{"title":"<i>Yushaniadezhui</i> (Poaceae, Bambusoideae), a new bamboo species from Yunnan, China.","authors":"Yu-Xiao Zhang, Chao Zhang, Ru-Li Zhang, Hu-Gang Zhao","doi":"10.3897/phytokeys.246.130177","DOIUrl":"10.3897/phytokeys.246.130177","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A new bamboo species, <i>Yushaniadezhui</i>, from Kunming, Yunnan, China is described and illustrated in this paper. The new species used to be misidentified as <i>Y.polytricha</i>. Based on careful comparison of morphological features and molecular phylogeny evidence, we confirmed its identity as a new member of the genus <i>Yushania</i>. <i>Yushaniadezhui</i> resembles <i>Y.maculata</i>, <i>Y.polytricha</i> and <i>Y.weixiensis</i> in several aspects, such as culm height and branch complement structure. However, the glabrous culm leaf sheaths and internodes, the absence of auricles and oral setae on most foliage leaves, except the one-year-old foliage leaves, the pubescence on the adaxial surface of the one-year-old foliage leaves and its limestone habitat preference can readily distinguish this new species from its related taxa. Moreover, we emphasise that individuals from various populations and molecular markers with different inheritance patterns for phylogeny reconstruction should be included in new species discovery, especially in plant groups with complex evolutionary histories.</p>","PeriodicalId":20070,"journal":{"name":"PhytoKeys","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11344174/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142056369","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 : 2024-07-29eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.245.121988
Sandra Knapp
{"title":"A revision of <i>Lycianthes</i> (Solanaceae) in tropical Asia.","authors":"Sandra Knapp","doi":"10.3897/phytokeys.245.121988","DOIUrl":"10.3897/phytokeys.245.121988","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The genus <i>Lycianthes</i> (Dunal) Hassl. (Solanaceae) has in the past been treated as a section of the large genus <i>Solanum</i> L. but is more closely related to <i>Capsicum</i> L. Outside of the Americas, where the highest species diversity occurs, the genus is found in tropical and subtropical habitats from India to Japan and the Philippines, including the islands of Indonesia, New Guinea and the Solomons. The 19 species from Australia, New Guinea and the Pacific were treated in 'PhytoKeys 209'. Here I treat the remaining 10 species occurring across Asia; including two native species, <i>L.biflora</i> (Lour.) Bitter and <i>L.oliveriana</i> (Lauterb. & K.Schum) Bitter, and one cultivated species, <i>L.rantonnetii</i> (Carrière) Bitter that were also included in the earlier work. The Asian species treated here occupy a wide range of forested and disturbed habitats and are diverse in habit, ranging from epiphytic vines to small or medium sized trees, shrubs or creeping herbs. Many of the species are weedy plants of highly disturbed habitats and are best characterised as \"ochlospecies\", with complex polymorphic variation. <i>Lycianthesrantonnetii</i>, a species native to southern South America, is recorded as cultivated in India and Pakistan, but may be more widespread than collections indicate. The history of taxonomic treatments of <i>Lycianthes</i> in Asia is discussed, along with details of morphology found in all species. All species are treated in full, with complete morphological descriptions, including synonymy, lecto- or neotypifications, discussions of ecology and vernacular names, distribution maps and preliminary conservation assessments (for all except the cultivated <i>L.rantonnetii</i>). Searchable lists of all specimens examined are presented as Suppl. materials 1, 2.</p>","PeriodicalId":20070,"journal":{"name":"PhytoKeys","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11301032/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141902608","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 : 2024-07-23DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.244.107288
Samantha McCarren, J. Midgley, A. Coetzee, S. Johnson
{"title":"Pollen transfer efficiency in Erica depends on type of pollinator","authors":"Samantha McCarren, J. Midgley, A. Coetzee, S. Johnson","doi":"10.3897/phytokeys.244.107288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.244.107288","url":null,"abstract":"Pollen transfer efficiency (PTE; the proportion of pollen removed from flowers that reaches conspecific stigmas) is expected to vary with the type of pollinator and flower morphology, and to influence male siring success. Many species in the genus Erica are pollinated by bees (which consume pollen and should thus lower PTE) but during its radiation in the Cape, several independent shifts to both sunbird and long-proboscid fly (LP fly) pollinators, which do not consume pollen have taken place. Improvements in PTE could be one of the factors driving these pollinator shifts. PTE data for 15 Erica species (five for each of the three pollinator types) were collected and compared in relation to type of pollinator and anther exsertion. LP fly- and bird-pollinated species had higher PTE in comparison with bee-pollinated species. Species with inserted anthers had higher PTE than those with exserted anthers. This suggests that sunbirds and LP flies are more efficient pollinators than bees. Additionally, the study suggests that insertion of anthers within the corolla tube can reduce pollen losses.","PeriodicalId":20070,"journal":{"name":"PhytoKeys","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141813601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhytoKeysPub Date : 2024-07-23DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.244.127109
Antonio Giacò, L. Peruzzi
{"title":"Nomenclature and typification of plant names related to Centaurea aplolepa and C. leucophaea (Asteraceae) from Italy and France","authors":"Antonio Giacò, L. Peruzzi","doi":"10.3897/phytokeys.244.127109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.244.127109","url":null,"abstract":"Centaurea aplolepa Moretti and C. leucophaea Jord. (Asteraceae) are endemic to the central-western Mediterranean and include, respectively, ten and six subspecies, mostly occurring in north-western Italy and south-eastern France. As part of an ongoing systematic study on Centaurea L. sect. Centaurea from the central Mediterranean, 17 nomenclatural types (13 lectotypes, three neotypes and one epitype) are designated to fix the application of all names of the taxa described for France and Italy and related to C. aplolepa and C. leucophaea. In addition, previous typifications are critically revised and discussed. Centaurea aplolepa subsp. maremmana (Fiori) Dostál and C. litigiosa (Fiori) Arrigoni, two currently accepted taxa endemic to Tuscany (central Italy), are respectively considered here as heterotypic synonyms of C. aplolepa subsp. carueliana (Micheletti) Dostál and C. aplolepa subsp. cosana (Fiori) Dostál. Finally, C. aplolepa subsp. gallinariae (Briq. & Cavill.) Dostál, a currently accepted subspecies narrowly endemic to the Gallinara island (Liguria, northern Italy), is considered here as a heterotypic synonym of C. leucophaea subsp. brunnescens (Briq.) Dostál.","PeriodicalId":20070,"journal":{"name":"PhytoKeys","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141813776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhytoKeysPub Date : 2024-07-23DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.244.124080
Orawanya Suwanmala, J. Villarreal A., Fay-Wei Li, S. Chantanaorrapint
{"title":"Phaeoceros perpusillus var. scabrellus (Notothyladaceae, Anthocerotophyta), a new taxon from northern Thailand","authors":"Orawanya Suwanmala, J. Villarreal A., Fay-Wei Li, S. Chantanaorrapint","doi":"10.3897/phytokeys.244.124080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.244.124080","url":null,"abstract":"A new variety of hornwort from northern Thailand, Phaeoceros perpusillus var. scabrellus is described based on morphological characters and molecular phylogenetic analyses. In this study, phylogenetic analyses supported that the new variety is closely related to P. perpusillus var. perpusillus. Morphologically, it is distinguished from the autonimic variety in nearly smooth spores under light microscope. A taxonomic description, illustrations, and light and scanning electron micrographs are provided. In addition, the new variety is assessed as Endangered (EN), demonstrating its rarity by being currently known from only three subpopulations.","PeriodicalId":20070,"journal":{"name":"PhytoKeys","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141811278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"<i>Coptisaustrogaoligongensis</i> (Ranunculaceae), a new species from West Yunnan, China.","authors":"Zhuo Cheng, Jiahua Li, Congli Xu, Lixiang Zhang, Qiangbang Gong, Chunlin Long","doi":"10.3897/phytokeys.244.127978","DOIUrl":"10.3897/phytokeys.244.127978","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Based on morphological and plastid data, we have described and confirmed that <i>Coptisaustrogaoligongensis</i> distributed in Tongbiguan Provincial Nature Reserve, Yingjiang County, Yunnan Province, is a new species of <i>Coptis</i>. It is distinctly different from C.teetasubsp.teeta and C.teetasubsp.lohitensis with differences mainly reflected in the following features: former leaf segment lobes contiguous to each other, and lateral segments equal to central one; plants without developed stolons; inflorescences with only 1-3 flowers; petals have short claws. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that <i>C.austrogaoligongensis</i> is a sister to C.teetasubsp.teeta and C.teetasubsp.lohitensis.</p>","PeriodicalId":20070,"journal":{"name":"PhytoKeys","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11283624/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141788851","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":"Didymocarpus pingyuanensis (Gesneriaceae), a new species endemic to Danxia landscape from Guangdong Province, China, and two new combinations in Didymocarpus","authors":"Ling-Han Yang, Jing-Min Dai, Fang Wen, Jian-Hui Liu, Xue-Zheng Lan, Qiang Fan","doi":"10.3897/phytokeys.244.126137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.244.126137","url":null,"abstract":"Didymocarpus pingyuanensis, endemic to the Danxia landscape in Pingyuan County, Guangdong, China, is described and illustrated here. This species can be distinguished from other members of Didymocarpus sect. Heteroboea by its calyx deeply 5-lobed to about three quarters of its length. The phylogenetic position of the new species within Didymocarpus was examined using nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences. Based on phylogenetics analysis and morphological evidence, we propose two new combinations, elevating the two varieties to species level, namely D. yinzhengii and D. gamosepalus.","PeriodicalId":20070,"journal":{"name":"PhytoKeys","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141643364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhytoKeysPub Date : 2024-07-15DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.244.126207
C. Ngernsaengsaruay, Pichet Chanton, Nisa Leksungnoen, Minta Chaiprasongsuk, Raweewan Thunthawanich
{"title":"A taxonomic revision of Garcinia section Garcinia (Clusiaceae) in Thailand","authors":"C. Ngernsaengsaruay, Pichet Chanton, Nisa Leksungnoen, Minta Chaiprasongsuk, Raweewan Thunthawanich","doi":"10.3897/phytokeys.244.126207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.244.126207","url":null,"abstract":"Garcinia section Garcinia (Clusiaceae) is revised for Thailand with three species and one variety, i.e., two native species: G. celebica and G. exigua, and one cultivated species: G. mangostana var. mangostana. Detailed morphological descriptions, illustrations, and an identification key to the species are presented, along with notes on distributions, habitats and ecology, phenology, conservation assessments, etymology, vernacular names, uses, and specimens examined. The section is recognized by its terminal inflorescences of simple cymes, or sometimes a solitary flower; flowers with 4 sepals and 4 petals; male flowers often with a pistillode, and stamens united into a single 4-lobed or 4-angled bundle, and with 2-thecous anthers; usually multilocular ovaries and stigmas with distinct or weak lobes and smooth or rough; and fruits with a smooth surface. Three associated synonyms of G. celebica: G. ferrea, G. basacensis, and G. hombroniana, are lectotypified here in a second-step. In Thailand, Garcinia celebica is found in a very wide variety of habitats, at elevations of 0–1,500 m amsl., and is known to be naturally distributed in all floristic regions. G. exigua is found in dry evergreen forest on limestone hills and in littoral dry evergreen forest on limestone hills, at elevations of 50–100 m amsl. in Krabi Province, the peninsular region. G. mangostana var. mangostana is found only in cultivation. Garcinia exigua has a conservation status of Vulnerable [VU B2ab(iii)] and the other two species have a conservation status of Least Concern [LC]. The fleshy pulp surrounding the seeds of two species, G. celebica and G. mangostana var. mangostana is edible and has a sweet-sour taste.","PeriodicalId":20070,"journal":{"name":"PhytoKeys","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141644774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhytoKeysPub Date : 2024-07-11DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.244.126940
Ze-Huan Wang, Qian-Qian Zhong, Yong-Liang Li, Jia-Ju Xu, Qin-Wen Sun
{"title":"Ixeridium nujiangense (Crepidinae, Cichorieae, Asteraceae), a new species from southwest Yunnan, China","authors":"Ze-Huan Wang, Qian-Qian Zhong, Yong-Liang Li, Jia-Ju Xu, Qin-Wen Sun","doi":"10.3897/phytokeys.244.126940","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.244.126940","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we describe Ixeridium nujiangense, a novel species identified in southwestern Yunnan, China. Two populations have been found along the riverbanks of the Nujiang River in Yongde and Zhenkang Counties. Morphologically, I. nujiangense is most similar to the recently described I. malingheense, but it can be readily distinguished by its mostly divided basal leaves, narrower non-clasping cauline leaves, notably shorter corolla tube, pale brown anthers, and considerably longer beak of achenes.","PeriodicalId":20070,"journal":{"name":"PhytoKeys","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141656017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhytoKeysPub Date : 2024-07-11DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.244.118657
P. Chantaranothai
{"title":"Notes on the genus Syzygium (Myrtaceae) from Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, China and Taiwan","authors":"P. Chantaranothai","doi":"10.3897/phytokeys.244.118657","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.244.118657","url":null,"abstract":"Syzygium kampotense is a new species from Cambodia. Syzygium cerasiforme, S. foxworthianum, and S. angkae and S. thorelii are new records from Cambodia, Vietnam and China, respectively. Syzygium prainianum subsp. minor and S. densinervium var. insulare are placed under S. prainianum and S. densinervium, respectively. Eugenia cochinchinensis, E. eburnea and E. ripicola, are reduced to synonymy under S. pellucidum. Lectotypes for Eugenia densiflora var. angustifolia, E. pellucida and E. pellucida var. contracta are designated.","PeriodicalId":20070,"journal":{"name":"PhytoKeys","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141656729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}