PhytoKeysPub Date : 2025-04-30eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.255.149589
Jun Wen, Jun-Wen Zhu, Ren-Bin Zhu, Chun-Feng Song
{"title":"Taxonomic studies on the genus <i>Hydrocotyle</i> (Apiales) from China: The distribution and morphology of <i>H.chiangdaoensis</i>, with <i>H.calcicola</i> reduced to a synonym.","authors":"Jun Wen, Jun-Wen Zhu, Ren-Bin Zhu, Chun-Feng Song","doi":"10.3897/phytokeys.255.149589","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.255.149589","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Based on observations of living plants of <i>Hydrocotylecalcicola</i> in the field, together with examination of herbarium specimens and descriptions of both <i>H.calcicola</i> and <i>H.chiangdaoensis</i> (including type material), we demonstrated that <i>H.calcicola</i> is a synonym of <i>H.chiangdaoensis</i>. The species was previously compared with <i>H.sibthorpioides</i>; our phylogenetic analysis revealed that <i>H.chiangdaoensis</i> and <i>H.sibthorpioides</i> belong to different lineages, the former being closely related to the larger-leaved clade.</p>","PeriodicalId":20070,"journal":{"name":"PhytoKeys","volume":"255 ","pages":"247-260"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12059575/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144019894","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":"Diving into Diversity: <i>Hasleaberepwari</i> (Bacillariophyceae, Naviculaceae), a new species of marine diatom from New Caledonia.","authors":"Fiddy Semba Prasetiya, Thierry Jauffrais, Mustapha Mohamed-Benkada, Nolwenn Callac, Dominique Ansquer, Elif Yılmaz, Claude Lemieux, Monique Turmel, Jean-Luc Mouget, Danang Ambar Prabowo, Debora Christin Purbani, Diah Radini Noerdjito, Varian Fahmi, Sulastri Arsad, Romain Gastineau","doi":"10.3897/phytokeys.255.144697","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.255.144697","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The current article introduces and describes <i>Hasleaberepwari</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, a new species of diatom discovered in the vicinity of Boulouparis, New Caledonia. Under light microscopy, <i>H.berepwari</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> strongly resembles <i>Hasleapseudostrearia</i>, but preliminary molecular barcoding conducted using partial 18S and <i>rbcL</i> genes suggested that it was a distinct species. This was confirmed first by scanning electron microscopy which showed the differences in stria densities between both species. A short-reads genome-skimming protocol applied on <i>H.berepwari</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> led us to obtain its complete mitochondrial and plastid genomes. The mitogenome is 36,572 bp in length and as already observed among other species of <i>Haslea</i> spp., the <i>nad6</i> and <i>nad2</i> genes are fused within a single open-reading frame. The plastome is 131,897 bp length, and unlike the mitogenome, it is not colinear with those of <i>H.pseudostrearia</i>. The results derived from the sequencing of the plastome allowed to perform a 123-gene multigene maximum likelihood phylogeny that associates <i>H.berepwari</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> to <i>H.pseudostrearia</i> with maximum support at the nodes but also strictly distinguishes them, suggesting a greater genetic distance between these species than what has been previously observed between other marennine-producing species.</p>","PeriodicalId":20070,"journal":{"name":"PhytoKeys","volume":"255 ","pages":"215-234"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12048817/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144023714","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 : 2025-04-25eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.255.143380
Dong-Li Quan, Yun-Hong Tan
{"title":"<i>Eumachiabrevipedunculata</i> (Rubiaceae, Palicoureeae), a new species from Yunnan, China.","authors":"Dong-Li Quan, Yun-Hong Tan","doi":"10.3897/phytokeys.255.143380","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.255.143380","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Eumachiabrevipedunculata</i> is a newly-identified species of the tribe Palicoureeae of Rubiaceae from Yunnan, China. It is morphologically similar to <i>E.straminea</i>, but differs by its smaller stipules, shorter petioles, smaller leaf blades, reduced inflorescences with shorter peduncles, axes and pedicels, longer calyx lobes, yellow-green flowers with shorter corolla tubes and shorter anthers. This species is widely found in southern Yunnan, but has long been misidentified as <i>Psychotria</i>. We clarify its taxonomic status and provide a description and illustration here.</p>","PeriodicalId":20070,"journal":{"name":"PhytoKeys","volume":"255 ","pages":"235-245"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12048816/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144028749","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 : 2025-04-24eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.255.143020
Zhengyang Niu, Zhuoyu Cai, Jun Yin, Yihua Tong, Nianhe Xia
{"title":"Morphological and molecular evidence suggests that <i>Indosasagigantea</i> and <i>Acidosasaglauca</i> (Poaceae, Bambusoideae, Arundinarieae) are conspecific.","authors":"Zhengyang Niu, Zhuoyu Cai, Jun Yin, Yihua Tong, Nianhe Xia","doi":"10.3897/phytokeys.255.143020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.255.143020","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Indosasagigantea</i> is a bamboo with great economical value, but its generic designation has been controversial for a long time. This study aims to ascertain whether <i>I.gigantea</i> belongs to <i>Indosasa</i> or <i>Acidosasa</i>, based on morphological and molecular evidence from both plastome and single-copy nuclear orthologous genes. The results of phylogenetic analyses, based on plastid genomes and nuclear gene sequences, both strongly supported that <i>I.gigantea</i> is distantly related to other members of <i>Indosasa</i>, but clustered with <i>Acidosasaglauca</i>, the type species of <i>Acidosasa</i>. Further morphological studies demonstrated that <i>I.gigantea</i> is conspecific with <i>A.glauca</i>. Thus, <i>I.gigantea</i> was proposed as a synonym of <i>A.glauca</i>. Colour plates as well as a detailed description of this species are also provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":20070,"journal":{"name":"PhytoKeys","volume":"255 ","pages":"171-187"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12046344/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144018633","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>Yushaniarubrovaginata</i> (Poaceae, Bambusoideae), a new combination for Sasarubrovaginata.","authors":"Xing Li, Jing-Bo Ni, Mian Liang, Yi-Hua Tong, Nian-He Xia","doi":"10.3897/phytokeys.255.147252","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.255.147252","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Sasarubrovaginata</i> is transferred to <i>Yushania</i> based on morphological and molecular evidence. The lectotype for <i>S.rubrovaginata</i> is designated. Besides, a revised description of this species and a key to the four <i>Yushania</i> species distributed in Cenwanlaoshan Mountain are also provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":20070,"journal":{"name":"PhytoKeys","volume":"255 ","pages":"189-201"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12046343/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144008531","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 : 2025-04-24eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.255.142428
Qi-Liang Gan, Wen-Bin Xu, Xin-Wei Li
{"title":"<i>Prunuszhuxiensis</i> (Rosaceae), a new species from Hubei, China.","authors":"Qi-Liang Gan, Wen-Bin Xu, Xin-Wei Li","doi":"10.3897/phytokeys.255.142428","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.255.142428","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the present paper, we describe a new species, <i>Prunuszhuxiensis</i> (P.subg.Cerasus), from Hubei, China, based on long-term field observations. This species closely resembles <i>P.serrulata</i> in having corymbose-racemose or subumbellate inflorescences, hairy petiole, pedicel, involucral bracts and black drupes. However, <i>P.zhuxiensis</i> differs distinctly from <i>P.serrulata</i> by its sweet edible drupes (versus bitter, inedible drupes in <i>P.serrulata</i>), stipules 4-lobed at the base (versus linear stipules in <i>P.serrulata</i>), smaller bracts, shorter pedicels and styles pilose at the base (versus glabrous styles in <i>P.serrulata</i>). Furthermore, molecular phylogenetic analyses indicate that <i>P.zhuxiensis</i> and <i>P.serrulata</i> are placed in separate clades, supporting their distinction.</p>","PeriodicalId":20070,"journal":{"name":"PhytoKeys","volume":"255 ","pages":"203-213"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12046342/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144040561","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 : 2025-04-17eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.255.146179
Jia-Lu Li, Yi He, Quan-Ru Liu
{"title":"<i>Cardaminetangutorum</i> O.E.Schulz (Brassicaceae), a new synonym of <i>Cardaminemacrophylla</i> Willd.","authors":"Jia-Lu Li, Yi He, Quan-Ru Liu","doi":"10.3897/phytokeys.255.146179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.255.146179","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Cardaminemacrophylla</i> Willd. and <i>Cardaminetangutorum</i> O.E.Schulz are both widely distributed plants of the genus <i>Cardamine</i> L. in East Asia, and they are regarded as the same species in <i>Flora of China</i>. In this study, through literature and specimen research, morphological measurement and phylogenetic analyses, the results show that the traditional distinguishing characters cannot distinguish the two species. <i>Cardaminetangutorum</i> O.E.Schulz inserted into the branch of <i>Cardaminemacrophylla</i> Willd. in the molecular phylogenetic tree. Therefore, based on the results of this study, <i>Cardaminetangutorum</i> O.E.Schulz was treated as the synonym of <i>Cardaminemacrophylla</i> Willd.</p>","PeriodicalId":20070,"journal":{"name":"PhytoKeys","volume":"255 ","pages":"123-141"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12022763/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144025066","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 : 2025-04-17eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.255.141395
Cheng-Wei Chen, Van Truong Do, Quang Cuong Truong, Viet Dai Dang, Hong Truong Luu, Yi-Shan Chao, Yao-Moan Huang, Kuo-Fang Chung
{"title":"Studies of Vietnamese Pteridophyte Flora 3.","authors":"Cheng-Wei Chen, Van Truong Do, Quang Cuong Truong, Viet Dai Dang, Hong Truong Luu, Yi-Shan Chao, Yao-Moan Huang, Kuo-Fang Chung","doi":"10.3897/phytokeys.255.141395","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.255.141395","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This is the third paper in a series dedicated to updating the knowledge of the Vietnamese pteridophyte flora. Based on recent collections, we first reported three new national records of ferns: <i>Haplopterisyakushimensis</i>, <i>Lindsaeakohkongensis</i>, and <i>Pterispseudowulaiensis</i>. Secondly, we conducted phylogenetic analyses to investigate the placements of <i>Lindsaeakohkongensis</i> and <i>Leptochiluspoilanei</i>, each based on three plastid DNA markers. Our results revealed that <i>Lindsaeakohkongensis</i> is sister to <i>L.ensifolia</i>, while <i>Leptochiluspoilanei</i> is embedded within <i>L.cantoniensis</i>. We discussed these results in the context of systematics. Lastly, we reported chromosome numbers for 20 fern species in Vietnam. For seven of these species, including <i>Gymnosphaerasalletii</i>, <i>Lepisorusspicatus</i>, <i>Leptochiluspoilanei</i>, <i>Pteridryscostularis</i>, <i>Pterislatipinna</i>, <i>Pyrrosiaeberhardtii</i>, and <i>Tectariasetulosa</i>, these counts were recorded for the first time. Additionally, three new cytotypes were identified for <i>Diplaziumdoederleinii</i>, <i>Pterisesquirolii</i>, and <i>Tectariaharlandii</i>. This study underscores the need for more diverse data, including DNA sequences, chromosome numbers, and reproductive modes, to be collected and integrated into systematic studies and taxonomic treatments to enhance our understanding of Vietnam's pteridophyte flora.</p>","PeriodicalId":20070,"journal":{"name":"PhytoKeys","volume":"255 ","pages":"143-169"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12022764/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144006152","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 : 2025-04-17eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.255.145664
Yong Fang, Pan Yu, Qing-Min You, John Patrick Kociolek, Yue Cao, Quan-Xi Wang, Zhi-Ping Qian
{"title":"<i>Caloneisnanyiensis</i> sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta) from Nanyi Lake of Anhui Province, China.","authors":"Yong Fang, Pan Yu, Qing-Min You, John Patrick Kociolek, Yue Cao, Quan-Xi Wang, Zhi-Ping Qian","doi":"10.3897/phytokeys.255.145664","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.255.145664","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A new species, <i>Caloneisnanyiensis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, is described from Nanyi Lake, the largest lake in southern Anhui Province, China. Observations were made using a light and scanning electron microscope documenting the size, shape and ultrastructure of the new species. <i>Caloneisnanyiensis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> has rhombic valves with acutely rounded apices. The raphe is narrow and arched. An internal axial plate covers the alveoli, leaving small marginal openings bordered by costa, thickened and raised from the valve face. The striae are slightly radiate to parallel in the central area, becoming radiate towards the apices. By comparing the new species with similar <i>Caloneis</i> species, <i>C.nanyiensis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> was confirmed to be sufficiently different with respect to valve size and striae density to be recognised as new to science. The new species lives in freshwater habitats and epiphytic on <i>Cladophora</i>. The discovery enhances our knowledge of the diversity of freshwater diatoms in China.</p>","PeriodicalId":20070,"journal":{"name":"PhytoKeys","volume":"255 ","pages":"113-122"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12022762/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144042072","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>Sinocrassulaobliquifolia</i> (Crassulaceae), a new species from China.","authors":"Rong-Juan Li, Jing Zhao, Shao-Li Fang, Chuan-Jie Huang, Miao Luo, Zhao-Rong He, Xin-Mao Zhou, Jia-Guan Wang","doi":"10.3897/phytokeys.255.142079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.255.142079","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Based on a comprehensive morphological and molecular data analysis, we have confirmed and described a new species within the genus <i>Sinocrassula</i>, which is distributed in Sichuan Province, China. Morphologically, the new species resembles <i>Sinocrassuladiversifolia</i> and <i>S.indica</i>, but it is distinctly different from them in its asymmetrical leaves, leaf apex with glands, triangular petals that are white at the base and adorned with dense purple-red stripes and spots on the surfaces upward, and rectangular nectar scales. A phylogenetic analysis utilizing four plastid markers and one nuclear marker supports the conclusion that the new species is sister to <i>S.ganluoensis</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":20070,"journal":{"name":"PhytoKeys","volume":"255 ","pages":"103-112"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12012546/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144041890","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}