Works on Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
Published research works tagged with the topic “Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions”.
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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…
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…
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…
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…
New Species of Virola (Myristicaceae) from South America
With about 70 species Virola, is the largest genus of Myristicaceae in the Neotropics, the genus ranked in the top ten genera of abundance across Amazonia. Ten new species are pro…
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…
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…
Two new pendulous epiphytic Columnea L. (Gesneriaceae) species from the Chocó forests of the Northern Andes
Exploratory field expeditions to the Chocó forests in the northwestern slopes of the Ecuadorian and Colombian Andes resulted in the discovery of two new species of Columnea (Gesne…
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…
A new species and new records of Solanum (Solanaceae) from Colombia
We describe a new species of the Geminata clade of Solanum from Colombia and provide new distributional records for two additional Solanum species, recorded here for the first tim…
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…
Taxonomic revision of the peculiar genus Xylopodia (Loasaceae) with a new species from Argentina and Bolivia demonstra…
Loasaceae subfam. Loasoideae are a nearly exclusively American plant group with a center of diversity in Peru. Numerous new taxa have been described over the past decades; one of …
Relationships among Calibrachoa, Fabiana and Petunia (Petunieae tribe, Solanaceae) and a new generic placement of Arge…
Calibrachoa Cerv., Fabiana Ruiz & Pav., and Petunia Juss. form a clade within tribe Petunieae (Solanaceae). Phylogenetic studies of Petunieae, either as part of a family-wide anal…
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…
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…
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…
A natural hybrid of Sindora (Fabaceae, Detarioideae) from Singapore
Sindora × changiensis L.M.Choo, Loo, W.F.Ang & K.Er is a new hybrid from the subfamily Detarioideae in Fabaceae. This is the first reported instance of natural hybridisation in Si…
Two new species of Drymonia (Gesneriaceae) from Northwestern South America, including the discovery of the longest flo…
Two new species, Drymonia intermedia Clavijo & J.L.Clark, sp. nov. and D. longiflora J.L.Clark & Clavijo, sp. nov. (Gesneriaceae, Columneinae), are described from the western Ande…
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. …
Valeriana praecipitis (Caprifoliaceae), a species new to science and endemic to Central Chile
The species Valeriana praecipitis (Caprifoliaceae), new to science and endemic to the Ñuble Region, Central Chile, is formally described. Morphological data support its placement …
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…
Pulvinatusia (Brassicaceae), a new cushion genus from China and its systematic position
The new genus and species Pulvinatusia xuegulaensis (Brassicaceae) are described and illustrated. The species is a cushion plant collected from Xuegu La, Xizang, China. Its vegeta…
Molecular and morphological evidence for a new species of Pogostemon (Lamiaceae) from Hainan Island, China
Pogostemon hainanensis, a new species of Lamiaceae from Hainan Island, China, is described. The phylogenetic position of the new species within Pogostemon was investigated based o…
The rediscovery of Carya poilanei (Juglandaceae) after 63 years reveals a new record from China
Despite having been first published in 1941, Carya poilanei (A.Chev.) J.-F.Leroy is only known from three collections in Vietnam, Laos and Thailand. It has not been recollected si…
Notes on Carex (Cyperaceae) from China (VIII): five new species and a new variety from southern and south-western China
Our field surveys and specimen examination of Carex from southern to south-western regions in China resulted in the discovery of five new species and one new variety, which are he…
Carex malipoensis (Cyperaceae), a new species from southeast Yunnan, China
Carex malipoensis, a new species from southeast Yunnan, China, is here described and illustrated. It is morphologically similar to C. trichophylla in sect. Euprepes, but differs f…
Species discrimination of novel chloroplast DNA barcodes and their application for identification of Panax (Aralioidea…
Certain species within the genus Panax L. (Araliaceae) contain pharmacological precious ginsenosides, also known as ginseng saponins. Species containing these compounds are of hig…
A new species (Begonia giganticaulis) of Begoniaceae from southern Xizang (Tibet) of China
Begonia giganticaulis, a huge new species in Begonia sect. Platycentrum of Begoniaceae from southern Xizang (Tibet) of China, is described. Morphologically, it is mostly similar t…
A new combination in Pseudolappula (Boraginaceae, Rochelieae) based on morphological, molecular and palynological evid…
Lappula sinaica was recently transferred to the monotypic genus Pseudolappula based on phylogenetic studies, while the related species, L. occultata, has remained in the genus Lap…
Primulina scutellifolia, a new species of Gesneriaceae from southern Vietnam
Primulina scutellifolia is described as a new species from Khanh Hoa Province, southern Central Vietnam. It is distinct in the genus in having scutellate leaves that make it a hig…
Taxonomic studies on the genus Isotrema (Aristolochiaceae) from China III: I. pseudohei, a new species from Yunnan, Sou…
Isotrema pseudohei, a new species from Yunnan, Southwest China, is described and illustrated. It is morphologically similar to I. hei and I. moupinense, but differs from the forme…
Coleus (Lamiaceae) in Peninsular Malaysia including two new species
In Peninsular Malaysia, Coleus is represented by five species. Two, C. hairulii Kiew and C. rafidahiae Kiew, are new species. Both are narrowly endemic and restricted to limestone…
Morphological and molecular evidence reveals three new species of Lithocarpus (Fagaceae) from Bidoup-Nui Ba National P…
Three new species, Lithocarpus bidoupensis Ngoc & Tagane, L. congtroiensis Ngoc & Yahara, and L. hongiaoensis Ngoc & Binh are described from Bidoup-Nui Ba National Park, Central H…
Glossoloma wiehleri (Gesneriaceae), a new species from the northwestern Andes of Ecuador
A new species of Glossoloma is described from the western Andean slopes of the Pichincha Province in northern Ecuador. Glossoloma wiehleri J.L.Clark & Tobar is differentiated from…
Primulina silaniae sp. nov. (Gesneriaceae) from the limestone area of Guizhou Province, China
Primulina silaniae X.X.Bai & F.Wen, a new species of Primulina Hance (Gesneriaceae) from the limestone area of Wangmo County, Guizhou Province, is described and illustrated. The n…
Causonis sessilifolia (Vitaceae), a new species from Thailand
A new species, Causonis sessilifolia, from Thailand is described, based on morphological and phylogenetical methods. A full description, conservation assessment, a key, images and…
Lespedeza danxiaensis (Fabaceae), a new species from Guangdong, China, based on molecular and morphological data
Lespedeza danxiaensis (Fabaceae), a new species from Danxiashan National Nature Reserve in Guangdong Province, is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically sim…
Spiradiclis detianensis (Rubiaceae, Ophiorrhizeae), a new species from southwestern Guangxi, China
A new species of Rubiaceae, Spiradiclis detianensis is described from a limestone karst area of southwestern China. This new species is morphologically similar to S. cordata and S…
Two new species and a new combination from Zhejiang, East China
As the supplement of the flora of Zhejiang, East China, two new species were described with illustrations. Cerastium huadingense Y.F.Lu, W.Y.Xie & X.F.Jin (Caryophyllaceae) differ…
Updated description of Diospyros dussaudii Lecomte (Ebenaceae), with lectotypification and notes on its distribution
Diospyros dussaudii is a poorly known species and previous descriptions lacked details about its female flowers and fruits. The species had not been recorded since type collection…