Works in Asia
Published research works with metadata for Asia (Continent).
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A new freshwater species Achnanthidium kangdingnese (Bacillariophyta, Achnanthidiaceae) from Sichuan Province, China
A new freshwater diatom species, Achnanthidium kangdingnese Yu, You & Wang, sp. nov. from Sichuan Province, China, is described. The morphology of this species was analyzed with s…
Taxonomic study of a novel terrestrial alga, Spongiosarcinopsis qinghaiensis sp. nov. (Protosiphonaceae, Chlorophyta),…
There is only one species of Spongiosarcinopsis in the literature currently. It was found in gray soil in Russia for the first time. According to molecular data analysis results, …
Spiradiclis liboensis (Rubiaceae), a new species from limestone mountain areas in Guizhou, China
Spiradiclis liboensis L. Wu & W. J. Liu, a new species in tribe Ophiorrhizeae of Rubiaceae from limestone mountain areas of Guizhou, south-western China, is described and illustra…
Hymenasplenium tholiformis (Aspleniaceae), a new fern species from southeastern Xizang, China based on morphological a…
A new species of Aspleniaceae, Hymenasplenium tholiformis sp. nov., is described from Medog County in southeastern Xizang, China. The new species is morphologically similar to H. …
Ardisia whitmorei (Primulaceae-Myrsinoideae), a new species from north east of Peninsular Malaysia
Ardisia whitmorei Julius & Utteridge, sp. nov. (Primulaceae-Myrsinoideae), a member of Ardisia subgenus Stylardisia on account of the style protruding from the closed petals prior…
Paraphlomis jinggangshanensis (Lamiaceae), a new species from Jiangxi, China
Paraphlomis jinggangshanensis (Lamiaceae), a new species from Jiangxi Province, China, is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically similar to P. intermedia, b…
Erythroxylum austroguangdongense (Erythroxylaceae), a new species from Guangdong, China
Erythroxylum austroguangdongense (Erythroxylaceae), a new species from Guangdong Province, China, is described and illustrated. This new species is morphologically most similar to…
Novelties on the genus Vaccinium (Ericaceae) from Hainan, China: a new species and a new record for the country
Here we describe a new species, Vaccinium pseudopubicalyx, and report a new record for the flora of China, V. viscifolium, both from Hainan Province. Vaccinium viscifolium also re…
Selaginella wuyishanensis (sect. Tetragonostachyae, Selaginellaceae), a new species from East China and its phylogenet…
A new spikemoss species, Selaginella wuyishanensis, is described and illustrated based on materials collected from Fujian Province, East China. The new species can be distinguishe…
A new species of Cinnamomum (Lauraceae) from southwestern China
Field investigations in Guizhou, China, in 2020 resulted in the discovery of an unknown species of Lauraceae. Morphological studies revealed that it is a new species of Cinnamomum…
A comprehensive checklist of the deciduous photinia genus Pourthiaea (Maleae, Rosaceae), with emphasis on their validi…
Due to the complicated evolutionary history in Pourthiaea, ninety-seven taxa have been described since 1784, and ninety-one of them are validly published taxa, five are naked name…
Taxonomic notes on Sorbus megalocarpa (Rosaceae) and related taxa
Four Sorbus taxa endemic to China, S. arguta, S. guanxianensis, S. megalocarpa var. megalocarpa and S. megalocarpa var. cuneata, are morphologically similar to one another in havi…
Oreocharis guangwushanensis, a new species of Gesneriaceae from Sichuan Province, China
A new species of Oreocharis, O. guangwushanensis from the Sichuan Province of south-western China, is described and illustrated here. This new species has a pink corolla that is d…
Micromorphological leaf epidermal traits as potential taxonomic markers for infrageneric classification of Oxytropis (…
The characteristics of the leaf epidermis have proven to be useful criteria to support taxonomic studies within Fabaceae. However, there are few systematic studies on the taxonomi…
Two new freshwater species of Surirella (Bacillariophyta) from the Wuling Mountains, China
Two sympatric Surirella species found at the same specific locality in the Wuling Mountains of China are documented with light and scanning electron microscope. Both species are n…
Lepisorus medioximus (Polypodiales, Polypodiaceae), a new species from Shan State of Myanmar
A new species of the species-rich fern genus Lepisorus (Polypodiales, Polypodiaceae) has been found to occur in Shan state, Myanmar. Lepisorus medioximus is described based on mor…
Polypleurum chinense (Podostemaceae), a new species from Fujian, China, based on morphological and genomic evidence
We describe Polypleurum chinense, a new species of Podostemaceae from Yunxiao County, Fujian Province, China, based on morphological and molecular data and the genus Polypleurum i…
Primula xinningensis (Primulaceae), a new species from karst caves in Hunan, China
Primula xinningensis Wei Zhang bis & J.W.Shao, a new species from Hunan Province, China, is described. Its leaf morphology is similar to the P. merrilliana complex and flower morp…
Thylacopteris minuta (Polypodiaceae), a new fern species from Myanmar
The genus Thylacopteris is a small, phylogenetically isolated genus belonging to the fern family Polypodiaceae. This study describes a new species, Thylacopteris minuta, based on …
Molecular, chromosomal, and morphological evidence reveals a new allotetraploid fern species of Asplenium (Aspleniacea…
Asplenium jiulianshanense, a new tetraploid fern species of the A. normale complex (Aspleniaceae) from Jiulianshan National Nature Reserve, southern Jiangxi, China is described an…
Indigofera vallicola (Fabaceae), a new species from Yunnan, southwest China
Indigofera vallicola (Fabaceae), a new species is described and illustrated. This plant is only found from two localities in the central Yunnan Province, southwest China. It is ch…
Isotrema putalengense, a new species of Aristolochiaceae from northern Vietnam and two new combinations in Isotrema
Isotrema putalengense Luu, Q.B.Nguyen & H.C.Nguyen is described as a new species from northern Vietnam. It looks most morphologically like I. wardianum but is distinguishable by a…
Didymodon manhanensis (Pottiaceae, Bryophyta), a new species from Inner Mongolia steppe, China and its phylogenetic po…
Inner Mongolia steppe is one of the suitable habitats for Didymodon species and a new species, Didymodon manhanensis C. Feng & J. Kou from Manhan Mountain in semi-arid region in I…
Primulina nana (Gesneriaceae), a new species from eastern Guangxi, China
Primulina nana C.Xiong, W.C.Chou & F.Wen, a new species of Gesneriaceae from limestone areas of Guangxi, China, is described and illustrated here. It morphologically resembles P. …
Viola shiweii, a new species of Viola (Violaceae) from karst forest in Guizhou, China
Viola shiweii Xiao C. Li & Z. W. Wang (Violaceae), a new species from Guizhou, China, is described, based on morphological and molecular evidence. The new species is morphological…
Resurrection of Stipa tremula and taxonomy of the high-alpine species from the Stipa purpurea complex (Poaceae, Pooide…
Stipa purpurea is a high-alpine species that occurs in cryophilous steppes, semi-deserts and stony slopes, from the Tian Shan and Pamirian Plateau through Qinghai-Xizang Plateau t…
Taxonomic delimitation and molecular identification of clusters within the species Zanthoxylum nitidum (Rutaceae) in C…
Zanthoxylum nitidum, known as Liang-Mian-Zhen in China, is a traditional Chinese medicinal plant used to treat traumatic injury, rheumatism, paralysis, toothache, stomach ache, an…
Aster quanzhouensis (Asteraceae), a new riparian species from eastern China
Aster quanzhouensis sp. nov. (Asteraceae) from Fujian, eastern China, is described and illustrated. It grows on rocks in the riparian zone. Morphological, cytological and molecula…
Chimonobambusa sangzhiensis (Poaceae, Bambusoideae), a new combination supported by morphological and molecular eviden…
This study elucidates the taxonomic position of Indosasa sangzhiensis in considering whether it belongs to Indosasa or Chimonobambusa. Based on morphological and molecular phyloge…
Paracladopus chiangmaiensis (Podostemaceae), a new generic record for China and its complete plastid genome
The genus Paracladopus was established based on the type species P. chiangmaiensis in 2006. The two Paracladopus species are distributed in Thailand and Laos; however, neither of …
Hemilophia cardiocarpa (Brassicaceae), a new species from Yunnan, southwest China
Hemilophia cardiocarpa (Brassicaceae), the sixth species of the Chinese endemic genus Hemilophia, is described and illustrated. This plant is found in the Jiaozishan Mountains in …
Terniopsis yongtaiensis (Podostemaceae), a new species from South East China based on morphological and genomic data
The new species Terniopsis yongtaiensis X.X. Su, Miao Zhang & Bing-Hua Chen, from Fujian Province, China, is described and illustrated. It is similar to T. heterostaminata from Th…
Primula longipilosa (Primulaceae), a new species from Yunnan, China
Primula longipilosa from SW Yunnan, China, is described as a species new to science and illustrated. The systematic placement of this new species is also discussed based on an nrI…
A new species of Ranunculus (Ranunculaceae) from Western Pamir-Alay, Uzbekistan
New data on the phylogeny of four rare and endemic species of Ranunculus L. sect. Ranunculastrum DC. of western Pamir-Alai, one of which is new to science, have been obtained. Ran…
Rubus dianchuanensis sp. nov. (Rosaceae) from Sichuan and Yunnan, southwest China
Rubus dianchuanensis, a new name for the species previously named as R. vicarius by W. O. Focke in 1911, is proposed. A detailed description, illustrations, and remarks on its phe…
Thorea baiyunensis sp. nov. (Thoreales, Rhodophyta) and T. okadae, a new record from China
The freshwater red algal order Thoreales has a triphasic life history, of which the “Chantransia” phase is a small filamentous sporophyte. The “Chantransia” stage is difficult to …
Actinostephanus (Gesneriaceae), a new genus and species from Guangdong, South China
Actinostephanus, a new genus from southern China, is described and colorfully illustrated with a single species, A. enpingensis. This new genus is morphologically most similar to …
Elsholtzia zhongyangii (Lamiaceae), a new species from Sichuan, China
Elsholtzia zhongyangii (Lamiaceae), a new species from Sichuan Province, China, is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically similar to E. feddei f. feddei, bu…
Orobanche ingens (Orobanchaceae) – a poorly known species of the Greater Caucasus: taxonomic problems, distribution, h…
Orobanche ingens is an endemic species from the Caucasus, especially the Greater Caucasus, parasitising on large Apiaceae (usually Heracleum). This species was misclassified over …
Oreocharis phuongii (Gesneriaceae), a new species from central Vietnam
Oreocharis phuongii, a new species of Gesneriaceae from central Vietnam, is described and illustrated here. The new species is most similar to O. longifolia by sharing peduncles u…
Impatiens liupanshuiensis (Balsaminaceae), a new species from Guizhou, China
Impatiens liupanshuiensis (Balsamianceae), belonging to I. subgen. Impatiens, is recognised as a new species from Guizhou, China and it is described and illustrated. It is morphol…
Torreya dapanshanica (Taxaceae), a new species of gymnosperm from Zhejiang, East China
Torreya dapanshanica X.F.Jin, Y.F.Lu & Zi L.Chen, a new species endemic to central Zhejiang, East China, is described and illustrated. This new species is most similar to T. jiulo…
Impatiens bijieensis (Balsaminaceae), a new species from karst plateau in Guizhou, China
Impatiens bijieensis X.X. Bai & L.Y. Ren, sp. nov. from northwest Guizhou Province, China, is described and illustrated. This new species is distributed discontinuously in Jiulong…
Two new freshwater species of the genus Achnanthidium (Bacillariophyta, Achnanthidiaceae) from Qingxi River, China
We describe two new Achnanthidium species, A. anhuense sp. nov. and A. qingxiense sp. nov., from Qingxi River, Anhui Province, China, based on light and scanning electron microsco…
Two new species of Navicula (Bacillariophyta) from Southeast Asia
We present light and scanning electron microscopical observations on two new species of Navicula Bory sensu stricto from Southeast Asia. Navicula winoniformis Chudaev, Glushchenko…
Allium heterophyllum (Amaryllidaceae), a new species from Henan, China
Allium heterophyllum D.F.Xie & X.J.He, sp. nov. (Amaryllidaceae), is a new species from Henan, China and is described based on morphological and molecular evidence. It is morpholo…
Silene vanchingshanensis (Caryophyllaceae) a new species from Southwest China
Silene vanchingshanensis (Caryophyllaceae), a new species from Fanjingshan Mountain in Guizhou (southwest China) is described and illustrated. It is morphologically similar to S. …
Capparis (Capparaceae) in Peninsular Malaysia, including a new species and two new varieties
As part of the Flora of Peninsular Malaysia Project, a species checklist of the genus Capparis in Peninsular Malaysia is presented here with a total of 11 species, two subspecies …
Ligularia monocephala (Asteraceae, Senecioneae), a remarkable new species from Hubei, China
Ligularia monocephala, a remarkable new species from Hubei, China, is described and illustrated. It is readily distinguishable in the whole genus by character combination of the r…
Ultrastructure of three Species of Entomoneis (Bacillariophyta) from Lake Qinghai of China, with reference to the exte…
Three sympatric Entomoneis species, found at the same specific locality in Lake Qinghai, China, are studied by using light and scanning electron microscope. Two species are propos…