PhytotaxaPub Date : 2023-12-12DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.630.1.7
Tao Meng, MAO-XIN Lu, XUE-YU Huang, CHUN-RUI Lin, Yan Liu
{"title":"Aspidistra longzhouensis (Asparagaceae), a new species from limestone areas in Guangxi, China","authors":"Tao Meng, MAO-XIN Lu, XUE-YU Huang, CHUN-RUI Lin, Yan Liu","doi":"10.11646/phytotaxa.630.1.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.630.1.7","url":null,"abstract":"Aspidistra longzhouensis, a new species of Asparagaceae from Guangxi, southern China, is described and illustrated here. It is morphologically similar to A. patentiloba Y. Wan & X. H. Lu, but the new species is differentiated by its smaller leaf, flower completely pure white, stigma upper surface glabrous and with 4 radial lines, bifurcate lines at center. The new species is currently known only from the Karst areas in southwest Guangxi. Colour plates of the similar species are provided for comparison.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":20114,"journal":{"name":"Phytotaxa","volume":"24 5‐6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139008882","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 : 2023-12-12DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.630.1.4
M. Koçyi̇ği̇t, Zeynep Büşra Erarslan, N. Özhatay, E. Kaya
{"title":"Allium beypazariense (Amaryllidaceae), a new species from middle Anatolia (Türkiye)","authors":"M. Koçyi̇ği̇t, Zeynep Büşra Erarslan, N. Özhatay, E. Kaya","doi":"10.11646/phytotaxa.630.1.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.630.1.4","url":null,"abstract":"Allium beypazariense, a newly discovered species from the A. section Codonoprasum, is described and illustrated in this study. The species is endemic to middle Anatolia, Beypazarı and Çayırhan districts in Ankara in Türkiye. This research provides a comprehensive examination of the species, including its morphology, phenology, leaf anatomy, seed testa micromorphology, and conservation status. A comprehensive description of this species is provided, including detailed photographs and illustration, geographical distribution map, habitat and ecology. Furthermore, the taxonomic relationships between Allium beypazariense and its closest relatives, A. opacum is thoroughly explored and discussed. The new species can be easily distinguished from the close species by its mucronate tepal apex, sessile ovary, different anther colour, and thick scape.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":20114,"journal":{"name":"Phytotaxa","volume":"10 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139007604","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 : 2023-12-12DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.630.1.2
Qiong Yuan, Qin‐Er Yang
{"title":"Taxonomic studies on the genus Delphinium (Ranunculaceae) from China (XXVI): Notes on D. altissimum and D. scabriflorum, with description of a new species, D. pseudoscabriflorum","authors":"Qiong Yuan, Qin‐Er Yang","doi":"10.11646/phytotaxa.630.1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.630.1.2","url":null,"abstract":"Based on literature consultation and specimen survey, we demonstrate that the Himalayan species Delphinium scabriflorum (Ranunculaceae) has been largely misunderstood. We agree with the previous treatment of placing D. altissimum in synonymy with D. scabriflorum. We determine that those specimens from Bhutan previously referred to D. scabriflorum and those from Cona in China’s southern Xizang (Tibet) previously referred to D. conaense or D. umbrosum var. drepanocentrum represent a new species, which we describe as D. pseudoscabriflorum herein. This species, currently known only from Bhutan and the closely adjacent Cona county in southern Xizang, China, is similar to D. ludlowii, a species endemic to Bhutan, and D. scabriflorum, a widely distributed Himalayan species, but differs by an array of characters with respect to leaf division, pedicel indumentum, shape of bracteoles and their position on the pedicel, shape of sepaline spurs, and follicle pubescence.","PeriodicalId":20114,"journal":{"name":"Phytotaxa","volume":"51 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139007103","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 : 2023-12-12DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.630.1.6
Jian-Guo Ma, N. Liu, Xia Tang, Xinghuo Xiao, Xue-Mei Chen, Yuan-Pin Xiao, YA-ZHOU Zhang, Yongzhong Lu, S. Boonmee
{"title":"Sclerococcum pseudobactrodesmium sp. nov. from a terrestrial habitat in China","authors":"Jian-Guo Ma, N. Liu, Xia Tang, Xinghuo Xiao, Xue-Mei Chen, Yuan-Pin Xiao, YA-ZHOU Zhang, Yongzhong Lu, S. Boonmee","doi":"10.11646/phytotaxa.630.1.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.630.1.6","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, four terrestrial collections of bactrodesmium-like hyphomycetous fungi were isolated from rotten wood in Guizhou Province, China. Phylogenetic analyses based on the combined LSU, ITS, mtSSU, and SSU sequence matrix indicate that these four isolates represent one species belonging to the Sclerococcum within the Dactylosporaceae, and present a distinct lineage. Therefore, Sclerococcum pseudobactrodesmium sp. nov. was introduced with corresponding morphological descriptions. Sclerococcum pseudobactrodesmium represents the first lignicolous asexual species from a terrestrial habitat.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":20114,"journal":{"name":"Phytotaxa","volume":"11 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139008696","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.629.3.11
H. Margońska
{"title":"A new Liparis species (Orchidaceae, Liparidinae) in L. section Platyglossum","authors":"H. Margońska","doi":"10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.11","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>N/A</jats:p>","PeriodicalId":20114,"journal":{"name":"Phytotaxa","volume":"16 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138590027","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.629.3.12
B. Vijver
{"title":"Eunotia pottieziana, a new diatom (Eunotiaceae, Bacillariophyta) species found in a tropical aquarium","authors":"B. Vijver","doi":"10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.12","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>N/A</jats:p>","PeriodicalId":20114,"journal":{"name":"Phytotaxa","volume":"37 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138593937","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.629.3.3
F. Krahulec, Jan Kirschner, A. Krahulcová
{"title":"Valeriana dacica, a distinctive tetraploid in the Eastern Carpathians","authors":"F. Krahulec, Jan Kirschner, A. Krahulcová","doi":"10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.3","url":null,"abstract":"Floras and taxonomic papers covering the region of the Eastern Carpathians frequently include a taxon of the Valeriana tripteris and V. montana affinity, under various names, most frequently as Valeriana transsilvanica or V. tripteris subsp. heterophylla. After having collected and cultivated a new material from Slovakia and Poland, we discovered that the taxon in question is a separate species, a tetraploid (2n=32) occupying a special habitat and a wide geographical range in Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine and Romania, distinct from both V. tripteris and V. montana. An analysis of relevant (seventeen) names and their original material, where applicable, found the name Valeriana dacica Porcius as the correct specific name for this taxon. Diagnostic characters, habitat requirements and an outline of its geographic distribution are provided. Notes on all relevant names, including the misapplied ones or invalid names surviving in important databases are given. Five names are newly typified.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":20114,"journal":{"name":"Phytotaxa","volume":"33 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138594430","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.629.3.9
MENG-YAO Zeng, Yu-Wei Wu, CHUN-YI Wei, YU-HAN Wu, Ming-He Li
{"title":"Bulbophyllum xiajinchangense (Orchidaceae; Malaxideae), a new species from China: evidence from morphological and DNA analysis","authors":"MENG-YAO Zeng, Yu-Wei Wu, CHUN-YI Wei, YU-HAN Wu, Ming-He Li","doi":"10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.9","url":null,"abstract":"Bulbophyllum xiajinchangense (Orchidaceae), a new species from Yunnan province, China, is described and illustrated. It is morphologically similar to B. scabratum, but differs by its free (vs. convergent) lateral sepals, the ratio of mean lateral/dorsal sepal length (ca. 2.0 vs. ca. 3.0), purplish-red (vs. pale yellow-ochre) flowers. Phylogenetic analysis based on nuclear ribosomal ITS and two plastid (matK and psbA-trnH) sequences support B. xiajinchangense as a distinct species, which forms an independent lineage sister to B. levinei, B. gedangense and its allies.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":20114,"journal":{"name":"Phytotaxa","volume":"94 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138590606","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.629.3.1
Sang Deuk Lee, Mirye Park, Jin-Young Lee, H. Lee, JUNG-MIN Choi
{"title":"Giffenia koreana sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta): A newly identified epipelic diatom in the tidal flat sediments of Suncheonman Bay, extant for over 1,400 Years","authors":"Sang Deuk Lee, Mirye Park, Jin-Young Lee, H. Lee, JUNG-MIN Choi","doi":"10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.629.3.1","url":null,"abstract":"An unknown Giffenia taxon was sampled from the tidal flat sediment of Suncheonman Bay in the Republic of Korea on June 11, 2018. To identify the species, a detailed analysis using light and electron microscopy and a literature review were conducted. The important morphological characteristics—thin lip-shaped sternum, elongated alveoli, and eccentric raphe slit—were found in the species. These features are not present in previously described Giffenia taxa (Giffenia cocconeiformis). The new diatom species is characterized by (1) a slightly undulated valve face, (2) a lip-shaped sternum with a slightly rough surface, (3) numerous elongated alveoli on the valve face, and (4) an eccentric raphe slit. We propose Giffenia koreana sp. nov. as a new epipelic diatom taxon.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":20114,"journal":{"name":"Phytotaxa","volume":"28 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138594467","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}