WebbiaPub Date : 2023-05-14DOI: 10.36253/jopt-14154
Wong Sin Yeng, Peter C. Boyce
{"title":"Homalomeneae (Araceae) of Borneo XXVIII – Homalomena bengohensis [Chamaecladon Clade] a new species endemic to the Bengoh Range, Sarawak","authors":"Wong Sin Yeng, Peter C. Boyce","doi":"10.36253/jopt-14154","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-14154","url":null,"abstract":"A new species of Homalomena Chamaecladon Clade is described from the Bengoh Range, Kuching Division, Sarawak, and compared with the two most similar described species from Kuching: H. paucinervia from the Matang Massif, and H. santubongensis from Gunung Santubong. The three species are illustrated from living plants and differentiated in an identification key.","PeriodicalId":39391,"journal":{"name":"Webbia","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135189444","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 : 2023-05-14DOI: 10.36253/jopt-14206
Wong Sin Yeng, Peter C Boyce
{"title":"Studies on Homalomeneae (Araceae) of Borneo XXIX — Homalomena latisinus, a new species for the Borneensis Complex from Brunei","authors":"Wong Sin Yeng, Peter C Boyce","doi":"10.36253/jopt-14206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-14206","url":null,"abstract":"Homalomena latisinus is described and illustrated as a new Bruneian species of the Homalomena Borneensis Complex from shaded damp kerangas. It is compared with the five species previously described for the complex.","PeriodicalId":39391,"journal":{"name":"Webbia","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135189440","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 : 2023-05-14DOI: 10.36253/jopt-14411
Marjorie D. Delos Angeles, Danilo N. Tandang, Maria Melanie P. Medecilo-Guiang, Inocencio E. Buot, Jr., Harald Schneider, Marcos A. Caraballo-Ortiz
{"title":"A new diminutive species of Schismatoglottis (Araceae) from Samar Island, Philippines","authors":"Marjorie D. Delos Angeles, Danilo N. Tandang, Maria Melanie P. Medecilo-Guiang, Inocencio E. Buot, Jr., Harald Schneider, Marcos A. Caraballo-Ortiz","doi":"10.36253/jopt-14411","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-14411","url":null,"abstract":"Schismatoglottis minuta (Araceae) is described as a new species and illustrated based on accessions collected from Samar Island, Philippines. The new species, belonging to the Calyptrata clade sensu Hay and Yuzammi is distinct from previously reported taxa. Due to its habitat preferences and low (<100) estimated number of mature individuals, we recommend that this noteworthy species should be considered as critically endangered.","PeriodicalId":39391,"journal":{"name":"Webbia","volume":"198 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135189443","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 : 2023-05-14DOI: 10.36253/jopt-14606
Brett Jestrow, Michael Hass, William Cinea, Alan R. Franck, Joel C. Timyan, M. Patrick Griffith, Javier Francisco-Ortega
{"title":"The Critically Endangered Haitian endemic palm Attalea crassispatha (Arecaceae) and its living collections in Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden: Perspectives from conservation surveys and DNA microsatellite (SSR) data","authors":"Brett Jestrow, Michael Hass, William Cinea, Alan R. Franck, Joel C. Timyan, M. Patrick Griffith, Javier Francisco-Ortega","doi":"10.36253/jopt-14606","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-14606","url":null,"abstract":"With only 24 plants located in the wild in 2017, the Haitian endemic Attalea crassispatha (Mart.) Burret (Arecaceae) is one of the major priorities for palm conservation in the Caribbean Island Biodiversity Hotspot and is the only member of the genus (~ 30 species) that occurs in the region. A project of ex situ conservation and field surveys published in 1994 involved Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (FTBG) as a major distributor of wild collected germplasm with other botanic gardens/institutions from South Florida and the tropics in 1989 and 1991. Part of this material was also grown in FTBG. Over 25 years after this conservation initiative was established, new field surveys were made in 2017 where the species occurs in Peninsule de Tiburon, southern Haiti. The number of living plants recorded in this new inventory was 24 (vs 25 reported in 1994). DNA microsatellite data (SSRs) were used to compare levels of genetic variation in the FTBG ex situ conservation collections and the wild. We found that the FTBG genotypes did not capture most of the already limited genetic diversity found in the wild. Cluster analyses based on Bayesian statistics recognized three major genetic groups in the wild, and three of them were found in plants occurring mostly in the northern slopes of Peninsule de Tiburon; in contrast, only two of the genetic clusters were predominant in the southern portion of this peninsula mostly in the Cavaillon area. Our results concur with those recently published based on Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) molecular markers for ex situ collections of this palm species conserved in five botanic gardens/research institutes.","PeriodicalId":39391,"journal":{"name":"Webbia","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135189442","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 : 2023-05-14DOI: 10.36253/jopt-14254
Wong Sin Yeng, Peter C. Boyce
{"title":"Homalomeneae (Araceae) of Borneo XXX — Homalomena atlas [Hanneae Complex] a new species from the Rejang Basin, Sarawak","authors":"Wong Sin Yeng, Peter C. Boyce","doi":"10.36253/jopt-14254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-14254","url":null,"abstract":"Homalomena atlas is described and illustrated as a new species from the western Rejang Basin and assigned to the Hanneae Complex of the Cyrtocladon Clade, taking the complex to 12 described species on Borneo.","PeriodicalId":39391,"journal":{"name":"Webbia","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135189441","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 : 2022-12-15DOI: 10.36253/jopt-13274
Kartini Saibeh
{"title":"A new species of Schismatoglottis (Araceae) from Sabah, Malaysian Borneo","authors":"Kartini Saibeh","doi":"10.36253/jopt-13274","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-13274","url":null,"abstract":"Schismatoglottis mons Kartini is described as taxonomically novel species assigned to the Asperata Complex. Schismatoglottis mons is a highland mesophytic species found at c. 718 m a.s.l. most like lowland Schismatoglottis gillianiae P.C. Boyce and Schismatoglottis shaleicola P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong.","PeriodicalId":39391,"journal":{"name":"Webbia","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41998593","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 : 2022-12-15DOI: 10.36253/jopt-13735
A. A. Naranjo, Rahul R. Pathirickal, K. Gandhi, P. Delprete, R. M. Baldini, Arnoldo Santos-Guerra, Lázaro Sánchez‐Pinto, J. Francisco‐Ortega
{"title":"Honoring Sabin Berthelot: Nomenclature and botanical history of Berthelotia DC. (Asteraceae, Inuleae)","authors":"A. A. Naranjo, Rahul R. Pathirickal, K. Gandhi, P. Delprete, R. M. Baldini, Arnoldo Santos-Guerra, Lázaro Sánchez‐Pinto, J. Francisco‐Ortega","doi":"10.36253/jopt-13735","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-13735","url":null,"abstract":"The genus Berthelotia DC. (presently a synonym of the accepted name Pluchea Cass.), Asteraceae, Inuleae has been regarded as comprising two species, B. lanceolata DC. and B. sericea (Nutt.) Rydb. It honors the French naturalist Sabin Berthelot (1794–1880) for his contribution to the studies of the flora and fauna of the Canary Islands. Under the leadership of Philip B. Webb (1793–1854), Berthelot co-authored the most important work pertinent to the natural history of this archipelago: Histoire Naturelle des Îles Canaries. The nomenclature of Berthelotia and its associated names are revisited here. The holotype of Polypappus sericeus Nutt. (K000974653) was located, and lectotypes were assigned to B. lanceolata (G00450458) and B. lanceolata var. senegalensis DC. (G00452584). Phylogenetic analyses based on nucleotide sequences of the nrDNA ITS were conducted focusing on members of what is known as the Clade J of the Inuleae. A well-supported clade (100% P.P.) that we have labeled as “Clade I” was uncovered, and it is composed of three species that belong to the Pluchea indica Clade plus P. dioscoridis and P. ovalis; but this lineage did not support a previous hypothesis to include P. lanceolata. The two species of Berthelotia did not form a monophyletic group and seem to be distantly related; furthermore, none of these two taxa is sister to Tessaria, a South American genus that has been suggested to be a close relative to Berthelotia. Ethnobotanical uses of B. lanceolata and B. sericea are reviewed.","PeriodicalId":39391,"journal":{"name":"Webbia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46854551","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 : 2022-12-15DOI: 10.36253/jopt-13088
Paulo José Fernandes Guimaraes, D. Nunes Da Silva, Inara Montini Araújo, R. Romero
{"title":"A new species of Pleroma (Melastomataceae) from the Southern Espinhaço, Minas Gerais, Brazil","authors":"Paulo José Fernandes Guimaraes, D. Nunes Da Silva, Inara Montini Araújo, R. Romero","doi":"10.36253/jopt-13088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-13088","url":null,"abstract":"Pleroma barbellatum P.J.F.Guim., D.Nunes & I.M.Araújo a new species of Melastomataceae (Melastomateae) from the Espinhaço Range of Minas Gerais State, Brazil, is described and illustrated, and their affinities and diagnostic characters are here discussed. Pleroma barbellatum is closely related to P. formosum, P. martiale, and P. riedelianum. They share a similar habit and leaves that are alike in size and shape. However, they can be distinguished by differences in the trichomes of the branches, leaves and inflorescences, in addition to other characters related to the type of inflorescence and size of the bracteoles. We recommend a conservation status of Endangered for P. barbellatum.","PeriodicalId":39391,"journal":{"name":"Webbia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48466092","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 : 2022-12-15DOI: 10.36253/jopt-13470
F. Breteler, F. Breman, Diya Lei, F. Bakker
{"title":"Wrong flowers? The evolutionary puzzle of Jongkindia (Passifloraceae s.l.), a new monotypic genus and tribe from Liberia, West Africa","authors":"F. Breteler, F. Breman, Diya Lei, F. Bakker","doi":"10.36253/jopt-13470","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-13470","url":null,"abstract":"Jongkindia, a small tree species endemic to a local area in southeast Liberia, is described as a new monotypic genus of Passifloraceae sens. lat. Its only species Jongkindia mulbahii combines floral characteristics of the Turneraceae and fruit characteristics of the Passifloraceae s.s. (or subfamily Passifloroideae in APG) and can therefore be regarded to occupy an isolated morphological position. This is confirmed here by DNA sequence-based phylogenetic analyses including most Passifloracean genera, which places it as sister to Passifloroideae. We delineate 16 morphological characters and their states and optimise them on our reconstructed phylogenetic tree. Based on these results we consider the Passifloraceae fruit characteristics (berries with arilled seeds) as synapomorphic for Passifloroideae. The monotypic Pibiria and Jongkindia are predominantly characterised by autapomorphies. On the other hand, the Adenia/Passiflora clade is characterised by polymorphisms. We place Jongkindia in a new tribe Jongkindieae Breteler & F.T.Bakker. A draft plastome sequence for Jongkindia mulbahii is presented and evidence for two mitome to plastome (mtpt) fragment transfers is discussed. Structurally the Jongkindia plastome appears similar to that of Populus, Adenia, Mitostemma, Dilkea, and Passiflora pittieri, but not to contain the previously-described major inversions within other, more derived, Passiflora plastomes.","PeriodicalId":39391,"journal":{"name":"Webbia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43405688","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 : 2022-12-15DOI: 10.36253/jopt-13250
G. Antar, M. Monge, J. Nakajima, B. Loeuille
{"title":"Lychnophora pseudovillosissima (Asteraceae: Vernonieae: Lychnophorinae), a new species restricted to Minas Gerais, Brazil","authors":"G. Antar, M. Monge, J. Nakajima, B. Loeuille","doi":"10.36253/jopt-13250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-13250","url":null,"abstract":"Lychnophora pseudovillosissima, a new species from the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, is here described and illustrated. The new species is unique because of the combination of petiolate linear leaves with revolute margins, reticulodromous venation, and 3–5 florets per capitulum. The new species is compared to a morphologically similar species, L. villosissima, resembling in habit, leaves, venation, and number of florets per capitulum, but differing by the shape and size of the leaf and petiole. Both species may occur sympatrically, but are uniform in their morphology with diagnostic features that differentiate them. Accompanying the description and the illustration, we provide a photographic plate, a first assessment of the species’ conservation status, as well as comments on the geographic distribution, ecology, and identification of the new species.","PeriodicalId":39391,"journal":{"name":"Webbia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46067095","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}