WebbiaPub Date : 2019-01-02DOI: 10.1080/00837792.2019.1609257
M. Naive, J. A. G. P. Dalisay, G. Alejandro
{"title":"Robiquetia ormerodii (Orchidaceae; Epidendroideae), a new species from the islands of Visayas, Philippines","authors":"M. Naive, J. A. G. P. Dalisay, G. Alejandro","doi":"10.1080/00837792.2019.1609257","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00837792.2019.1609257","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Robiquetia ormerodii (Orchidaceae; Epidendroideae; Vandeae; Aeridinae) Naive, Dalisay & Alejandro, a new endemic species from Visayas, Philippines, is herein described and illustrated. It is comparable to R. micramphora by having a yellow flower with spots, however, it differs significantly in having a labellum with oblong side lobes, strongly curved spur, column with big red margin and longer verrucose rostellum. With this discovery, the Philippines now houses a total number of 20 species of Robiquetia, of which 18 are known to be endemic.","PeriodicalId":39391,"journal":{"name":"Webbia","volume":"74 1","pages":"67 - 70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00837792.2019.1609257","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45147428","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}
WebbiaPub Date : 2019-01-02DOI: 10.1080/00837792.2019.1574114
G. Hassemer
{"title":"Novelties and notes on Plantago sect. Virginica (Plantaginaceae), including the description of a new species and a revised identification key","authors":"G. Hassemer","doi":"10.1080/00837792.2019.1574114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00837792.2019.1574114","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In this contribution I present novelties and notes on Plantago sect. Virginica. Specifically, I newly describe P. veadeirensis, a critically endangered, narrowly endemic species from northern Goiás state, central Brazil. The new species is remarkable for being the northernmost native Plantago species occurring in South America outside the Andes. The affinities with the morphologically closest allied species, P. hatschbachiana and P. pyrophila, are discussed, and its conservation status is assessed. I also present updates to the distribution of P. napiformis and P. pretoana, discuss nomenclatural aspects for the names P. australis, P. hirtella and P. myosuros, and provide an identification key to the genus Plantago in Brazil, Paraguay and Santa Cruz department, Bolivia.","PeriodicalId":39391,"journal":{"name":"Webbia","volume":"74 1","pages":"29 - 41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00837792.2019.1574114","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44776438","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}
WebbiaPub Date : 2019-01-02DOI: 10.1080/00837792.2019.1609337
R. Romanov
{"title":"New interesting records of charophytes (Charales, Charophyceae) from Eurasia and Africa","authors":"R. Romanov","doi":"10.1080/00837792.2019.1609337","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00837792.2019.1609337","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A revision of specimens from selected herbaria allowed extension (or confirmation) of the geographical distribution of five charophyte species. Chara globata is a new record for Africa (Tunisia), Romania and some Central Asian countries, C. dominii for Kyrgyzstan, C. oedophylla for Portugal, Tolypella hispanica for Northern Asia and Lychnothamnus barbatus for South-Western Europe. The presence of the last genus in Central Asia has been confirmed. The type of Chara dominii has been ascertained.","PeriodicalId":39391,"journal":{"name":"Webbia","volume":"74 1","pages":"159 - 166"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00837792.2019.1609337","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43811404","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}
WebbiaPub Date : 2019-01-02DOI: 10.1080/00837792.2019.1607142
R. Guarino, C. Marcenó, V. Ilardi, A. Mannino, A. Troìa
{"title":"One Chara does not make Charetea in the Mediterranean aquatic vegetation","authors":"R. Guarino, C. Marcenó, V. Ilardi, A. Mannino, A. Troìa","doi":"10.1080/00837792.2019.1607142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00837792.2019.1607142","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The results of preliminary phytosociological investigations on freshwater communities of Sicily biotopes with a significant presence of Characeae are presented. In spite of the relatively frequent occurrence of Characeae, a typical Charetea intermediae vegetation is rather rare in the investigated biotopes. Indeed, the Characeae are mainly part of communities attributable to the classes Potamogetonetea, Phragmito-Magnocaricetea, Juncetea maritimi and Isoeto-Nanojuncetea. Some ecological and functional implications are discussed, along with some consequences on conservation measures and policies, caused by the lack of knowledge on the Characeae of Sicily.","PeriodicalId":39391,"journal":{"name":"Webbia","volume":"74 1","pages":"139 - 147"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00837792.2019.1607142","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43917305","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}
WebbiaPub Date : 2019-01-02DOI: 10.1080/00837792.2019.1607997
L. Funez, G. Hassemer, E. A. Lunkes, E. R. Drechsler-Santos
{"title":"Rediscovery of Ruellia reitzii (Acanthaceae), a narrowly endemic critically endangered species from Santa Catarina, southern Brazil, and notes on R. squarrosa","authors":"L. Funez, G. Hassemer, E. A. Lunkes, E. R. Drechsler-Santos","doi":"10.1080/00837792.2019.1607997","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00837792.2019.1607997","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Ruellia reitzii was first collected in 1948 by the prominent botanist Raulino Reitz in Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil, and the species was only known from two gatherings. Because its most recent collection was in 1953, the species was considered possibly extinct. In this work we present the rediscovery of this species, 65 years after its last collection. Here we complement and rectify the morphologic knowledge of the species, present the first photographs of living specimens and assess its conservation status. We also present notes on the authorship of the name R. squarrosa, and provide an identification key to the species of Ruellia that occur in Santa Catarina.","PeriodicalId":39391,"journal":{"name":"Webbia","volume":"74 1","pages":"43 - 49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00837792.2019.1607997","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47213308","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}
WebbiaPub Date : 2019-01-02DOI: 10.1080/00837792.2019.1608419
Sara Calero, M. A. Rodrigo
{"title":"Germination capability of four charophyte populations (Characeae) from Mediterranean brackish ponds under warm experimental conditions","authors":"Sara Calero, M. A. Rodrigo","doi":"10.1080/00837792.2019.1608419","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00837792.2019.1608419","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The diaspore banks from two brackish ponds within the Albufera de València Natural Park (Spain) containing oospores of Chara hispida, C. aspera, C. canescens and Nitella hyalina were analysed and their germination capability studied under controlled temperature conditions. The top layer of sediment from each meadow was collected and sequentially sieved to isolate the charophyte oospores, subsequently identified and counted under the microscope. The density of apparently viable fructifications varied largely within the studied ponds and within specific meadows. In general, but not always, the most abundant oospores belonged to the species forming the meadow. An additional set of surficial sediment samples were collected to perform germination trials in an indoor culture room under three temperature treatments (21, 25 and 29°C). For each species, 219–272 fructifications were allocated inside small perforated packages that were placed in Petri dishes (n = 3) and submerged for 40 days in plastic containers. Germination rates were low for the four species in all temperatures (0–7%), with no large differences detected amongst treatments. C. aspera was the first species to germinate and the one with the most germlings. Higher temperatures negatively affected its germination; the same trend was shown by C. canescens. Dense oospore banks and low germination rates have been previously described for charophytes from temporary habitats. However, it seems that the recovery of charophyte meadows after droughts will be hindered by a warmer climate. Further studies concerning the optimal conditions for germination are needed to understand the future capability of charophyte meadows to re-establish in Mediterranean ecosystems.","PeriodicalId":39391,"journal":{"name":"Webbia","volume":"74 1","pages":"149 - 158"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00837792.2019.1608419","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42563962","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}
WebbiaPub Date : 2019-01-02DOI: 10.1080/00837792.2019.1572964
Adriana Oliveira, C. Bove
{"title":"Eriocaulon albosetaceum: a new species of Eriocaulaceae from the Brazilian Cerrado","authors":"Adriana Oliveira, C. Bove","doi":"10.1080/00837792.2019.1572964","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00837792.2019.1572964","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Eriocaulon is a predominantly pantropical and monophyletic genus, with aquatic or amphibian species and a high endemism rate. The number of nerves in the leaves varies widely among the species of the genus, but up to now only four have one-nerved leaves: Eriocaulon araguaiense, E. cylindratum, E. huanchacanum and E. setaceum. These species are exclusive to South America, except E. setaceum, which is broadly distributed. Eriocaulon setaceum is easily recognised by its aquatic habit, linear, one-nerved leaves, and the cucullate sepals of the pistillate flowers. However, it has characters with wide variation, including the scape number, stem length, and the presence or absence of trichomes, which make the species difficult to delimit. Here, we describe a new species from the Cerrado: Eriocaulon albosetaceum that is similar to E. setaceum. To clarify the differences between them, we present tables of distinguishing characters, including the seed coat and anatomical data. Also, we describe the seed coat and the scape anatomy of vouchers of E. setaceum collected in Brazil. The results show a different kind of seed projection when compared with specimens from Asia, corroborating the idea that E. setaceum is a complex of at least two species that occur in both the Old and New Worlds.","PeriodicalId":39391,"journal":{"name":"Webbia","volume":"74 1","pages":"15 - 21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00837792.2019.1572964","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43753898","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}
WebbiaPub Date : 2019-01-02DOI: 10.1080/00837792.2019.1589742
A. Kadiri, A. Ayodele, J. Olowokudejo
{"title":"Leaf epidermis of the African genus Mallotus Lour. (Euphorbiaceae) section Rottleropsis Müll. Arg. and its systematic value","authors":"A. Kadiri, A. Ayodele, J. Olowokudejo","doi":"10.1080/00837792.2019.1589742","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00837792.2019.1589742","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The leaf epidermal information on the two African Mallotus species is updated with data derived from herbarium specimens using light and scanning electron microscopy. Stomata, indumentum and cuticular ornamentation are particularly informative. All the species have paracytic stomatal type and amphistomatic leaves with stomata on the adaxial surface being restricted to the midribs and big veins. Brachyparacytic stomatal type and abaxially restricted disc-shaped multicellular glandular trichomes distinguish M. oppositifolius var. glabratus from M. oppositifolius var. pubescens, while presence of hemibrachyparacytic stomata and cuticular striations differentiate M. subulatus from M. oppositifolius. However, the quantitative and leaf areole characters overlap considerably. Based on a suite of these characters, the distant relationship indicated between M. oppositifolius and M. subulatus and the suggestion to subsume section Axenfeldia in the polyphyletic section Rottleropsis is upheld with some cross-referenced data; also, an indented dichotomous key for separating the three taxa is presented.","PeriodicalId":39391,"journal":{"name":"Webbia","volume":"74 1","pages":"71 - 80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00837792.2019.1589742","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48361834","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}
WebbiaPub Date : 2019-01-02DOI: 10.1080/00837792.2019.1609258
R. Romanov, T. Napolitano, K. van de Weyer, A. Troìa
{"title":"New records and observations to the Characean flora (Charales, Charophyceae) of Sicily (Italy)","authors":"R. Romanov, T. Napolitano, K. van de Weyer, A. Troìa","doi":"10.1080/00837792.2019.1609258","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00837792.2019.1609258","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT New records to the Characean flora of Sicily are presented. Five species (Chara baltica, C. conimbrigensis, C. oedophylla, Nitella gracilis, Tolypella salina) are new to Sicily, two of them being also new to Italy (Chara conimbrigensis, C. oedophylla). Two species are confirmed for Sicily (Chara aspera, Nitella opaca), three (Chara braunii, C. canescens, Nitella capillaris) are rare taxa. The Characean flora of Sicily, updated with these records, currently includes 25 species, distributed in four genera: Chara (13 species), Nitella (eight species), Tolypella (three species) and Lamprothamnium (one species).","PeriodicalId":39391,"journal":{"name":"Webbia","volume":"74 1","pages":"111 - 119"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00837792.2019.1609258","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42615629","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}
WebbiaPub Date : 2019-01-02DOI: 10.1080/00837792.2019.1610265
P. Nowak, K. van de Weyer, R. Becker
{"title":"The occurrence of sexual Chara canescens (Charales, Charophyceae) in Sardinia (Italy)","authors":"P. Nowak, K. van de Weyer, R. Becker","doi":"10.1080/00837792.2019.1610265","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00837792.2019.1610265","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Chara canescens Loisel. is the only haplostichous charophyte species in Europe. Populations with parthenogenetically reproducing females have been described from several European locations. In contrast, populations with female and male individuals are known only from a few European sites. Male individuals of C. canescens were recently found in Sardinia (Italy) and studied by analysis of rbcL and matK gene sequences. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that all European samples of C. canescens formed a robust monophyletic group, in which the bisexual samples can be differentiated from parthenogenetic populations by rbcL and matK gene sequences. It was shown that the bisexual C. canescens, originated from Sardinia and Neusiedler See-Seewinkel (Austria), can be distinguished based on rbcL gene sequence data. Further vegetation surveys and a larger sample size will be needed to determine the degree of genetic diversity within and between the reproductive modes of C. canescens.","PeriodicalId":39391,"journal":{"name":"Webbia","volume":"74 1","pages":"103 - 109"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00837792.2019.1610265","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43862881","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}