Works on Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
Published research works tagged with the topic “Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions”.
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A new species of Epidendrum L. (Orchidaceae) of pendulous habit from Peru
A new species of Epidendrum L. from northern Peru is described, illustrated, and compared with related species. This new species belongs to the Laxicaule Group and shares morpholo…
Saxifraga viridiflora (Saxifragaceae), an unusual new species from Guangxi, China
Saxifraga viridiflora, a remarkable new species of the genus Saxifraga sect. Irregulares (Saxifragaceae) from Guangxi, is described and illustrated herein. This new species morpho…
Hemiboea chanii (Gesneriaceae), a new species from limestone areas of northern Vietnam
Hemiboea chanii, a new species of Gesneriaceae from Ha Giang Province, northern Vietnam, is here described and illustrated. It has many branched stems, diamond-shaped involucre wi…
Perrottetia taronensis B.M.Barthol. & K.Armstr., sp. nov. (Dipentodontaceae), a new species from northwestern Yunnan Pr…
Perrottetia taronensis from the Dulong Jiang valley in northwestern Yunnan Province, China and the Babulongtan mountain range in northern Kachin State, Myanmar is here described a…
Euphorbia mbuinzauensis, a new succulent species in Kenya from the Synadenium group in Euphorbia sect. Monadenium (Euph…
Euphorbia mbuinzauensis, a succulent new species of the Synadenium group in Euphorbiaceae from Makueni County, Kenya, is described and illustrated. Morphologically, it is most sim…
Corybas papillatus (Orchidaceae), a new orchid species from peninsular Thailand
A new species, Corybas papillatus, is described and illustrated from peninsular Thailand. The new species is easily recognized through a combination of the following characters: t…
Begonia pseudoedulis, a new species in Begonia sect. Platycentrum (Begoniaceae) from southern Guangxi of China
Begonia pseudoedulis, a new species in Begonia sect. Platycentrum (Klotzsch) A.DC. (Begoniaceae) from southern Guangxi of China, is here described and illustrated. It morphologica…
Three new species of Columnea (Gesneriaceae) from the western Andean slopes of Ecuador and Colombia
Three new species of Columnea (Gesneriaceae, tribe Gesnerieae) are described from the western Andean slopes of northern Ecuador and southern Colombia. Columnea angulata J.L. Clark…
Cyclorhiza puana (Apiaceae), a new species from Sichuan, China
A new species, Cyclorhiza puana J. Zhou & Z.W. Liu (Apiaceae) from Sichuan Province of China, is described and illustrated here. Morphological comparisons with congeneric species …
Youngia hangii (Asteraceae, Crepidinae), a new species from Hubei, China
Youngia hangii T.Deng, D.G.Zhang, Qun Liu & Z.M.Li, sp. nov., a new species of Asteraceae, is described and illustrated. It was collected in Wufeng County, Hubei Province, Eastern…
Vaccinium motuoense (Ericaceae), a new species from Xizang, China
Vaccinium motuoense (Ericaceae), a new species from Motuo County, Xizang Autonomous Region, China is described and illustrated. This new species belongs to Vaccinium sect. Calcico…
Validation of Hosta alata (Asparagaceae) as a new species and its phylogenetic affinity
Molecular phylogenetic studies of Hosta pulchella (Asparagaceae) and its relatives, which are native to Japan, have been conducted and resulted in a highly resolved phylogeny. Spe…
Hanguana deflexa (Hanguanaceae), a new forest species from Sarawak, Borneo
Hanguana deflexa sp. nov. (Hanguanaceae) from Lawas district, Sarawak, Malaysia (northern Borneo) is described and illustrated, bringing the total number of species in Borneo to e…
Petrocosmea duyunensis (Gesneriaceae), a new species from Guizhou, China
Plants belonging to the genus Petrocosmea are rare and small herbs difficult to find in the wild. In the present study, a new species, Petrocosmea duyunensis, from Guizhou, China,…
Three new species of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from southern Western Ghats, Kerala
Three new species of Impatiens, Impatiens achudanandanii, I. danii, and I. shailajae, are described from Thiruvananthapuram and Idukki districts of Kerala state (SW-India). Impati…
Three new endemic species of Lepanthes (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae) from the highlands of Ecuador
Three new species of Lepanthes from Ecuador are described and illustrated. These additions to the Ecuadorean flora were recorded in evergreen montane forest and páramo as part of …
A new species and a new series of Elatostema (Urticaceae) from south-western China
The new series Elatostema section Weddellia series Xingyiensia L.D. Duan & D.H. Yin (Urticaceae) is described. In addition, its new species Elatostema xingyiense L.D. Duan & D.H. …
Morphology and molecules support the new monotypic genus Parainvolucrella (Rubiaceae) from Asia
Parainvolucrella R.J. Wang, a new monotypic genus for P. scabra (Wall. ex Kurz) M.D.Yuan & R.J.Wang, new combination, is segregated from the Hedyotis-Oldenlandia complex, based on…
Vaccinium exiguum (Ericaceae, Vaccinieae), a new species from the ultramafic summit of Mt. Victoria, Palawan Island, Ph…
Vaccinium exiguum from the ultramafic summit of Mt. Victoria, Palawan Island, Philippines is here described as a new species of Ericaceae. It closely resembles V. hamiguitanense b…
Big fruits with tiny tepals: An unusual new species of Lauraceae from southwestern China
We collected an unusual new plant of Phoebe (Lauraceae) from southeastern Yunnan, China, which possesses more or less oblong leaves, paniculate inflorescences with strictly opposi…
Begonia catbensis (sect. Coelocentrum, Begoniaceae), a new species from northern Vietnam
Begonia catbensis, a new species in Begonia sect. Coelocentrum is described and illustrated. The new species was discovered in lowland limestone hills at Cat Ba National Park and …
Begonia shenzhenensis, a new species of Begoniaceae from Guangdong, China
Begonia shenzhenensis D.K.Tian & X.Yun Wang, sp. nov., a new species in Begonia sect. Platycentrum of Begoniaceae from Shenzhen of Guangdong province, China, is described and illu…
Smelowskia sunhangii (Brassicaceae), a new species from China, with a re-evaluation of the S. tibetica complex
Smelowskia sunhangii, from Qinghai and Tibet (China), is described and illustrated. Morphological and molecular data indicate that S. sunhangii is closely related to Smelowskia ti…
Two new species of Otoba (Myristicaceae) from Colombia
Otoba is the third largest genus of Myristicaceae in the Neotropics with 12 species, nine of them native to Colombia. Two new species from the department of Antioquia, O. scottmor…
Typifications of some species names in Anthurium section Pachyneurium (Araceae)
During a taxonomic study of Anthurium sect. Pachyneurium, it was found that the names of four species required typification. Verification of the protologues and cited collections …
Hybridization of Oxalis corniculata and O. dillenii in their non-native range
Many species have been introduced beyond their native ranges and many have become global weeds. Human mediated dispersal has removed the geographic isolation of these species, rev…
Two new species of Athenaea Sendtn. (Solanaceae) from the Atlantic forests of south-eastern Brazil
Two new species of Athenaea Sendtn. (Solanaceae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest are described and illustrated. Athenaea altoserranae I.M.C. Rodrigues & Stehmann, sp. nov. from…
Lagenophora (Asteraceae, Astereae) in New Caledonia
The genus Lagenophora Cass. is taxonomically revised for New Caledonia with two species recognised. Lagenophora sinuosa Lannuzel, Gâteblé & Jian Wang ter, sp. nov. is endemic to N…
Chayamaritia vietnamensis (Gesneriaceae), a new species from Son La Province, northern Vietnam
Chayamaritia vietnamensis, a new species from Son La Province, northern Vietnam, is described and illustrated. The phylogenetic study revealed that the new species is most closely…
Primulina papillosa (Gesneriaceae), a new species from limestone areas of Guangxi, China
Primulina papillosa Z.B. Xin, W.C. Chou & F. Wen, a new species from limestone areas of Guangxi, China, is described and illustrated here. It morphologically resembles P. linearif…
Chrysosplenium sangzhiense (Saxifragaceae), a new species from Hunan, China
Chrysosplenium sangzhiense Hong Liu, a new species from Hunan, China, is described and illustrated. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that the new species belongs to subgen. Chry…
A new species of Viola (Violaceae) from Guangdong Province, China
Viola huizhouensis (Violaceae), a new species from Xiangtoushan National Nature Reserve of Guangdong Province in China, is described and illustrated. The new species is most simil…
Impatiens wutaishanensis (Balsaminaceae), a new species from Southeast Yunnan, China
Impatiens wutaishanensis R.L. Liao & Lei Cai, a new species from Southeast Yunnan, China, is here described and illustrated. This new species is most similar to Impatiens parvisep…
Heteropterys rosmarinifolia, a new species of Malpighiaceae with verticillate leaves from savannas grasslands of centra…
A new species of Heteropterys belonging to the Parabanisteria informal group is described for the savannas grasslands of the Serra do Tombador Natural Reserve, municipality of Cav…
Three new species of Uvariodendron (Annonaceae) from coastal East Africa in Kenya and Tanzania
East Africa is a hotspot of biodiversity with many endemic plant species. We describe three new species of the genus Uvariodendron (Annonaceae) from the coastal forests of Kenya a…
Chroesthes (Acanthaceae) in Peninsular Malaysia, including a new species from Kelantan and a new record from Terengganu
Chroesthes is a small genus that includes three species from Peninsular Malaysia: Chroesthes faizaltahiriana Siti-Munirah sp. nov., C. lanceolata (T. Anderson) B.Hansen and C. lon…
Hoya pyrifolia (Apocynaceae), a new species from south-western Yunnan, China
Hoya pyrifolia, a new species of Apocynaceae from Yunnan Province, China, is described and illustrated. Results from phylogenetic analyses, based on combined DNA fragments of the …
A new natural hybrid of Iris (Iridaceae) from Chongqing, China
A newly discovered natural hybrid, Iris × ampliflora Y.E. Xiao, F.Y. Yu & X.F. Chen (Iridaceae: subgenus Limniris section Lophiris) from Chongqing, China, is described and illustr…
Evolutionary relationships, biogeography and morphological characters of Glinus (Molluginaceae), with special emphasis …
Glinus is a small genus of Molluginaceae with 8–10 species mostly distributed in the tropics of the World. Its composition and evolutionary relationships were poorly studied. A ne…
Taxonomic revision of the Asplenium wrightii complex (Aspleniaceae) with reinstatement of A. alatulum and A. subcrenatum
The Asplenium wrightii complex is morphologically variable and difficult in species delimitation. Owing to lack of comprehensive sampling in phylogenetic studies, the taxonomy of …
Flueggea acicularis (Phyllanthaceae), a narrow endemic species rediscovered in central China
Flueggea acicularis (Phyllanthaceae) is endemic to the karst region of central China. Male specimens of this species were first collected in 1908. In 1989, female plants of F. aci…
Taxonomic updates in Amphitecna (Bignoniaceae): A new Mexican species and the re-establishment of the giant-leaved A. m…
In this study, we analyzed the morphological affinities of the 24 species of Amphitecna based on detailed morphological studies and multivariate cluster analyses. Our results sugg…
Rediscovery of Pogostemon dielsianus (Lamiaceae, Lamioideae), a rare endemic species from southwestern China, after one…
Pogostemon dielsianus (Lamiaceae) was described in 1913 based on a single gathering from northwestern Yunnan of China collected in 1905, and thereafter no further collections were…
Morphology and molecules support the new monotypic genus Fenghwaia (Rhamnaceae) from south China
Fenghwaia, a new monotypic genus, along with the new species Fenghwaia gardeniicarpa, is described from Guangdong Province, China. The combined features of inferior ovary, cylindr…
Nomenclatural and taxonomic updates in Rourea subgen. Rourea sect. Multifoliolatae (Connaraceae)
The pantropical genus Rourea Aubl. (Connaraceae) is composed of ca. 70 species, most of which occur in the Neotropics. Rourea is currently subdivided into three subgenera, with th…
Leucheria cantillanensis (Nassauvieae, Asteraceae), a new species endemic to Central Chile
A new species, Leucheria cantillanensis sp. nov., endemic to the coastal mountain range of Central Chile, is described. By using both nDNA and cpDNA, phylogenetic relationships of…
Hydrostachys flabellifera (Hydrostachyaceae), a new species from Madagascar
Hydrostachys flabellifera, a new species of Hydrostachyaceae found in a stream in Manandriana, Madagascar, is described and illustrated herein. It is similar to H. verruculosa and…
A new species of Eriotheca (Malvaceae, Bombacoideae) from coastal areas in northeastern Brazil
A new species of Eriotheca (Malvaceae, Bombacoideae) from coastal areas in the northeastern Brazilian states of Alagoas and Bahia is described and illustrated. Eriotheca alversoni…
Strobilanthes sunhangii (Acanthaceae), a new species from Tibet, China
A new species of Acanthaceae, Strobilanthes sunhangii, is described from Mêdog County, Tibet, China. Morphologically, the new species is closely similar to S. medogensis and S. di…
Pternopetalum paucifoliolatum (Apiaceae), a new Critically Endangered species from Sichuan, China
Pternopetalum paucifoliolatum, a new species from Sixigou Scenic Area, Emeishan City, Sichuan Province, is proposed and described. Diagnostic morphological characters, full descri…