Works on Botanical Research and Applications
Published research works tagged with the topic “Botanical Research and Applications”.
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Morphometric study of third-instar larvae from five morphotypes of the Anastrepha fraterculus cryptic species complex (…
The occurrence of cryptic species among economically important fruit flies strongly affects the development of management tactics for these pests. Tools for studying cryptic speci…
Taxonomy and phenotypic relationships of the Anastrepha fraterculus complex in the Mesoamerican and Pacific Neotropical…
Previous morphometric studies based on linear measurements of female structures of the aculeus, mesonotum, and wing revealed the existence of seven morphotypes within the Anastrep…
Orbilia beltraniae, a new succulenticolous species from the Canary Islands
Orbilia beltraniae is a new succulenticolous species from the Canary Islands associated with Euphorbia scrubs. Phylogenetic analyses based on rDNA sequences of ITS and partial LSU…
Systematic history and updated generic key of the tribe Spathicarpeae (Aroideae, Araceae)
The Neotropical tribe Spathicarpeae (Araceae, Aroideae) comprises 14 genera distributed from southern Mexico to Uruguay. Despite its complex taxonomic history, the tribe lacks a c…
Resolving the taxonomic enigma of Nesocaryum stylosum (Boraginaceae): phylogenetic evidence for its reclassification as…
The classification of Nesocaryum stylosum (Boraginaceae) has remained unresolved for nearly a century. This species is endemic to Isla San Ambrosio, a small island located approxi…
A new species of Echinodorus (Alismatales, Alismataceae) from the Chaco region with a waterlily soul
We describe Echinodorus nenufar, a new species from ephemeral aquatic environments in the dry Chaco region of northern Argentina and western Paraguay. This species is readily dist…
A nomenclator of Drymaria (Caryophyllaceae)
Drymaria (Caryophyllaceae) is here considered to contain 56 species plus 19 infraspecific taxa, excluding autonyms. In the current study, all effectively published names of Drymar…
A new tree species from seasonally dry tropical forest in southern Ecuador, Spirotheca zapotillana sp. nov. (Malvaceae)…
A new species of Malvaceae, Spirotheca zapotillana, is described from the Equatorial Pacific region of South America. The species occurs in seasonally dry tropical forests of El O…
A new species of Nototriche (Malvaceae, Malvoideae) from the high Andes of Ecuador
A new species of Nototriche (Malvaceae, Malvoideae) growing in the high Andes of Ecuador is described. Nototriche antisanensis E.J.Trujillo, Muriel, Espinel-Ortiz & Romol. is a cu…
The native species of Callianthe (Malvaceae, Malvoideae) in northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas an…
The native species of Callianthe Donnell (Malvaceae, Malvoideae) in northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas and adjacent Brazil) are reviewed. Five species are re…
Pollen and morphometric analysis reveal Solanum tavinuuyuku (Solanaceae), a new dioecious species from Mesoamerican Sol…
Solanum tavinuuyuku, of the Sierra Madre del Sur ecoregion of South-Central Mexico, is a viny, node-rooting species of the Potato clade, in the subclade Solanum sect. Anarrhichome…
A new cherry species (Prunus, Rosaceae) from south-western Ecuador
Prunus luxurians, a new species from Buenaventura Reserve at El Oro province in Ecuador is described and illustrated. Additionally, notes on its geographical distribution, ecology…
A revision of the endemic Brazilian Solanum hexandrum group (Leptostemonum, Solanum, Solanaceae)
The Leptostemonum Clade, or the ‘spiny solanums’, represents half of the species diversity of the large cosmopolitan genus Solanum (Solanaceae). Brazil is a centre of both species…
A synopsis of Christiana DC. (Malvaceae, Brownlowioideae), with a new species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
A taxonomic synopsis is provided for the genus Christiana, with emphasis on the American species. Full synonymies, typifications, comments about distribution, and notes on main di…
Two new species of Ocotea (Lauraceae) with clustered leaves from the Uxpanapa region, Mexico
Two new species of Ocotea (Lauraceae) from Southern Mexico are described and illustrated. Based on their floral morphology, vegetative indument, and micromorphological attributes,…
Cryptantha acrimuricata (Boraginaceae), a distinctive new taxon of series Muricatae
In the process of studying the species Cryptantha muricata and its varieties, we discovered a unique taxon of the genus that resembles C. muricata but differs in having a mostly d…
Cryptantha whippleae (Boraginaceae), a new serpentine-adapted species endemic to northern California, U.S.A.
Cryptantha whippleae D.A.York & M.G.Simpson (Boraginaceae) is described as new. This species is currently known to occur in serpentine barrens in the Shasta-Trinity National Fores…
Miconia garagoana - Melastomataceae: A new rheophytic species from the eastern Andes of Colombia
A new species, Miconia garagoana, from riparian environments of the northern Cordillera Oriental of Colombia, is described. This is the second species exclusive to rheophytic cond…
Seven new species of Rinorea (Violaceae) from the Neotropics
Over the course of revising the genus Rinorea (Violaceae) from Colombia, field observations and herbarium studies revealed seven new species. Several of the new species described …
Taxonomic dissection based on molecular evidence of the Eriosyce curvispina complex (Cactaceae): identifying nine ende…
Chile’s distinctive flora, geographical isolation, and complex topography collectively contribute to a notable endemic species diversity, particularly within central regions ident…
Eugenia sarahchazaroi (Myrtaceae, Myrteae), a new species from the cloud forest of Mexico
Following the description of Eugenia naraveana in 2016 from the cloud forest of the Cofre de Perote volcano, Mexico, the doubt about the existence of another unlocalized and sympa…
A new species of Iochroma Benth. (Solanaceae) from the eastern Andes of Colombia
Iochroma orozcoae A.Orejuela & S.D.Sm., sp. nov. (Solanaceae) is described from the Andean forests of Cundinamarca in the eastern cordillera of Colombia. Iochroma orozcoae was fir…
A note on the type of Harpalyce (Fabaceae, Brongniartieae), with description of two new local endemic species from Cuba
Two new species of Harpalyce are described from Cuba, H. revoluta sp. nov. from a serpentine area in the northern part of E. Cuba and H. marianensis sp. nov. from calcareous areas…
Licaria ramiroi (Lauraceae), a new species from Western Mexico
Licaria ramiroi, a species endemic to western Mexico, is described and illustrated. The ascription of the new species to Licaria is analysed. It is classified in the subgen. Licar…
A new species of Hibiscus (Malvaceae, Malvoideae) from Guyana
Hibiscus marioniae Dorr, sp. nov. is described and illustrated. It evidently is restricted to central Guyana, northeast of the Kanuku Mountains near the Rewa River, a tributary of…
Two new species of Miersia and their phylogenetic placements alongside the recently described M. putaendensis (Gillies…
Two new species of the Chilean endemic genus Miersia (Gilliesieae, Allioideae, Amaryllidaceae) are described, M. stellata and M. raucoana, alongside morphological descriptions, a …
Monograph of Doselia (Solanaceae), a new hemiepiphytic genus endemic to the northern Andes
A new genus, Doselia A.Orejuela & Särkinen, gen. nov., is described in the tribe Solandreae (Solanaceae) consisting of four species of hemiepiphytic lianas endemic to the premonta…
Johnstonella punensis (Boraginaceae), a new species endemic to the dry Puna of Chile
In an earlier molecular phylogenetic study, a sample of what was originally identified as Cryptantha hispida (Boraginaceae) from Chile, grouped with species of the genus Johnstone…
New species of Anthurium Schott (Araceae) from the Kõkõi Eujã Natural Traditional Reserve of the Pacific coast, Cauca D…
The Kõkõi Eujã Natural Traditional Reserve was created in 2019 to protect the golden poison frog (Phyllobates terribilis Myers, Daly & Malkin, 1978) in the Cauca Department of Col…
Solanum hydroides (Solanaceae): a prickly novelty from the land of the sugar loaves, central Brazilian Atlantic Forest
Solanum hydroides Gouvêa & Giacomin, sp. nov., is described from central Brazilian Atlantic Forest. It is known from only three localities in Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais state…
Two new species of Chlorospatha section Orientales (Araceae) from western Andes in Colombia
Two new species of Chlorospatha (section Orientales) from the western slope of the Cordillera Occidental in the departments of Valle del Cauca and Choco (Colombia) are described h…
New species of Paullinia (Sapindaceae) from continental tropical America
Six new species are described in the large Neotropical genus Paullinia (Sapindaceae), P. cidii, P. decorticans, P. fruticosa, P. hondurensis; P. martinellii and P. wurdackii. In a…
A new large-flowered species of Andeimalva (Malvaceae, Malvoideae) from Peru
Andeimalva peruviana Dorr & C.Romero, sp. nov., the third Peruvian endemic in a small genus of five species, is described and illustrated from a single collection made at high ele…
A new species of Geotrigona Moure from the Caribbean coast of Colombia (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
A new species of the Neotropical stingless bee genus Geotrigona Moure from the Caribbean coast of Colombia is described and figured. Geotrigona joearroyoi sp. n. belongs to the fu…
A new species of Raputia (Rutaceae) from the Selva Central of Peru
Raputia codo-pozuzoensis Rob. Fernandez & Arteaga, sp. nov. (Galipeinae, Rutaceae), a new species endemic to the Huanuco region, in the Selva Central of Peru, is described and ill…
A new disjunct Dendrothrix (Euphorbiaceae, tribe Hippomaneae): a Guiana Shield element in sub-Andean cordilleras of Ecu…
Dendrothrix condorensis K.Wurdack, sp. nov. from the sub-Andean cordilleras of Ecuador and Peru is described and illustrated. The new species is geographically widely separated fr…
A new species of Saracha (Solanaceae) from the Central Andes of Peru
Saracha andina Rob. Fernandez, I. Revilla & E. Pariente, sp. nov. (Solanaceae), a new species endemic to the central Andes of Peru, is described here. The new species differs from…
Taxonomic and floristic novelties for Echeveria (Crassulaceae) in Central Michoacan, Mexico
A new species, Echeveria coruana, is described and illustrated from the malpaís near San Andrés Corú, Michoacan, Mexico. The species belongs to series Gibbiflorae and the new taxo…
Anatomical and morphological spine variation in Gymnocalycium kieslingii subsp. castaneum (Cactaceae)
Although spine variation within cacti species or populations is assumed to be large, the minimum sample size of different spine anatomical and morphological traits required for sp…
The Andean Paepalanthus pilosus complex (Eriocaulaceae): a revision with three new taxa
A herbarium-based revision is provided for Paepalanthus pilosus and allies, five commonly confused species of cushion plants native to Andean paramo. These are placed in the recir…
Solanum lagoense (Solanaceae, Geminata clade), a new species from Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
A new species of Solanum (Solanaceae) from the Geminata clade is described for the Brazilian flora. S. lagoense Stehmann is only known from Lapinha, a rocky massif located in the …
New blueberry and mortiño relatives (Ericaceae) from northwestern Colombia
The inventory of the vascular plants of one of the richest and least studied floras, the Andean and Chocó regions of northwestern Colombia, targets Las Orquídeas National Park. As…
Three new species of Licania (Chrysobalanaceae) from Peru
Recent collections received for identification contain three conspicuous new species for the mid altitude forests of Amazonian Peru. Licania palcazuensis, L. apiknae and L. montea…
A new species of Licania (Chrysobalanaceae) from Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador
A new mid altitude species of the predominantly lowland genus Licania, L. condoriensis from Ecuador is described and illustrated.
A revision of the Dulcamaroid Clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae)
The Dulcamaroid clade of Solanum contains 45 species of mostly vining or weakly scandent species, including the common circumboreal weed Solanum dulcamara L. The group comprises m…
A synopsis of Harperocallis (Tofieldiaceae, Alismatales) with ten new combinations
Ten new combinations from Asagraea, Isidrogaliva, and Tofieldia are proposed in the previously monospecific genus Harperocallis (Tofieldiaceae, Alismatales). As circumscribed here…
Melothria domingensis (Cucurbitaceae), an endangered Caribbean endemic, is a Cayaponia
The Neotropical genus Melothria (Benincaseae, Cucurbitaceae) is a small group of yellow- or white-flowered climbers with small to medium-sized fruits. In 1899, Alfred Cogniaux des…