recognised as a genus with about 21 extant species of shrubs and trees. Within the genus, most species have oblong to elliptical leaves. The lanceolat…
Taxonomic revision of Camellia (Theaceae) in Thailand
Natural plants of Camellia (Theaceae) in Thailand are taxonomically revised with a key, a distribution map, descriptions, specimens examined, and figures of living plants and/or d…
Chimonobambusa farcta (Poaceae, Bambusoideae), a new species from western Guangxi, China with taxonomic notes on C. pub…
Chimonobambusa farcta, a new species of temperate woody bamboos from western Guangxi, China is described and illustrated. The new species is similar to C. pubescens in the solid i…
An account of the genus Cistanche (Orobanchaceae) in Iraq and taxonomic considerations in the Middle East
Species limits in the genus Cistanche are poorly understood, despite the plants’ long history of use in traditional herbal medicine and food across their range. Here we present a …
Ophiorrhiza reflexa (Rubiaceae), a new species from a karst region in Guangxi, China
Ophiorrhiza reflexa, a new species from Guangxi, China, is described and illustrated in this study. It is morphologically similar to O. alatiflora due to the branched inflorescenc…
Using scanning electron microscopy and molecular data to discover a new species from old herbarium collections: The cas…
Phlomoides is one of the largest genera of Lamiaceae with approximately 150–170 species distributed mainly in Eurasia. In this study, we describe and illustrate a new species, P. …
A new species of Typhonium (Araceae) from Vietnam
Typhonium obtusum is described as a new species endemic to Vietnam. It is unique in the genus in having an oblong-elliptic spathe limb with an obtuse apex and yellowish-greenish f…
Ligularia lushuiensis (Asteraceae, Senecioneae), a new species from northwestern Yunnan, China
Ligularia lushuiensis, a new species from northwestern Yunnan, China, is described and illustrated. It was tentatively placed in L. sect. Ligularia ser. Ligularia on the basis of …
Piper motuoense, a new species of Piperaceae from Xizang, China
Piper motuoense X.W.Qin, F.Su & C.Y.Hao, a new species of Piperaceae from Xizang, China, is described and illustrated in this paper. The new species resembles P. yinkiangense and …
Hydrangea xinfeniae (Hydrangeaceae), a new species from Sichuan, China
Hydrangea xinfeniae W.B.Ju & J.Ru, a new species of Hydrangeaceae from Sichuan Province, China, is described and illustrated. The new species belongs to Hydrangea sect. Dichroa (L…
Melanoseris penghuana (Lactucinae, Cichorieae, Asteraceae), a new species from North-central Yunnan, China
In this paper, we describe a new species, Melanoseris penghuana, from Mt. Jiaozi Xueshan located in North-central Yunnan, China. Despite its morphological similarities to M. likia…
Molecular and morphological evidence support a new species of Rosaceae Prunus subg. Cerasus from Wuyishan National Park…
Prunus tongmuensis, a new species of cherry blossom, is described and illustrated from Wuyishan National Park, southeast China. This species is characterized by its tubular to nea…
Lysimachia danxiashanensis, a new species of Primulaceae from Guangdong, China
Lysimachia danxiashanensis, a new Primulaceae species, endemic to the Danxia landscape in Guangdong Province, China, is described and illustrated. This new species is morphologica…
Camellia zijinica (Theaceae), a new species endemic to Danxia landscape from Guangdong Province, China
A new species of the genus Camellia (Theaceae), Camellia zijinica, discovered in the Danxia landscape from Guangdong Province, China, is characterized and illustrated. Phylogeneti…
A new species of Veronica (Plantaginaceae) from Western Iran
A new species, Veronica kurdistanica (Plantaginaceae), is described and illustrated. It grows on limestone cliffs in mountainous alpine areas of western Iran (Kurdistan province).…
Isodon xiaoluzhiensis (Lamiaceae, Nepetoideae), a new species from Yunnan, southwest China
Isodon xiaoluzhiensis, a new species of the tribe Ocimeae in family Lamiaceae, is described and illustrated. The new species is known only from the type locality, Xiaoluzhi villag…
A new freshwater species of Pinnularia (Bacillariophyta) from Hunan Province, China
This study describes a new species of Pinnularia, P. hupingensis sp. nov., on the basis of light and scanning electron microscope images. Pinnularia hupingensis sp. nov. is charac…
Hedysarum qilianshanense sp. nov. (Fabaceae, Hedysareae), a new species from the Qilianshan Mountains in Gansu, China
Hedysarum qilianshanense sp. nov. (Fabaceae, Hedysareae) is described and illustrated from the Qilianshan Mountains in Gansu, China. This new species is similar to H. przewalskii,…
Aletris guangxiensis (Nartheciaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China
Aletris guangxiensis Y. Nong & Y. F. Huang (Nartheciaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China, is described and illustrated. This new species is most similar to A. scopulorum, but…
From morphology to molecules: A comprehensive study of a novel Derris species (Fabaceae) with a rare flowering habit a…
Derris rubricosta Boonprajan & Sirich., sp. nov., a new species of the genus Derris Lour. (Fabaceae) was discovered in Peninsular Thailand. The overall morphology demonstrates tha…
Hypericum liboense (Hypericaceae), a new species from Guizhou, China
Hypericum liboense M.T.An & T.R.Wu, sp. nov. (Hypericaceae) is a newly described species found in the Maolan National Nature Reserve of Guizhou Province, where it grows in rocky h…
A new species of genus Crenotia (Bacillariophyta) from Tibet, China
During the investigation of the freshwater diatoms from Tibet, a monoraphid species was observed from a hot spring near Anduo County, located on a plateau in the central portion o…
Description of five new Luticola D.G.Mann (Bacillariophyta, Diadesmidaceae) species from Indonesia with comments on th…
During a survey of the Indonesian diatoms, five Luticola D.G.Mann taxa that could not be identified, based on the available literature were discovered. Based on light microscopy, …
Vaccinium usneoides (Ericaceae), a new species from Yunnan, China
Vaccinium usneoides (Ericaceae), a new species from Fugong County of Yunnan Province, China is described and illustrated. This new species belongs to Vaccinium sect. Calcicolus an…
Primula lizipingensis (Primulaceae), a new species from Sichuan, China
A new species, Primula lizipingensis W.B.Ju, L.Y.He & X.F.Gao, found in Shimian County, Sichuan, China, is described and illustrated. It is morphologically similar to P. rhodochro…
Molecular and morphological evidence for a new species of Stachys (Lamiaceae) from Hunan, China
Stachys yingzuijieensis, a new species from western Hunan, China, is described and illustrated. Molecular phylogenetic analyses based on three nuclear ribosomal DNA loci (ETS, ITS…
An integrative approach to species delimitation sinks three Chinese limestone karst Elatostema (Urticaceae) species
Elatostema is recognized as a taxonomically difficult group due to the reduced nature of the tiny flowers and inflorescences, also the large number of species (ca 650 to 700). Dif…
A new species of Cotoneaster (Rosaceae) from western Sichuan, China
Cotoneaster densiflorus, a new species of Rosaceae from western Sichuan, China, is described and illustrated. Morphologically, we inferred that the new species belongs to Cotoneas…
Melanoseris kangdingensis (Lactucinae, Cichorieae, Asteraceae), a new species reported from western Sichuan, China
Melanoseris kangdingensis, a new species native to western Sichuan, China, is firstly described and illustrated, and its conservation status is also assessed. It bears resemblance…
Gelidocalamus albozonatus (Poaceae, Bambusoideae), a new species from the southeast of Chongqing, China, and analysis …
Gelidocalamus albozonatus W. G. Zhang, S. R. Yi & Y. L. Li, a new species of Gelidocalamus, collected from Pengshui County of Chongqing City in China, was described and illustrate…
Synotis jinpingensis (Asteraceae, Senecioneae), a new species with white ray florets from southeastern Yunnan, China
Synotis jinpingensis (Asteraceae, Senecioneae), a new species from Jinping county in southeastern Yunnan province, China, is described and illustrated. This species is distinguish…
Lysimachia cavicola (Primulaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China
Lysimachia cavicola (Subgen. Idiophyton, Primulaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China, is here described and illustrated based on morphological data. Although it shares similar…