Works on Plant and animal studies

Impatiens tainingensis J.-D.Lin & P.Li, sp. nov., is described and illustrated. It was collected from a moist valley of Mt. Zhuangyuanyan, Fujian Province, in Southeastern China. …

A new species of functionally dioecious bush tomato from the “Solanum dioicum + S. echinatum group” of Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum is described. Solanum nectarifolium Martine &…

Micranthes virginiensis (Saxifragaceae) is an herbaceous, flowering plant species native to eastern North America with a range extending from the Gulf of Mexico into Canada. This …

A new species exhibiting cauliflory within the tribe Argostemmateae (Rubiaceae), Mycetia saxicola Z.Q. Song & D.X. Xu, is described and illustrated from limestone areas in Yunnan,…

Microlicia D.Don (Melastomataceae, Lavoisiereae) is a genus of shrubs and subshrubs comprising nearly 300 species, primarily distributed across nutrient-poor, open habitats in Bra…

Balanophora xinfeniae C.L.Fu, M.Li & B.Xu, a new species discovered in Xizang, China, is described and illustrated here. Molecular phylogenetic analyses and morphological comparis…

Natural hybridization in Neotropical orchids is summarized, and the frequency of nothogenera in the subtribe Zygopetalinae is highlighted. A new nothogenus discovered in Costa Ric…

A new species, named Primula xinjingensis, has been described from north-eastern Guizhou, China. It belongs to the sect. Monocarpicae. The species resembles P. pellucida in having…

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…

Carlephyton sajoreciae is a new species of Araceae from northern Madagascar. It is distinguishable from the similar C. darainense mainly by the purple interior spathe, yellow spad…

A new species, Lysimachia speciosa, from western Hubei Province, Central China, is described and illustrated. The species is morphologically similar to L. deltoidea, especially va…

A new woodfern species, Dryopteris pycnolepis, is described from northern Vietnam. The new species differs mainly in having broadly lanceolate scales (versus ovate-lanceolate) on …

A new species of Pleurothallis subgenus Pleurothallis section Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae, recently discovered in upper montane cloud forests of the province of Loja, southern Ecuad…

The diversity of climbing Annonaceae in New Guinea, the world’s largest tropical island, remains poorly known. Here, we provide a regional taxonomic account for three genera of th…

Lysimachia nanshanensis, a new species of Lysimachia ser. Paridiformes discovered in Nanshan National Park of southwest Hunan, China, is described and illustrated. Morphologically…

A new species of Dichocarpum from Guizhou, China, is described and illustrated. Morphologically, it resembles D. auriculatum, D. trifoliolatum, D. basilare, D. franchetii, D. aris…

While preparing a taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Klarobelia Chatrou (Annonaceae), two species new to science – Klarobelia icoja S.Lara & Chatrou, sp. nov., and Malmea…

A new species in Athyriaceae, Diplazium clivicolum (section Anisogonium) is described and illustrated from southern Yunnan, China. Diplazium clivicolum exhibits the greatest morph…

During the filmy fern (Hymenophyllaceae) diversity study in Thailand, the genus Didymoglossum was investigated using morphological data and molecular phylogenetic analyses of the …

A new species of Derris Lour. (Fabaceae), Derris longiracemosa Boonprajan & Sirich., sp. nov., is described as the species bearing the longest inflorescences recorded in the genus…

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 genus Cistanche is the subject of considerable taxonomic confusion due to reduced morphology, poor preservation in herbaria, and misidentification. Here we re-examine the Cist…

The Juglandaceae species Pterocarya serrata C.K.Schneid. was first described in 1912, but its assumed holotype, a flowering E. H. Wilson collection in the Vienna herbarium, was de…

Impatiens meishanensis K.Huang & Z.X.Fu, sp. nov., a new species of Balsaminaceae from Meishan City, Sichuan Province, China, is described and illustrated. The complete chloroplas…

A new species, Ardisia dahoaiensis (Subgenus Tinus), is described from Lam Dong Province in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Additionally, two taxa from the subgenus Bladhia of A…

Recent research towards a revision of Neotropical Mendoncia has confirmed the existence of a new species growing in the semideciduous seasonal forest (mata de planalto) component …

A new endemic species of Geniostoma from Kaua‘i, Hawaiian Islands, is described and illustrated with notes on its distribution, ecology, conservation status, and relationships to …

The megagenus Erica L. (Ericaceae) comprises 851 species across its global distribution, with an extraordinary focus of diversity in the Cape Floristic Region (CFR) of South Afric…

Based on a comprehensive analysis of type materials, protologues, herbarium specimens, and field observations, this study clarifies the taxonomic status of Silene dawoensis and re…

The species Tarenna pendula (Rubiaceae), a small shrub, is newly described and illustrated from southwestern Guangxi Autonomous Region, China. This species is similar to Tarenna t…

Hiptage (Malpighiaceae) is a genus almost exclusively native to Asia, with a single species, Hiptage benghalensis, being a noxious invasive plant in several areas of the world and…

Three new species of Pleurothallis, each exhibiting prolific vegetative growth, are described from Costa Rica and western Panama. Prolification refers to the development of a vege…

Begonia chucantiensis sp. nov. is described as a new species of Begonia section Lepsia from Cerro Chucantí, Darién Province, in eastern Panama. A study of the literature and herba…

The new species Eriolaena bacgiangensis from Vietnam is described and illustrated. The identified key was constructed to indicate the differences amongst three allied species of E…

A new orchid species, Gastrodia microchila is described and illustrated. The species was found in a mixed dipterocarp forest in the Belait district, Brunei Darussalam, northern Bo…

Based on observations of living plants of Hydrocotyle calcicola in the field, together with examination of herbarium specimens and descriptions of both H. calcicola and H. chiangd…

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…

Somnuekia is described as a new genus of Malvaceae, currently known only from a few locations in the upper part of Tenasserim in northern and peninsular Thailand. Morphological an…

Impatiens maolanensis Z.B.Xiong & Q.Y.Wen (Balsaminaceae), a new species of Impatiens subg. Clavicarpa from Maolan National Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China, is described. The new s…

Pyrus zhaoxuanii is described as a new species from Guangdong Province, China, within the genus Pyrus, specifically under P. subg. Pashia. Although it shares morphological similar…

The Kaua‘i species Schiedea kauaiensis H. St. John was previously characterized by a geographical range including a number of Napali Coast valleys and the Limahuli, Wainiha, and M…

During floristic inventories in remnant cloud forests of the Centinela Ridge of the Chocó Region of Ecuador, where less than 7 km2 of forest patches remain across an area of appro…

Grewia kentingensis Y.H. Tseng, Chih Y.Chang & C.Y.Lin, sp. nov., a new species found on elevated coral reefs in southern Taiwan, is described. The species was previously misident…

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…

A new species of Orobanche is described from the Canary Islands. The plant belongs to the complicated Subsection Minores and has a distinct combination of morphological features, …

A taxonomic revision of Thinouia (Sapindaceae) is presented, including typification and descriptions for all accepted species. Phylogenetic analyses based on molecular data confir…

A new species of Nasa ser. Alatae (Urban & Gilg) Weigend from Northern Peru is described and illustrated. Nasa katjae sp. nov. was at first encountered by an observation on iNatur…

Two new species of Ocotea (Lauraceae) from Southern Mexico are described and illustrated. Based on their floral morphology, vegetative indument, and micromorphological attributes,…

Gastrochilus obovatifolius, a new species discovered in the Dabashan of northeast Chongqing (China), is described and illustrated. The novelty morphologically resembles G. affinis…

A new species of Gymnema from Vietnam – G. phuquocense – is described, illustrated, and compared with the similar G. yunnanense. Gymnema phuquocense differs from G. yunnanense by …