PhytoKeysPub Date : 2025-06-11eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.257.152987
Yu-Fei Jiang, Saúl Blanco, Wei Zhang
{"title":"<i>Naviculacongqiancuoensis</i> sp. nov. - a new diatom species (Bacillariophyceae) from Sichuan Province, China.","authors":"Yu-Fei Jiang, Saúl Blanco, Wei Zhang","doi":"10.3897/phytokeys.257.152987","DOIUrl":"10.3897/phytokeys.257.152987","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this study, we describe a new diatom, <i>Naviculacongqiancuoensis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, which was found in epilithon samples collected from a small mountain lake, at Lake Congqiancuo, Sichuan Province, China. A detailed morphological description of the new species is provided based on light and scanning electron micrographs. <i>Naviculacongqiancuoensis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> valve is linear to linear-lanceolate, with a slight elevation in the center and broadly rounded at both apices. The striae are radiate and convergent at the apices. The axial area is narrow and linear, and the central area is small and elliptical in the middle. This new species is compared with similar species, such as <i>Naviculaangusta</i>, <i>N.leptostriata</i>, <i>N.piercei</i>, <i>N.heimansioides</i> which differ in size, valve shape, striae density and ultrastructure.</p>","PeriodicalId":20070,"journal":{"name":"PhytoKeys","volume":"257 ","pages":"209-217"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12177515/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144333739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhytoKeysPub Date : 2025-06-11eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.257.154092
Jian-Wei Li, Juan Wang, Ming Shi, Fan Du
{"title":"<i>Fargesianana</i> (Poaceae, Bambusoideae), a new bamboo species from Yunnan, China.","authors":"Jian-Wei Li, Juan Wang, Ming Shi, Fan Du","doi":"10.3897/phytokeys.257.154092","DOIUrl":"10.3897/phytokeys.257.154092","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Fargesianana</i> (Bambusoideae), a new bamboo species is described and illustrated from Wuding County, Yunnan, China. Based on careful comparison of morphological features and molecular phylogeny evidence, we confirmed its identity as a new member of the genus <i>Fargesia</i>. The morphology of this new species is similar to <i>F.fractiflexa</i> and <i>Yushaniapolytricha</i>, but differs in its ratio of culm leaf sheath length to internode length, shape of blade, foliage leaf dimensions, and distinct transverse veins. Hitherto, this new species is the smallest of <i>Fargesia</i> species found and recorded. According to the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria (IUCN 2024), it meets the criteria to be listed as Critically Endangered (CR).</p>","PeriodicalId":20070,"journal":{"name":"PhytoKeys","volume":"257 ","pages":"219-233"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12177521/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144333737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhytoKeysPub Date : 2025-06-10eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.257.145670
Zhi Li, Jiang-Hua Wu, Yu-Jie Wang, Qi-Xian Zhou, Ming-Tai An
{"title":"<i>Astermayangheense</i> (Asteraceae, <i>Aster</i>), a new species from Guizhou Province, China.","authors":"Zhi Li, Jiang-Hua Wu, Yu-Jie Wang, Qi-Xian Zhou, Ming-Tai An","doi":"10.3897/phytokeys.257.145670","DOIUrl":"10.3897/phytokeys.257.145670","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Astermayangheense</i> Z.Li (Asteraceae, Astereae), a new species from Guizhou, China, is described and illustrated here. Morphological and molecular analyses based on nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (nrDNA ITS) confirm its distinct status. The species is morphologically similar to <i>A.saxicola</i>, but differs by its falcate, adaxially shiny upper leaves 3.5-5.0 × 0.8-2.0 cm with long-acuminate to caudate apices (versus oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate leaves in <i>A.saxicola</i>); 5-seriate, abaxially red-purple phyllaries (versus 3-5-seriate with purple-tipped phyllaries); and fewer florets (7-12 ray florets and 5-9 disc florets versus 9-14 ray florets and 10-18 disc florets). Phylogenetic analysis strongly supports its distinctness, with four samples forming a monophyletic clade (PP = 1.00, BS = 100%) nested within <i>Aster</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":20070,"journal":{"name":"PhytoKeys","volume":"257 ","pages":"179-190"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12177516/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144333736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhytoKeysPub Date : 2025-06-10eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.257.154236
Kenneth R Wood, David H Lorence, Warren L Wagner, Susan Fawcett
{"title":"<i>Geniostomaimadae</i> (Loganiaceae), a new single-island endemic species from Kaua'i, Hawaiian Islands.","authors":"Kenneth R Wood, David H Lorence, Warren L Wagner, Susan Fawcett","doi":"10.3897/phytokeys.257.154236","DOIUrl":"10.3897/phytokeys.257.154236","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A new endemic species of <i>Geniostoma</i> from Kaua'i, Hawaiian Islands, is described and illustrated with notes on its distribution, ecology, conservation status, and relationships to other members of the genus. A modification to the existing key for Hawaiian <i>Geniostoma</i> is provided along with a key to all Kaua'i species. <i>Geniostomaimadae</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, differs from its Hawaiian congeners by its unique combination of glabrous stems, leaves and stipules, flowers 3-10 in open, paniculate cymes with peduncles up to 75 mm long, corolla salverform, lobes 9-11 mm long, calyx lobes 5-9 mm long, and capsules 2-valved with beak 2-4 mm long. Population estimates range from 800 to 1250 individuals distributed across the central northern and eastern windward ridges, slopes and valleys of Kaua'i. <i>Geniostomaimadae</i> represents a new Vulnerable (VU) single-island endemic species.</p>","PeriodicalId":20070,"journal":{"name":"PhytoKeys","volume":"257 ","pages":"191-207"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12177514/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144333738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhytoKeysPub Date : 2025-06-09eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.257.155919
Bart Van de Vijver, David M Williams
{"title":"<i>Fragilariformameireana</i>, a new araphid diatom species (Bacillariophyta) producing internal valves from Flanders.","authors":"Bart Van de Vijver, David M Williams","doi":"10.3897/phytokeys.257.155919","DOIUrl":"10.3897/phytokeys.257.155919","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>During a biodiversity survey around the historic Flemish town of Damme, a large <i>Fragilariforma</i> taxon was observed in a small pond that could not be identified using the currently available literature. Detailed light and scanning electron microscopy investigations revealed the presence of so-called resting spores within the frustules. Following comparison with similar linear, long-celled <i>Fragilariforma</i> species, the unknown taxon is described as new: <i>Fragilariformameireana</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> Discriminating features of the new species include the long, linear valves with protracted, distinctly rostrate apices, the absence of ribbon-like colonies, the presence of a rimoportula on both apices and the formation of internal resting spores.</p>","PeriodicalId":20070,"journal":{"name":"PhytoKeys","volume":"257 ","pages":"167-177"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12171728/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144317632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhytoKeysPub Date : 2025-06-09eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.257.153925
Xinyu Chen, Tianmeng Qu, Xinyi Zheng, Yanru Zhang, Hui Chen, Bo Li, Liang Dou, Zhixi Fu
{"title":"Systematics and floral micromorphology of core <i>Aster</i> and its related groups (Asteraceae, Astereae): Taxonomic significance and phylogenetic insights.","authors":"Xinyu Chen, Tianmeng Qu, Xinyi Zheng, Yanru Zhang, Hui Chen, Bo Li, Liang Dou, Zhixi Fu","doi":"10.3897/phytokeys.257.153925","DOIUrl":"10.3897/phytokeys.257.153925","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Four floral microcharacters were examined within 40 species of core <i>Aster</i> and its related groups in the genus <i>Aster</i> L. (Asteraceae, Astereae). These microcharacters included corolla lobe, style base, endothecium cell wall thickening, and the relative length of the stigmatic line to sterile tip appendage of style branch. Phylogenetic analysis was performed using internal transcribed spacers (ITS), followed by ancestral traits reconstruction based on four microcharacters. The phylogenetic results supported the inclusion of <i>Gymnaster</i>, <i>Heteropappus</i>, <i>Heteroplexis</i>, <i>Kalimeris</i>, and <i>Rhynchospermum</i> within core <i>Aster</i>, as well as the possible segregation of groups B-D into multiple new genera within Astereae. Groups A (9 species) and C (4 species) displayed both equally and unequally lobed corollas. Group D (5 species) exclusively exhibited equally lobed corollas. Groups A (26 species), B (1 species), and D (5 species) included both types of swollen and unswollen style bases. Group C (3 species) displayed only unswollen style bases. Additionally, the endothecium cell wall thickenings and relative length of the stigmatic line to the sterile appendage were both highly variable among groups A-D. Given the complex variation of these floral microcharacters, the results of floral micromorphology and ancestral trait reconstruction indicated that the taxonomic significance of floral micromorphology within core <i>Aster</i> and its related groups is limited. However, specific micromorphological traits (e.g., unequally lobed corolla, radial thickening, and longer relative length) may be still useful for diagnosing particular species or groups. Therefore, floral micromorphology should be integrated with other types of evidence for more accurate infrageneric classification of <i>Aster</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":20070,"journal":{"name":"PhytoKeys","volume":"257 ","pages":"135-166"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12171730/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144317633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"<i>Primulinaaureipurpurea</i> (Gesneriaceae), a new species from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.","authors":"Bi-Dan Lai, Yi-Qin Huang, Mei-Juan Shi, Zheng-Yu Deng, Fang Wen","doi":"10.3897/phytokeys.257.155007","DOIUrl":"10.3897/phytokeys.257.155007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Primulinaaureipurpurea</i>, endemic to the limestone area in Dahua County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, is described and illustrated here. This species is distinguished from <i>P.albicalyx</i> by leaves sessile or with indistinct short petioles (<i>vs.</i> distinctly petiolate, 21-42 mm long in <i>P.albicalyx</i>, the following comparisons are in the same order) and blades oblanceolate, narrowly obovate to obovate (<i>vs.</i> ovate to broadly ovate); bracts smaller, lanceolate (3-4× ca. 1 mm) (<i>vs.</i> ovate to narrowly ovate, 18-25 × 9-14 mm); filaments glabrous and ca. 1.5 mm long (<i>vs.</i> sparely glandular pubescent and 2-2.5 mm long) and pistil sparsely eglandular-puberulent (<i>vs.</i> densely glandular-pubescent). According to the IUCN Red List criteria, the currently known population of this species is provisionally assessed as \"Vulnerable, VU D2.\"</p>","PeriodicalId":20070,"journal":{"name":"PhytoKeys","volume":"257 ","pages":"125-133"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12166382/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144302634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhytoKeysPub Date : 2025-06-06eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.257.159429
Michael D Pirie, Anina Coetzee, Jaime Fagúndez, Félix Forest, Seth Musker, E Charles Nelson, Timotheüs van der Niet, Fernando Ojeda
{"title":"Systematics, natural history, and conservation of <i>Erica</i> (Ericaceae).","authors":"Michael D Pirie, Anina Coetzee, Jaime Fagúndez, Félix Forest, Seth Musker, E Charles Nelson, Timotheüs van der Niet, Fernando Ojeda","doi":"10.3897/phytokeys.257.159429","DOIUrl":"10.3897/phytokeys.257.159429","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Worldwide, many tens of thousands of plant species are threatened with extinction in the wild. Those that are naturally rare or have narrow distributions are particularly vulnerable. The flowering plant genus <i>Erica</i> is a prime example, its numerous species presenting additional challenges associated with conserving large, complex, plant groups. This topical collection of papers represents a substantial body of research on inter-dependent themes in nomenclature, taxonomy, phylogeny, ecology, and conservation of <i>Erica</i> species. It will serve as a lasting resource and reference, helping us to better understand, describe, and name species diversity and improving our knowledge of the complexity of ecological interactions in the wild. These advances will aid and champion conservation of natural habitats and support targeted efforts to secure the most critically endangered species in seed banks and botanic gardens.</p>","PeriodicalId":20070,"journal":{"name":"PhytoKeys","volume":"257 ","pages":"119-124"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12166388/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144302635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"<i>Rubussemiplenus</i> (Rosaceae), a new species with naturally occurring semi-double flowers from Hunan, China.","authors":"Ting-Ting Wang, Ming-Hong Li, Dai-Yong Kuang, Jiang-Lin Xia, Qiu-Ping Wang, Huan-Chong Wang","doi":"10.3897/phytokeys.257.150519","DOIUrl":"10.3897/phytokeys.257.150519","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The semi-double (<i>semiplenus</i>) floral trait is highly valued in the field of horticulture, yet it remains exceptionally rare in wild plants. <i>Rubussemiplenus</i>, a new species with naturally occurring semi-double flowers, is described and illustrated. This new species was discovered in the Nanyue Hengshan National Nature Reserve, Hunan Province, China. It is distinguished by its herbaceous to dwarf subshrub habit, simple suborbicular leaves (0.7-2.5 × 0.7-2.5 cm), and semi-double flowers with dicyclic petals (10-12). Molecular phylogenetic analyses based on ITS and <i>rbc</i>L + <i>mat</i>K sequences consistently confirmed that <i>R.semiplenus</i> belongs to Sect. Rosaefolii as defined by Focke and is closed to <i>R.hirsutus</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":20070,"journal":{"name":"PhytoKeys","volume":"257 ","pages":"79-93"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12159663/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144286052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhytoKeysPub Date : 2025-06-04eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.257.139457
Rendert D Hoekstra, Seth D Musker, Michael D Pirie, Jan H J Vlok
{"title":"An integrative approach to alpha taxonomy in <i>Erica</i> L. (Ericaceae) with three new species from the Western Cape, South Africa.","authors":"Rendert D Hoekstra, Seth D Musker, Michael D Pirie, Jan H J Vlok","doi":"10.3897/phytokeys.257.139457","DOIUrl":"10.3897/phytokeys.257.139457","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The megagenus <i>Erica</i> L. (Ericaceae) comprises 851 species across its global distribution, with an extraordinary focus of diversity in the Cape Floristic Region (CFR) of South Africa where almost 700 species are endemic. The genus is remarkable for both its morphological diversity and the large number of species and subspecific taxa occurring in small populations, often in specialised habitats, putting them at high risk of extinction. Despite significant taxonomic work over the past century, part of this diversity remains undescribed. The sheer size of the genus, its morphological, ecological and geographical variability, and the absence of a modern, consolidated revision make alpha taxonomy challenging. By combining traditional taxonomic methods, standard DNA sequencing methods building on openly available data matrices, and an openly available specialised taxonomic tool for the genus, we present an integrative, reproducible approach to alpha taxonomy in <i>Erica</i>. This approach provided support for the recognition of three new species from the Western Cape in South Africa and aided in ruling out two further putative new species, confirming one as a natural hybrid and the other as a morphological variation within an existing species. We describe the three new species <i>Ericaarida</i> R.D.Hoekstra, <i>Ericahessequae</i> R.D.Hoekstra and <i>Ericainopina</i> J.H.J.Vlok.</p>","PeriodicalId":20070,"journal":{"name":"PhytoKeys","volume":"257 ","pages":"95-117"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12159662/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144286054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}