PhytotaxaPub Date : 2023-12-07DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.8
D. Chudaev, Z. Levkov
{"title":"A new species of the genus Adlafia (Anomoeoneidaceae, Bacillariophyta) from Moscow Region (Russia) and North Macedonia","authors":"D. Chudaev, Z. Levkov","doi":"10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.8","url":null,"abstract":"Adlafia is a relatively small diatom genus in terms of number of species and consisting of small-celled species with delicate morphology that is barely visible under the light microscope. Only a few morphological characteristics recognizable under a light microscope can be used to identify species. This could lead to a broader species concept and misidentifications of species. Recent observations of the diatom flora of Russia and North Macedonia reveal the existence of a new Adlafia species. This study describes it based on light and scanning electron microscopy observations. The new species resembles Adlafia minuscula, but its valves are narrowly lanceolate, more slender and have a smaller width. The species is probably widely distributed in Europe, but was overlooked in earlier studies.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":20114,"journal":{"name":"Phytotaxa","volume":"37 17","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138594092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhytotaxaPub Date : 2023-12-07DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.10
HONG-JIN Wei, XIN-GUI Le, Bin Chen
{"title":"Arachniodes breviaristata (Dryopteridaceae): a new species from Jiangxi, China","authors":"HONG-JIN Wei, XIN-GUI Le, Bin Chen","doi":"10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.10","url":null,"abstract":"Arachniodes breviaristata, a new species of Dryopteridaceae from Jiangxi, China, is described and illustrated. The new species is most similar to A. exilis in terms of pinnule shape and serrature form, but can be easily recognized by its lamina shape, degree of shrinkage of the lamina apex and relative length of basiscopically basal pinnules of the lowest pinnae. The new species is suggested to be classified as Critically Endangered (CR) following IUCN Red List Criteria.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":20114,"journal":{"name":"Phytotaxa","volume":"100 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138590669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhytotaxaPub Date : 2023-12-07DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.4
Wenyu He, P. Rioual, Hai Luo, Jingjing Li, Luo Wang
{"title":"Aulacoseira huguang sp. nov., a new Lateglacial fossil diatom from South China","authors":"Wenyu He, P. Rioual, Hai Luo, Jingjing Li, Luo Wang","doi":"10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.4","url":null,"abstract":"Examination of a sediment sequence from Huguangyan Maar Lake (HML) in southeast China revealed the presence of a new Aulacoseira species in samples dated to the Lateglacial. Using light microscopy (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), this small-sized species is described as Aulacoseira huguang sp. nov. Its morphology is compared with those of similar species, such as A. subborealis (Nygaard) Denys, Muylaert & Krammer, A. pusilla (F. Meister) Tuji & Houki, A. stevensiae Weide, A. subarctica (O. Müller.) Haworth, A. scalaris (Grunow in Van Heurck) Houk, Klee & Passauer, A. distans (Ehrenberg) Simonsen and A. alpigena (Grunow) Krammer. Aulacoseira huguang sp. nov. can be differentiated by the following combination of characters: valve face covered in round areolae evenly spaced, a smooth collum, small cell size, the presence of two rimoportulae located on the ringleist, positioned in opposite places on the perimeter of the valve and spines that are separated from the first row of areolae.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":20114,"journal":{"name":"Phytotaxa","volume":"30 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138590158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhytotaxaPub Date : 2023-12-07DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.2
A. Castro‐Castro, Juan Pablo ORTIZ-BRUNEL, Heriberto Ávila-González, Isaac H. LICHTER-MARCK, Pablo Carrillo-Reyes, I. L. LÓPEZ-ENRÍQUEZ, Marco Antonio BARVOSA-JIMÉNEZ
{"title":"Spatial richness analysis and an evaluation of extinction risk for the genus Pachyphytum (Crassulaceae), with the description of a new species from Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico","authors":"A. Castro‐Castro, Juan Pablo ORTIZ-BRUNEL, Heriberto Ávila-González, Isaac H. LICHTER-MARCK, Pablo Carrillo-Reyes, I. L. LÓPEZ-ENRÍQUEZ, Marco Antonio BARVOSA-JIMÉNEZ","doi":"10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.2","url":null,"abstract":"Pachyphytum is a genus of rupicolous succulents endemic to central Mexico. Here, we present a comprehensive list of currently recognized taxa in Pachyphytum with a review of biogeographical distribution data, a spatial richness analysis, and conservation assessments based on herbarium records and field work. Pachyphytum has been documented in 11 Mexican states, with the highest concentration of species (14) occurring in xerophilous scrubland, Chihuahuan Desert, and the Sierra Madre Oriental. All species of Pachyphytum are narrow endemics and were therefore categorized as at-risk of extinction according to IUCN criteria. Currently, taxa in Pachyphytum do not have formal protected status due to lack of inclusion on Mexico’s list of endangered species. During fieldwork in preparation for this research, an undescribed Pachyphytum was encountered in Durango state, which we here describe as a new species based on a detailed morphological comparative study.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":20114,"journal":{"name":"Phytotaxa","volume":"20 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138591479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhytotaxaPub Date : 2023-12-07DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.5
Geng Sun, Z. Levkov, Weiyang Xiao, Nikola Moraj, M. G. Udovič, Jie Du, Qunlong Chen, Anđelka Plenković-Moraj
{"title":"New diatom species Diploneis zhui sp. nov. from Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve, China","authors":"Geng Sun, Z. Levkov, Weiyang Xiao, Nikola Moraj, M. G. Udovič, Jie Du, Qunlong Chen, Anđelka Plenković-Moraj","doi":"10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.5","url":null,"abstract":"Diploneis zhui sp. nov. was observed in epilitic diatom communities from Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve. The species is described herein based on light microscopy (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and ecological information of the type locality is provided. The species is characterized by linear to linear-elliptic valves with broadly rounded ends, 18–39 μm long, and 9.5–11.0 μm wide and partly biseriate striae, 16–18 in 10 μm. The species is compared with most similar taxa from other regions. The discovery of a new diatom species confirms the importance of Jiuzhaigou not only in terms of species richness and endemicity, but also for the biodiversity of freshwater karst ecosystems.","PeriodicalId":20114,"journal":{"name":"Phytotaxa","volume":"11 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138591914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhytotaxaPub Date : 2023-12-07DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.7
G. S. Silva, Benjamin MARLAND TORKE, V. Mansano
{"title":"Alexa duckeana (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae): a new species from the Brazilian Amazon","authors":"G. S. Silva, Benjamin MARLAND TORKE, V. Mansano","doi":"10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.7","url":null,"abstract":"Alexa (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) comprises nine species of Amazonian trees. An updated analysis of morphological variation in the genus indicated that material identified as Alexa grandiflora in herbaria constituted two distinct species, one of which appeared to be new. Subsequent fieldwork further supported the distinction. Here, we describe the new species, Alexa duckeana, which differs from A. grandiflora, most notably by lacking extrafloral glands and by having shorter pedicels and shorter racemes with more congested flowers. Alexa duckeana occurs only in the southeastern region of Pará, in northern Brazil. We assess its conservation status as Endangered. In addition to the description, we provide an illustration and distribution map for the new species, taxonomic comparisons, and an identification key for the species of Alexa that occur in Brazil.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":20114,"journal":{"name":"Phytotaxa","volume":"9 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138591603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tetraploa lignicola, a new freshwater fungal species from Yunnan Province, China","authors":"JIA-NING Li, SHI-YU Wang, RONG-JU XU, KE Xu, CHUN-HUA Ma, QI Zhao, Ying-An Zhu","doi":"10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.6","url":null,"abstract":"Two fungal strains were isolated from submerged decaying woods in the freshwater habitats, which are characterized by cylindrical, septate, verrucose, brown conidia, composed of four vertical columns of cells, 3-septate in each column, with four appendages at the base which are slightly tapering toward the apex and each with 5–10-septate. Multigene phylogenetic analyses of combined ITS, LSU, and SSU sequences data showed that the two isolates clustered into a separated clade in Tetraploa. Herein, we report it as a new hyphomycetous species, Tetraploa lignicola. The descriptions, illustrations, and a phylogenetic tree show the placement of T. lignicola, the comparisons between the new species and other morphologically similar taxa in Tetraploa are also provided.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":20114,"journal":{"name":"Phytotaxa","volume":"1 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138591632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhytotaxaPub Date : 2023-12-06DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.629.2.8
T. Pailler, CHARLES-HENRI Robert, Olivier Flores, B. Bytebier, C. Baider
{"title":"Cynorkis adeleana, a new species of Orchidaceae (Orchidoideae; Habenariinae) endemic to Réunion","authors":"T. Pailler, CHARLES-HENRI Robert, Olivier Flores, B. Bytebier, C. Baider","doi":"10.11646/phytotaxa.629.2.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.629.2.8","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>N/A</jats:p>","PeriodicalId":20114,"journal":{"name":"Phytotaxa","volume":"43 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138595338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhytotaxaPub Date : 2023-12-06DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.629.2.4
Ilana C. Oliveira, F. S. E. Santo, A. Rapini, M. C. Dórea, R. P. Oliveira
{"title":"Ruehssia bahiensis: a new species of Apocynaceae endemic to a floristically neglected area within the Semi-arid of Bahia, Brazil","authors":"Ilana C. Oliveira, F. S. E. Santo, A. Rapini, M. C. Dórea, R. P. Oliveira","doi":"10.11646/phytotaxa.629.2.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.629.2.4","url":null,"abstract":"Ruehssia belongs to the Apocynaceae, tribe Marsdeniae, including all neotropical species of this family with erect pollinia. This genus includes about 110 species, 44 of which occur in Brazil. In recent floristic surveys conducted within the Semi-arid region of Bahia state, Northeast Brazil, a new species of Ruehssia was recognised, which is herein described and illustrated. It resembles R. pickelii (Fontella & Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini, known from the caatinga vegetation in Pernambuco, Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte states, but has the corolla lobes adaxially pubescent (vs glabrous), corona lobes shorter than (vs as high as) the gynostegium and an exserted, conical (vs inserted and subglobose) style-head apex. The newfound species is named R. bahiensis and is known from only three locations, two within the “sisal territory” and one in the region of Feira de Santana. All these locales are floristically underexplored and have undergone an extensive transformation into pasture and agricultural land.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":20114,"journal":{"name":"Phytotaxa","volume":"58 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138595429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhytotaxaPub Date : 2023-12-06DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.629.2.5
H. Cai, DONG-LIANG Lin, Chao Ye, HAN-CHEN Wang, BO-YUN Yang, X. Jin
{"title":"Neottia linzhiensis (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae, Neottieae), a new species from Xizang, China","authors":"H. Cai, DONG-LIANG Lin, Chao Ye, HAN-CHEN Wang, BO-YUN Yang, X. Jin","doi":"10.11646/phytotaxa.629.2.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.629.2.5","url":null,"abstract":"A new species of Orchidaceae, Neottia linzhiensis, from Motuo, Xizang, China, is described and illustrated. Neottia linzhiensis is similar to N. brevicaulis and N. taizanensis, but differs from them by having lip shallowly bilobed at apex, column not curve, and stigma nearly at column apex. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":20114,"journal":{"name":"Phytotaxa","volume":"64 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138594706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}