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A taxonomic synopsis of Altingiaceae with nine new combinations

A taxonomic synopsis of the Altingiaceae is presented, including the taxonomic enumeration and distribution of 15 recognized species based on studies of 1,500 specimens from 24 he…

Insights from natural history collections: analysing the New Zealand macroalgal flora using herbarium data

Herbaria and natural history collections (NHC) are critical to the practice of taxonomy and have potential to serve as sources of data for biodiversity and conservation. They are …

Correct names for some of the closest relatives of Carica papaya: A review of the Mexican/Guatemalan genera Jarilla and…

Using molecular data, we recently showed that Carica papaya L. is sister to a Mexican/Guatemalan clade of two genera, Jarilla Rusby with three species and Horovitzia V.M. Badillo …

Diversity and levels of endemism of the Bromeliaceae of Costa Rica – an updated checklist

An updated inventory of the Bromeliaceae for Costa Rica is presented including citations of representative specimens for each species. The family comprises 18 genera and 198 speci…

Taxonomic changes in Oenothera sections Gaura and Calylophus (Onagraceae)

The long-recognized genus Gaura was shown recently to be deeply nested within one of two major clades of Oenothera. New molecular data indicate further taxonomic changes are neces…

Sedges in the mist: A new species of Lepidosperma (Cyperaceae, Schoeneae) from the mountains of Tasmania

The status of a putative new species of Lepidosperma from the mountains of south-western Tasmania, Australia, was investigated. Phenetic analysis (Flexible UPGMA Agglomerative Hie…

New combinations for Pacific endemic species: Marquesan Poaceae, and Micronesian Myrtaceae

As part of the preparation for a comprehensive online flora of Pacific oceanic islands, numerous taxonomic changes have been necessary, primarily due to a new wealth of global mol…

Leaflet anatomy verifies relationships within Syagrus (Arecaceae) and aids in identification

The current investigation was carried out to examine how palm anatomy may coincide with the current molecular analysis including the three recognized clades of Syagrus Mart. and t…

Systematics of Disakisperma (Poaceae, Chloridoideae, Chlorideae)

Disakisperma Steud. is a genus of four predominantly perennial C4 (NAD-ME) species in the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Its species previously were treated in Eleusine, Eragrostis, …

Herbarium of the University of Malaga (Spain): Vascular Plants Collection

The herbarium of University of Málaga (MGC Herbarium) is formed by four biological collections. The vascular plants collection (MGC-Cormof) is the main collection of the herbarium…

Bergbambos and Oldeania, new genera of African bamboos (Poaceae, Bambusoideae)

Two new monotypic genera, Bergbambos and Oldeania are described for African temperate bamboo species in the tribe Arundinarieae, after a comparison of their morphological characte…

Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN): a community contributed taxonomic checklist of all vascular plants of C…

The Database of Vascular Plants of Canada or VASCAN (http://data.canadensys.net/vascan) is a comprehensive and curated checklist of all vascular plants reported in Canada, Greenla…

Lettowia, a new genus of Vernonieae from East Africa (Asteraceae)

A new genus, Lettowia H. Rob. & Skvarla is named for the single East African species originally described as Vernonia nyassae Oliv. Its pollen is lophate and triporate, with a per…

From introduced American weed to Cape Verde Islands endemic: the case of Solanum rigidum Lam. (Solanaceae, Solanum subg…

A Solanum species long considered an American introduction to the Cape Verde Islands off the west coast of Africa is identified as Solanum rigidum, a member of the Eggplant clade …

Utility of QR codes in biological collections

The popularity of QR codes for encoding information such as URIs has increased exponentially in step with the technological advances and availability of smartphones, digital table…

Ridleyandra chuana (Gesneriaceae), a new species from Peninsular Malaysia

Ridleyandra chuana, a new species of Gesneriaceae, is described and illustrated. It is endemic in Peninsular Malaysia and known from two small and restricted populations in montan…

Herbarium of Vascular Plants Collection of the University of Extremadura (Spain)

The herbarium of University of Extremadura (UNEX Herbarium) is formed by 36451 specimens of vascular plants whose main origin is the autonomous region of Extremadura (Spain) and P…

The rediscovery of Passiflora kwangtungensis Merr. (subgenus Decaloba supersection Disemma): a critically endangered Ch…

Passiflora kwangtungensis is a critically endangered Chinese species known from Guangxi, Guangdong, and Jiangxi Provinces. The species belongs to Passiflora subgenus Decaloba, sup…

A reassessment of Anthurium species with palmately divided leaves, and a reinterpretation of Anthurium section Dactylop…

A reappraisal is made of the Anthurium Schott species with palmately divided leaves with 3 or more segments free to the base (i.e. palmatisect leaves), previously recognized as se…

How many taxa can be recognized within the complex Tillandsia capillaris (Bromeliaceae, Tillandsioideae)? Analysis of t…

Tillandsia capillaris Ruiz & Pav., which belongs to the subgenus Diaphoranthema is distributed in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, northern and central Argentina, and Chile, and includes f…

The typification of Cordia flavescens Aubl., the transfer of Firensia Scop. from Cordia L. (Cordiaceae; Boraginales) to…

Firensia Scop. was based on Cordia flavescens Aubl., a species described and illustrated from a mixed collection that Scopoli never transferred to Firensia. The genus included thr…

Ampelocissus asekii J. Wen, R. Kiapranis & M. Lovave, a new species of Vitaceae from Papua New Guinea

A new species Ampelocissus asekii J.Wen, R.Kiapranis & M.Lovave of Vitaceae is described from Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. It is a close relative of A. muelleriana Planch.…

The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequen…

The most recent critical checklists of the Cucurbitaceae of India are 30 years old. Since then, botanical exploration, online availability of specimen images and taxonomic literat…

New and existing combinations in Palaeotropical Phlegmariurus (Lycopodiaceae) and lectotypification of the type species…

The genus Phlegmariurus Holub is recognised more widely than originally proposed and is circumscribed to include both Neotropic and Palaeotropic epiphytic and terrestrial species …

Zyzyura, a new genus of Eupatorieae (Asteraceae) from Belize

A new Genus, Zyzyura is named to accommodate Fleischmannia mayana Pruski that has an eximbricate involucre, a high-conical receptacle, a corolla with a slender base closely invest…

Chilean Pitavia more closely related to Oceania and Old World Rutaceae than to Neotropical groups: evidence from two cp…

The position of the plant genus Pitavia within an infrafamilial phylogeny of Rutaceae (rue, or orange family) was investigated with the use of two non-coding regions from cpDNA, t…

On the front line of modern data-management and Open Access publishing: Two years of PhytoKeys – the fastest growing jo…

PhytoKeys was launched on the 1st of November 2010 as a novel, peer-reviewed, open-access outlet for plant biodiversity research and since then the journal quickly gained the supp…

Symphysodontella madhusoodananii (Pterobryaceae, Moss) a new species from the Western Ghats of India

Symphysodontella madhusoodananii Manju & Rajesh, sp. nov. an epiphytic pendant moss, with flagellate branches and long acuminate leaves with two short costa is described and illus…

Two new combinations in the genus Distephanus Cass. (Asteraceae, Vernonieae)

New combinations are provided in Distephanus for two species from Madagascar.

Synopsis of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) of continental Ecuador

A critical review of the Ecuadorian species of Acalypha L. (Euphorbiaceae) is presented; 20 of the 38 previously recognized species are accepted, 9 are considered synonyms and 9 a…

First instalment in resolution of the Banksia spinulosa complex (Proteaceae): B. neoanglica, a new species supported by…

Taxa in the Banksia spinulosa Sm. complex (Proteaceae) have populations with sympatric, parapatric and allopatric distributions and unclear or disputed boundaries. Our hypothesis …

Aristolochia vallisicola (Aristolochiaceae), a new species from Peninsular Malaysia

A new species in the genus Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae), A. vallisicola T.L.Yao, from Peninsular Malaysia is described and illustrated. Among all Peninsular Malaysian Aristoloc…

Taxonomy and diversity of slit‐band gastropods (Order Pleurotomariida) and some slit bearing Caenogastropoda from the P…

Pleurotomariida have the longest fossil record among living gastropods and are diverse and abundant in the middle and upper Palaeozoic. Its traditional classification is based on …

Systematics and ecology of the Australasian genus Empodisma (Restionaceae) and description of a new species from peatla…

The genus Empodisma comprises two species that are ecologically important in wetland habitats. Empodismagracillimum is restricted to south-western Australia, whereas E.minus is fo…

Systematics of Trigonochloa (Poaceae, Chloridoideae, Chlorideae)

A systematic treatment including descriptions and a key for identification is provided for the two species of Trigonochloa, a genus recently segregated from the polyphyletic Lepto…

Die Grube „Silberkaute“ NNW Michelbach bei Usingen/Ts. (Bl. 5617 Usingen)

[…] Die von STIFFT (1831) beschriebenen und lange nicht lokalisierbaren „Silberlöcher“ bei Michelbach im Taunus konnten im Gelände wieder aufgefunden werden. Die Arbeit rekonstrui…

A new species of Cyanea (Campanulaceae, Lobelioideae) from Maui, Hawaiian Islands

Cyanea kauaulaensis H. Oppenheimer & Lorence sp. nov., a new, narrowly endemic species from Maui, Hawaiian Islands is described, illustrated with field photos, and its affinities …

A new species of Roupala (Proteaceae) from Central Brazil

A new species of Roupala, R. gertii from the endangered Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil is described and illustrated.

Schwermetalle und organische Schadstoffe in Böden der Region Biebesheim (nördliche Oberrheinebene)

[...] In der Region Biebesheim wurden aufgrund einer dort ansässigen Sondermüllverbrennungsanlage sowie im Rahmen von Untersuchungen über die Schadstoffbelastung der Auen eine Vie…

Florabank1: a grid-based database on vascular plant distribution in the northern part of Belgium (Flanders and the Brus…

Florabank1 is a database that contains distributional data on the wild flora (indigenous species, archeophytes and naturalised aliens) of Flanders and the Brussels Capital Region.…

Hydrated sub-arc mantle: a source for the Kluchevskoy volcano, Kamchatka/Russia

Oxygen isotope ratios of olivine and clinopyroxene phenocrysts from the Kluchevskoy volcano in Kamchatka have been studied by CO2 and ArF laser techniques. Measured δ18O values of…

A new species of Dorstenia (Moraceae) from southeastern Brazil

Dorstenia stellaris is a new species from southeastern Brazil. This species is endemic to the region and differs from the others by its star shaped coenanthium and cordiform leave…

Dolomitic slates from Uruguay: petrophysical and petromechanical characterization and deposit evaluation

Slates are internationally known as roof and façade-cladding material since prehistoric times. The methods required to mine and manufacture these dimensional stones are relatively…

Synopsis of Trichosanthes (Cucurbitaceae) based on recent molecular phylogenetic data

The snake gourd genus, Trichosanthes, is the largest genus in the Cucurbitaceae family, with over 90 species. Recent molecular phylogenetic data have indicated that the genus Gymn…

Die Kesseltäler der vulkanischen Westeifel

In der vulkanischen Westeifel wurden seit 1823 kraterförmige Erweiterungen einiger Täler, sogenannte Kesseltäler, als vermutlich den Maaren nahestehend beschrieben; ihre Genese …

A revision of the fern genus Oleandra (Oleandraceae) in Asia

The Asiatic species of Oleandra (Oleandraceae) are revised. We reduce a large number of species to O. neriiformis and O. sibbaldii, we provide a revised circumscription of O. cumi…

Dreikomponentige Magnetfeldmessungen in der Bohrung Sichenhausen-Eschwald bei Schotten im Hohen Vogelsberg

[…] In der Forschungsbohrung Sichenhausen-Eschwald im Hohen Vogelsberg wurden dreikomponentige Magnetfeldmessungen mit dem Göttinger Bohrlochmagnetometer durchgeführt. Ziel war di…

Ausbildung und Genese von sekundär geröteten Unterdevon-Schichten in der Nordeifel (Nordrhein-Westfalen)

In den Unterdevon-Schichten der Nordeifel westlich der Mechernicher Triassenke sind sekundär durch Hämatit gerötete Tonsteine verbreitet. Ihr makroskopisches Erscheinungsbild wi…

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