Works on Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions

We introduce a new genus, Cacaoporus, characterised by chocolate brown to dark brown basidiomata and hymenophore, tubes not separable from the pileus context, white to off-white b…

Phyllopsora is a crustose to squamulose lichen genus inhabiting the bark of trees in moist tropical forests and rainforests. Species identification is generally challenging and is…

Four new species of Aleurodiscus sensu lato with echinulate basidiospores are described from East Asia: A. alpinus, A. pinicola, A. senticosus, and A. sichuanensis. Aleurodiscus a…

In this study, the diversity of Pyxine Fr. in China was assessed based on morphological and chemical traits and molecular data are inferred from ITS and mtSSU sequences. Nineteen …

An interesting species of the genus Gliophorus (sect. Glutinosae), collected from Sikkim Himalaya in India, is described here as G. glutinosus sp. nov. after thorough morphologica…

The monotypic lichenised genus Anamylopsora (Baeomycetaceae, Baeomycetales), with its single species A. pulcherrima, is distributed in the arid areas of the Northern Hemisphere, i…

The new species Pseudowrightoporia dominicana is described from the Dominican Republic based on morphological and molecular data (nrITS and nrLSU sequence analyses). It is mainly …

Twenty seven species of Psathyrella have been found in Northeast China. Amongst them, P. conica, P. jilinensis, P. mycenoides and P. subsingeri are described as new species, based…

Tylopilus himalayanus and T. pseudoballoui are described as new species from two Himalayan states (Sikkim and Uttarakhand) in India. Tylopilus himalayanus is characterised by a un…

Rhodactina is a small sequestrate genus in Boletaceae with two described species, R. himalayensis and R. incarnata. Phylogenetic analyses of a three-gene dataset including atp6, t…

Inocybe insignis, an eastern North American species with greenish blue staining basidiomes, is documented for the first time since its original description circa 75 years ago in t…

Cortinarius bovarius sp. nov., a conifer associated taxon growing on calcareous ground, is described from western North America. Phylogenetic relationships and species limits were…

Camellia shangshii, a new species discovered in the danxia landscape of Danxiashan Mountain, Guangdong Province, China, is formally described and illustrated here. Morphologically…

Impatiens longcanggouensis Q.Luo (Balsaminaceae), a new species from Yingjing County, Sichuan Province, China, is described and illustrated. Its morphology, including pollen and s…

Based on the integrated morphological and molecular evidence, Amana yunjuensis, originally described from Mt. Yunju in Jiangxi province, is demonstrated not essentially different …

Colocasia sookchaloemiae (Araceae) is described from Phu Pha Yol National Park (northeastern Thailand). It is morphologically similar to C. fallax, from which it differs in having…

Rhododendron mulunense, a new species of Rhododendron (Ericaceae) within subsect. Maddenia in sect. Rhododendron and endemic to karst areas of Guangxi and Guizhou Province, SW Chi…

Field expeditions to the western Andean slopes of Colombia and ongoing herbarium research resulted in the discovery of a new species of Columnea (Gesneriaceae). Columnea rubromarg…

A new species of Middletonia (Gesneriaceae), M. tiepiana, is described from Nui Chua National Park in southern Vietnam. This is the third species of the genus recorded in Vietnam,…

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,…

Acronema handeloides, a new species of Apiaceae from Jiaozi Mountain in Yunnan Province, is described and illustrated herein. This species is similar to A. handelii and A. sichuan…

This study elucidates the taxonomic affinity of Orophea yunnanensis by considering whether it belongs to Orophea or Alphonsea. Integrating comparative morphological analysis of ty…

Doronicum micranthum (Asteraceae, Senecioneae), a new species from Hui County and Liangdang County in southeastern Gansu Province, China, is described and illustrated. This specie…

Paraphlomis leigongshanensis G.B. Jiang & W.H. Yao (Lamiaceae), a new species endemic to Leigong Mountain National Nature Reserve (Guizhou, China), is described and illustrated. M…

Based on examination of type specimens and original literature, it has been determined that Mussaenda recurvata Naiki, Tagane & Yahara and Mussaenda reflexisepala Tao Chen & Duy a…

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…

Vaccinium bidoupense, a new species of Ericaceae from the Central Highlands of Vietnam and their vicinity in Laos, is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically…

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…

Southwest China is a biodiversity hotspot, with numerous new Gesneriaceae species recently discovered there. Recent reports of new Aeschynanthus taxa and records from western Yunn…

Mallotus thinii Kim Thanh & V.S.Dang, a new species discovered in coastal areas of the south-central provinces of Vietnam, is described and illustrated here. This species is morph…

Based on observations of living plants in the field and examination of herbarium specimens (including type materials), we demonstrate that Sanicula serrata var. serrata (Apiaceae)…

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 in Gesneriaceae, Petrocosmea miechangensis, is described from southeastern Yunnan, China. This species bears a resemblance to P. sericea in the shape of the adaxial …

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…

Raphiocarpus discolor, a new species from Guangdong Province, China, is described and illustrated. This species is morphologically similar to R. bicallosus C.H.Nguyen, Aver. & F.W…

Two new species, Hedyotis jinghongensis from Yunnan Province and H. austroguangxiensis from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, are described and photographed here. H. jinghonge…

Sinocrassula cuonaensis, a new species of Crassulaceae from southern Xizang, is described and illustrated based on molecular and morphological evidence. Phylogenetically, it is si…

Pternopetalum wulingense (Apiaceae) is described as a new species from the Wuling Mountains in Guizhou Province and Chongqing Municipality, China. Both phylogenetic analyses and d…

Through field observations of living plants and the analysis of herbarium collections, including type material, it is demonstrated that Sanicula rugulosa can be distinguished from…

We describe and illustrate Sedum shunhuangense, a new species from Hunan, China. The species is morphologically similar to S. alfredii and S. yangjifengensis but differs in having…

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, Orychophragmus yangii sp. nov., from the Loess Plateau of Shaanxi Province, China, is described and illustrated. This species differs clearly from all other Orychop…

A new species of Gesneriaceae, Petrocosmea pengzhouensis K.Huang & Z.X.Fu, sp. nov., from the Feilaifeng Scenic Area of Longmen Mountain National Geological Park (Pengzhou, Chengd…

Sinosenecio yaanensis K.Huang & Z.X.Fu (Asteraceae) is described as a new species from Tianquan County, western Sichuan, China. It resembles S. chienii and S. homogyniphyllus in i…

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…

Two new species of Columnea are described based on recent field expeditions and herbarium research. These species are unusual within Columnea for exhibiting a dorsiventral epiphyt…

Through detailed morphological comparison and robust molecular evidence, we confirm Neillia daloushanensis M.T.An & Xu Wu as a new species of Rosaceae from Guizhou province, south…

Berberis jiuzhaigouensis is herein described as a new deciduous species endemic to riparian habitats in Jiuzhaigou, northern Sichuan, China. Phylogenetic analyses based on complet…