{"title":"CURCUMA IGNEA (ZINGIBERACEAE), A SPECTACULAR NEW SPECIES FROM THAILAND","authors":"S. Ruchisansakun, T. Jenjittikul","doi":"10.24823/ejb.2023.1959","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24823/ejb.2023.1959","url":null,"abstract":"Curcuma ignea Ruchis. & Jenjitt., a new species in Curcuma subg. Ecomatae from Thailand, is described here. This species is distinct from others by the combination of open flowers and L-shaped anthers. It is most similar to Curcuma glans but differs by having anther spurs pointing outwards (vs divergent), remotely pilose corolla lobes (vs glabrous), and vivid red, green, to white bracts (vs pale green to green, with red veins). It is assessed as Endangered using IUCN categories and criteria.","PeriodicalId":39376,"journal":{"name":"Edinburgh Journal of Botany","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139359763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. F. Sant’Anna-Santos, Luiz Fernando Lima Carvalho, P. Soffiatti
{"title":"A NEW RUPICOLOUS PALM FROM THE CAMPOS RUPESTRES, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL","authors":"B. F. Sant’Anna-Santos, Luiz Fernando Lima Carvalho, P. Soffiatti","doi":"10.24823/ejb.2023.1974","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24823/ejb.2023.1974","url":null,"abstract":"The Syagrus glaucescens species complex occurs in the Espinhaço Range in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. In addition to Syagrus duartei Glassman, S. glaucescens Glaz. ex Becc. and S. evansiana Noblick, a fourth undescribed species was previously identified by its morphology, leaf anatomy and geographical isolation. Here we formally describe this species as new to science and compare it with Syagrus evansiana, its closely related species. We also provide a distribution map, illustrations, photographs, taxonomic notes, and an IUCN conservation status assessment of Endangered.","PeriodicalId":39376,"journal":{"name":"Edinburgh Journal of Botany","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139359663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Momang Taram, Dipankar Borah, Hui Tag, D. Middleton
{"title":"A CLARIFICATION OF THE STATUS OF RHYNCHOGLOSSUM LAZULINUM (GESNERIACEAE: DIDYMOCARPOIDEAE)","authors":"Momang Taram, Dipankar Borah, Hui Tag, D. Middleton","doi":"10.24823/ejb.2023.1976","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24823/ejb.2023.1976","url":null,"abstract":"The status of the species Rhynchoglossum lazulinum A.S.Rao & Joseph as distinct from R. ampliatum (C.B.Clarke) B.L.Burtt is discussed. It is concluded that Rhynchoglossum lazulinum should be treated as a synonym of R. ampliatum.","PeriodicalId":39376,"journal":{"name":"Edinburgh Journal of Botany","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139362201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Phub Gyeltshen, Wojciech Adamowski, Tashi Phuntsho, Kinga Thinley
{"title":"IMPATIENS DARACHUENSIS (BALSAMINACEAE), A NEW SPECIES FROM BHUTAN HIMALAYA","authors":"Phub Gyeltshen, Wojciech Adamowski, Tashi Phuntsho, Kinga Thinley","doi":"10.24823/ejb.2023.1939","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24823/ejb.2023.1939","url":null,"abstract":"Impatiens darachuensis, a new species from Sarpang district in southern Bhutan, is described and illustrated. Detailed photographs of plants and dissected flowers are provided, as is information on phenology, distribution, habitat and ecology. The new species is assessed as Endangered using IUCN categories and criteria.","PeriodicalId":39376,"journal":{"name":"Edinburgh Journal of Botany","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135287254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniel Thomas, Wisnu Ardi, Fernando Santana, Pedro Pinto, Frances Wei Loke, Natalino Babo Martins, Nathan Conaboy
{"title":"A NEW SPECIES OF BEGONIA (BEGONIACEAE) FROM INDONESIA AND TIMOR-LESTE","authors":"Daniel Thomas, Wisnu Ardi, Fernando Santana, Pedro Pinto, Frances Wei Loke, Natalino Babo Martins, Nathan Conaboy","doi":"10.24823/ejb.2023.1973","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24823/ejb.2023.1973","url":null,"abstract":"A new rhizomatous, lithophytic species of Begonia (Begoniaceae – Begonia sect. Jackia) is described from material collected from limestone areas in the Indonesian and Timor-Leste parts of the island of Timor, Lesser Sunda Isles. Photographs, a provisional conservation status assessment of the new species, and an identification key to species of Begonia sect. Jackia in the Lesser Sunda Isles are provided.","PeriodicalId":39376,"journal":{"name":"Edinburgh Journal of Botany","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135287066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"VACCINIUM COARCTATUM (ERICACEAE), AN ULTRAMAFIC-OBLIGATE NEW SPECIES FROM THE DWARF FOREST OF MOUNT REDONDO, DINAGAT ISLAND, PHILIPPINES","authors":"Maverick Tamayo, Edwino Fernando, Peter Fritsch","doi":"10.24823/ejb.2023.1960","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24823/ejb.2023.1960","url":null,"abstract":"A new species of blueberry, Vaccinium coarctatum M.N.Tamayo & Fernando, from the dwarf forest on ultramafic soil of Dinagat Island, Philippines, is described. It closely resembles Vaccinium hamiguitanense P.W.Fritsch but is distinct from that species in having a longer inflorescence, shorter pedicels, longer and persistent bracteoles, white-hirsutulous calyx lobes, and shorter anther spurs. This discovery brings the number of Vaccinium species known from the Philippines to 41. A key to the small-leaved Vaccinium in the Philippines is provided.","PeriodicalId":39376,"journal":{"name":"Edinburgh Journal of Botany","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135675614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"FLORA OF NEPAL NOTULAE IV: NEW SPECIES AND RESURRECTED NAMES IN SILENE","authors":"Magnus Lidén, Bengt Oxelman","doi":"10.24823/ejb.2023.367","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24823/ejb.2023.367","url":null,"abstract":"Based on revisionary work for the forthcoming Flora of Nepal, five new species of Silene are described (S. scoparia, S. procera, S. blepharicalyx, S. vaginans and S. poa), one nomen novum is introduced (S. oreoploca for Melandrium linearifolium), one new combination (S. nyalamensis) is made, and proper usage is clarified for previously misapplied (S. moorcroftiana and S. nepalensis) or neglected (S. thomsonii) names. Illustrations are provided for all taxa discussed.","PeriodicalId":39376,"journal":{"name":"Edinburgh Journal of Botany","volume":"109 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135675615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A NEW SPECIES OF MEIOGYNE (ANNONACEAE) FROM THE EASTERN HIMALAYAS OF NORTHEAST INDIA","authors":"Navendu Page","doi":"10.24823/ejb.2023.1954","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24823/ejb.2023.1954","url":null,"abstract":"The genus Meiogyne is distributed throughout South and Southeast Asia and includes approximately 33 described taxa. A new species, Meiogyne arunachalensis, is here described from the state of Arunachal Pradesh, India. This is the third species from India and the first from the Eastern Himalayan and Northeast Indian region. This species shows morphological similarity with Meiogyne maxiflora, a species distributed in Thailand, but it differs in a number of vegetative and reproductive characters. Meiogyne arunachalensis is the largest species of the genus described so far in terms of tree height and girth of the tree trunk. Detailed colour photographs are provided to highlight its morphological distinctness and facilitate identification in the field.","PeriodicalId":39376,"journal":{"name":"Edinburgh Journal of Botany","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135675616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Long, L. Forrest, K. Hassel, A. Séneca, L. Söderström
{"title":"TYPIFICATION OF JUNGERMANNIA PINGUIS L. STUDIES ON THE GENUS ANEURA (MARCHANTIOPHYTA, ANEURACEAE)","authors":"D. Long, L. Forrest, K. Hassel, A. Séneca, L. Söderström","doi":"10.24823/ejb.2023.1932","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24823/ejb.2023.1932","url":null,"abstract":"A lectotype and epitype are selected for Jungermannia pinguis L. (Aneura pinguis (L.) Dumort.) \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":39376,"journal":{"name":"Edinburgh Journal of Botany","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48328260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Professor Olive Mary Hilliard Burtt (1925–2022)","authors":"H. Noltie","doi":"10.24823/ejb.2023.1983","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24823/ejb.2023.1983","url":null,"abstract":"Obituary of Professor Olive Mary Hilliard Burtt.","PeriodicalId":39376,"journal":{"name":"Edinburgh Journal of Botany","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45139149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}