Works on Plant Diversity and Evolution
Published research works tagged with the topic “Plant Diversity and Evolution”.
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No end to endemism – contributions to the difficult Nasa Weigend Series Alatae (Loasaceae). A new species from Peru and…
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…
Primula yanbianensis (Primulaceae), a new species in Primula sect. Cortusoides from Sichuan, China
Primula yanbianensis T.Shuai, Lei Cai & Z.K.Wu, a new species of Primulaceae from Sichuan, China, is described and illustrated. Morphological evidence supports P. yanbianensis as …
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,…
Petrocodon curvitubus, a new species of Gesneriaceae from Guangxi, China
A new species of Gesneriaceae, Petrocodon curvitubus J.X.Wei, B.Pan & T.Ding, sp. nov. from Guangxi, China, is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically simila…
Spiradiclis scorpiura (Rubiaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China
Spiradiclis scorpiura (Rubiaceae), a new calcareous species found in Guangxi, China, is described and illustrated. This new species is similar to S. coccinea, S. scabrida, and S. …
Tilia saxatilis (Malvaceae), a new species from limestone areas of Guangxi, China
Tilia saxatilis Z.C.Lu & W.B.Xu, a new species was discovered in limestone areas of Guangxi, China. The morphology shows that T. saxatilis is similar to T. tuan Szyszyl., but diff…
Gymnema phuquocense (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae), a new species from Vietnam
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 …
A new tree species of Compsoneura (Myristicaceae) from the Andean forests on the Eastern Cordillera Range, Colombia
Compsoneura crassitepala, a new species of Myristicaceae is described, illustrated and its morphological relationships with related species are discussed. This new species is foun…
Primulina xingyiensis (Gesneriaceae), a new species in the karst landforms of Guizhou Province, China
Primulina xingyiensis X.X.Bai & F.Wen, a new species of Gesneriaceae in the karst landforms of Xingyi City, Guizhou Province, China, is described and illustrated. Morphologically,…
Polygala spatulata (sect. Pseudosemeiocardium, Polygalaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China
Polygala spatulata Y. Nong & Run Hua Jiang (sect. Pseudosemeiocardium, Polygalaceae), a new species from a karst cave in west Guangxi, China, is described and illustrated. This ne…
Melicope iolensis (Rutaceae), a new tree species from Kaua‘i, Hawaiian Islands
A newly-discovered endemic tree species of Melicope from Kaua‘i, Hawaiian Islands, is described and illustrated with notes on its distribution, ecology, conservation status and ph…
Microtoena wawushanensis (Lamiaceae, Lamioideae): A new species from Sichuan, China
Microtoena wawushanensis, a new species from Sichuan, China, is described and illustrated here. The new species is closely related to M. moupinensis and M. prainiana, but differs …
Xanthophytum antoanense (Rubiaceae, Ophiorrhizeae), a new species from Vietnam
Xanthophytum antoanense is described as a new species endemic to Central Vietnam. It is morphologically closest to X. capitatum in having setose hairs on the abaxial leaf surface …
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…
Africa and Arabia encompass a much greater species diversity in the Achyranthes aspera aggregate (Amaranthaceae, achyra…
Achyranthes in its traditional sense (excluding Achyropsis that phylogenetically falls into Achyranthes) has been considered to contain a restricted (three to four) number of spec…
Several new combinations from previous Didymocarpus to Palmatiboea (Gesneriaceae)
The recently published species, Didymocarpus pingyuanensis, is transferred here to the recently re-circumscribed genus, Palmatiboea. Two varieties, recently assigned to Palmatiboe…
Two new species of Salvia (Lamiaceae) from the dry forests of Dominican Republic
We describe two new species of Salvia from the Antillean dry forests, belonging to Salvia section Urbania. These species’ names honor two Latin American botanists who have advance…
Phylogenetic and taxonomic studies of six recently-described Stellaria species (Caryophyllaceae) from China, with an ad…
The phylogenetic studies of the tribe Alsineae (Caryophyllaceae) have revealed a clearer boundary between the genus Stellaria and related genera, primarily relying on the morpholo…
A new species in Begonia sect. Diploclinium (Begoniaceae) from Guangxi, South China
Although Guangxi represents one of the distribution centres of begonias in China, the sect. Diploclinium (Wright) A. DC is not well documented herein. In this article, we illustra…
Rubus tingzhouensis (Rosaceae), a new species from Fujian, China
Rubus tingzhouensis C.An & G.C.Lin, a newly-defined species within the family Rosaceae from Fujian Province, China, is formally described and illustrated here. R. tingzhouensis is…
Cladopus yangjiangensis (Podostemaceae), a new species from Guangdong, South China, redefining the phylogenetic relatio…
This paper introduces Cladopus yangjiangensis, a newly identified species that enriches our understanding of the diversity of the Podostemaceae in East Asia. Distinctive in its mo…
Leontopodium nyingchiense (Asteraceae), a new species from Xizang (Tibet), China
Leontopodium nyingchiense, a new species of Asteraceae from the Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region of China, is described and illustrated here. Morphologically, it is most similar t…
Reinstatement of Struthanthus venetus (Loranthaceae): an endemic species of central Mexico
Struthanthus Mart. is a challenging genus because the abundance of reproductively incomplete specimens (lacking mature pistillate and staminate flowers and fruit) has inspired the…
Wedelia figueiredoana (Asteraceae, Heliantheae), a winged cypselae new species of Wedelia for Brazil
We describe one new species from Ceará state, Brazil: Wedelia figueiredoana. It is morphologically associated with W. bonplandiana, but distinguished by 0.25–1.05 cm leaf blade wi…
Discovery of Whittieria hengduanensis sp. nov. (Ophioglossaceae) from Southwest China demonstrates a unique intercontin…
A new fern species, Whittieria hengduanensis (Ophioglossaceae), from Sichuan, Xizang, and Yunnan, Southwest China (eastern Himalaya), is described and illustrated. This species is…
Mallotus bullatus (Euphorbiaceae), a new species from Southwest China based on morphological characters and phylogeneti…
Mallotus bullatus M.T.An & J.H.Yu, sp. nov. (Euphorbiaceae), a species new to science discovered in Guizhou, China, is described and illustrated here, and its phylogenetic positio…
Two new varieties of Agapetes (Ericaceae) from Xizang, China
Two new varieties from Xizang, China, i.e. Agapetes interdicta var. flaviflora and A. forrestii var. parvifolia, are described and illustrated. Agapetes interdicta var. flaviflora…
Leucheria peteroana (Nassauvieae, Asteraceae), a new species of Leucheria endemic to the Andes of Central Chile, and in…
A new species, Leucheria peteroana sp. nov., endemic to a restricted area of the Andes of Central Chile, is here described. Using newly sequenced nDNA and cpDNA data, the phylogen…
Carrierea leyensis, a new species of Salicaceae from limestone areas of Guangxi, China
Carrierea leyensis Z.C.Lu & W.B.Xu, a new species of Salicaceae was discovered from limestone areas of Guangxi, China. The morphology of C. leyensis is similar to C. dunniana, but…
Resolving the Drymonia killipii (Gesneriaceae) complex results in a new species from the northwestern Andes of South Am…
A new species, Drymonia quadrangulata Clavijo & J.L.Clark, sp. nov. (Gesneriaceae, Columneinae), is described from the western Andean slopes of southern Colombia and northern Ecua…
Ophiorrhiza liuyanii (Rubiaceae), a new species from south-western China and northern Vietnam
Ophiorrhiza liuyanii, a new species from south-western China and northern Vietnam, is described and illustrated. The new species is characterised by the glabrous surfaces on almos…
Maesa flabellifera (Primulaceae), a new species from southeast Yunnan, China
Maesa flabellifera (Primulaceae-Maesoideae) from southeast Yunnan, China, is described and illustrated here. This new species belongs to the informal long corolla-tube species gro…
Papaver recircumscribed: A review of neighbouring Papaveraceae genera, including Afropapaver nom. et stat. nov. and Ore…
Papaveraceae tribus Papavereae includes an American and a mainly Eurasian group of genera. The latter is proposed here to include eight genera. Amongst these, the recently describ…
Description and phylogenetic position of a new species, Chrysosplenium insularis J.E.Jang, K.H.Lee & H.Y.Gil (Saxifraga…
We describe a new species, Chrysosplenium insularis J.E.Jang, K.H.Lee & H.Y.Gil, belonging to the family Saxifragaceae, from the southern islands of the Republic of Korea. Chrysos…
Vincetoxicum nakaianum (Asclepiadoideae, Apocynaceae), a new species from Japan for Cynanchum magnificum Nakai, nomen n…
Vincetoxicum Wolf is the third largest genus in Asclepiadoideae, and 23 species are distributed in Japan. We discovered that an erect herb species, distributed in the eastern part…
Spiradiclis yanii (Rubiaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China
Spiradiclis yanii Y.Nong & L.Wu (Rubiaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China, is described and illustrated. This new species is most similar to S. tomentosa, but it can be easil…
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…
Metagentiana jiangyouensis, a new species of Metagentiana (Gentianaceae) from Sichuan, China
Metagentiana jiangyouensis, a new species of Gentianaceae from Sichuan, China, is described and illustrated. This new species is similar to Metagentiana villifera, but differs by …
Yersinochloa nianheana (Poaceae, Bambusoideae), a new species from southern Vietnam
Yersinochloa nianheana sp. nov. from Vietnam is described and illustrated. It is found in southern Vietnam, where it occurs at an elevation of 1400–1500 m in Voi Mountain, Duc Tro…
A new species of Bonnetia Mart. (Bonnetiaceae) from the Pantepui of South America
Bonnetia is the most representative genus of the Pantepui woody flora and is among the groups with the greatest endemism in the local flora. The genus has 28 currently recognized …
Ardisia crenata subsp. mukdahanensis, a new subspecies of Primulaceae from Thailand
A new subspecies, Ardisia crenata Sims subsp. mukdahanensis Chatan & Promprom (Primulaceae), is described from Mukdahan Province, Thailand. This discovery was made during field st…
Three new species of Isodon (Nepetoideae, Lamiaceae) from China
Three new species of Isodon (Lamiaceae) from China are described and illustrated, based on both morphological evidence and our recent phylogenomic studies of the genus. Isodon att…
Lysimachia ailaoshanensis (Primulaceae), a new species from Yunnan, China
A new species, Lysimachia ailaoshanensis is described and illustrated. In gross morphology it is evidently allied to subgen. Palladia sect. Chenopodiopsis and is most similar to L…
Xantolis weimingii (Sapotaceae), a new species from the Yuanjiang River basin, Yunnan, southwest China
Xantolis weimingii sp. nov. (Sapotaceae) is described and illustrated from Yunnan, southwest China. The new species is morphologically most similar to X. tomentosa (Roxb.) Raf., b…
The genus Coleus (Lamiaceae) in Central Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi), with the descriptio…
The genus Coleus is revised for DR. Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, based on herbarium taxonomy. Ninety-five taxa are reported (89 species, 1 subspecies, 5 varieties). Fifteen new species…
Evidence for moth pollination in a rhinomyiophilous Erica species from the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa
Contrasting pollination syndromes in closely related species suggest that floral trait divergence is associated with differences in pollination system, but empirical observations …
A new species and a new record of Phlomoides (Lamiaceae) from Xizang, China
Phlomoides bomiensis, a new species in Bomi County, Xizang, China, was described and illustrated. In addition, Phlomoides longidentata, previously only known from Nepal and Bhutan…
A revision of Lycianthes (Solanaceae) in tropical Asia
The genus Lycianthes (Dunal) Hassl. (Solanaceae) has in the past been treated as a section of the large genus Solanum L. but is more closely related to Capsicum L. Outside of the …
Didymocarpus pingyuanensis (Gesneriaceae), a new species endemic to Danxia landscape from Guangdong Province, China, an…
Didymocarpus pingyuanensis, endemic to the Danxia landscape in Pingyuan County, Guangdong, China, is described and illustrated here. This species can be distinguished from other m…