WebbiaPub Date : 2022-04-20DOI: 10.36253/jopt-12810
Wong Sin Yeng, John-Michiel Koens, P. Boyce
{"title":"Studies on Schismatoglottideae of Borneo LXXV — Two ornamental new species of Schismatoglottis from Borneo","authors":"Wong Sin Yeng, John-Michiel Koens, P. Boyce","doi":"10.36253/jopt-12810","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-12810","url":null,"abstract":"Two ornamental new species of Schismatoglottis are described and illustrated from Borneo. Schismatoglottis metallica from Kalimantan Barat, Indonesian Borneo, assigned to the Schismatoglottis Multinerva clade, and S. reticosa from the upper Engkari river in SW Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, provisionally placed in the Petradoxa clade. Recognition of these novelties takes Schismatoglottis on Borneo to 132 species, of which 86 have been described since the year 2000.","PeriodicalId":39391,"journal":{"name":"Webbia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48317816","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 : 2022-04-20DOI: 10.36253/jopt-12339
K. R. Mazo, D. Nickrent, P. Pelser
{"title":"Macrosolen zamboangensis (Loranthaceae), a new mistletoe species from Zamboanga Peninsula, Philippines","authors":"K. R. Mazo, D. Nickrent, P. Pelser","doi":"10.36253/jopt-12339","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-12339","url":null,"abstract":"Macrosolen zamboangensis, a new mistletoe species from the Zamboanga peninsula of the island of Mindanao (Philippines), is described. The new species is a member of the widespread M. melintangensis species complex, but differs from the previously described species in this complex in having a conspicuously papillose corolla head. It is also the only species in this complex that displays a combination of papillose pedicels, calycula and fruits, at least 3–4 inflorescence axes grouped at a node, and relatively small flowers that are clustered at the apex of a raceme (a subumbel) instead of being more evenly distributed along the inflorescence axis. The conservation status of this new species is considered Vulnerable (V).","PeriodicalId":39391,"journal":{"name":"Webbia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43861555","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 : 2022-04-20DOI: 10.36253/jopt-13039
R. M. Baldini
{"title":"Ib Friis, Paulo van Breugel, Odile Weber, Sebsebe Demissew. The Western Woodlands of Ethiopia. A study of the woody vegetation and flora between the Ethiopian Highlands and the lowlands of the Nile Valley in the Sudan and South Sudan","authors":"R. M. Baldini","doi":"10.36253/jopt-13039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-13039","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39391,"journal":{"name":"Webbia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45206729","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":"Micro-morphological studies in the genus Balanites Del. in West Africa","authors":"Emmanuel Chukwudi Chukwuma, Kehinde Adegoke Adeniji, Luke Temitope Soyewo, Temitope Omoniyi Oyebola, Oluwaseun Adeniyi Osiyemi","doi":"10.36253/jopt-12026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-12026","url":null,"abstract":"We examined the two species of the genus Balanites in West Africa for their foliar and pollen micro-characters. Fresh and herbarium specimens were used for this study. Results showed that the species have overlapping characteristics. Epidermal cells were generally anisodiametric or polygonal; anticlinal walls straight-curved while stomata were anomocytic and surrounded by large guard cells in both species. Trichomes were tectorial and only observed in B. aegyptiaca. Pollen grains were generally single, isopolar, tricolporate, and oblate spheroidal in shape, ranging from 23-23.5µm in B. aegyptiaca and 22-23µm in B. wilsoniana, in length. The exine was generally finely reticulate with indistinct lumina and thin in both species while pollen shape was oblate spheroidal in B. aegyptiaca and prolate spheroidal in B. wilsoniana. Ecological data showed that the species are allopatric but sometimes may be found in same ecological zone. Although the present study supports the co-existence of the taxa as sister species, the overlapping characters as observed also suggest the need for further taxonomic studies to ascertain beyond reasonable doubt, the recent infra-generic classification within the Zygophyllaceae.","PeriodicalId":39391,"journal":{"name":"Webbia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47686549","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 : 2022-04-20DOI: 10.36253/jopt-12406
Imitiyaz A. Hurrah, V. V. Wagh
{"title":"Typification of Geranium arnottianum Steud. (Geraniaceae)","authors":"Imitiyaz A. Hurrah, V. V. Wagh","doi":"10.36253/jopt-12406","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-12406","url":null,"abstract":"Nomenclature issue of Geranium arnottianum is here discussed. The comparison of G. arnottianum with its allied species is also discussed for its easy identification.","PeriodicalId":39391,"journal":{"name":"Webbia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44732904","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 : 2022-04-20DOI: 10.36253/jopt-12854
G. Antar, R. Almeida, Marco Antonio Palomares Accardo-Filho, R. G. Barbosa-Silva
{"title":"Tracking Brazil’s Colonization Footprints: First record of the tea plant (Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze – Theaceae) naturalized in the Atlantic Forest Hotspot","authors":"G. Antar, R. Almeida, Marco Antonio Palomares Accardo-Filho, R. G. Barbosa-Silva","doi":"10.36253/jopt-12854","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-12854","url":null,"abstract":"The colonization of Brazil by Portugal left deep marks in Brazil’s current society and economy. The same applies to the country’s biodiversity, with several introduced plants persisting as naturalized or invasive species. Among these, the tea plant, Camellia sinensis, is a notable case. The species was first cultivated in Rio de Janeiro state during the 19th century, but the crops were later abandoned mostly due to the presence of parasite fungi in cultivations, so that the species’ cultivation continued in other states only. During recent fieldwork in the Atlantic Forest in the municipality of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro state, naturalized individuals of the tea plant were discovered. This finding, alongside ecological evidence, highlights a new threat to the biodiversity of an area of high species endemism. We provide historical information on the introduction of the species in Brazil and discuss the threats it imposes to the flora in a world hotspot. Our finding adds C. sinensis to the list of naturalized plants of Flora do Brasil 2020 and emphasizes the importance of monitoring the invasive potential of the species in the area, given its allelopathic potential on the germination of other species and competition with native plants. ","PeriodicalId":39391,"journal":{"name":"Webbia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48972203","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 : 2022-04-20DOI: 10.36253/jopt-12929
J. Francisco‐Ortega, R. M. Baldini, J. Manning, K. Gandhi
{"title":"Honoring Philip Barker Webb: the three intriguing stories of Webbia as a genus name","authors":"J. Francisco‐Ortega, R. M. Baldini, J. Manning, K. Gandhi","doi":"10.36253/jopt-12929","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-12929","url":null,"abstract":"The name Webbia has been used to describe three different genera: Webbia Spach (Clusiaceae), Webbia DC., nom. illeg. (Asteraceae: Vernonieae), and Webbia Sch.Bip., nom. illeg. (Asteraceae: Astereae). The title of the botanical journal Webbia does not pertain to any of these generic names but is a mere Latinization of the surname Webb, and was created as a patronym that honors the legacy of Philip Barker Webb (1793–1854). The journal is a tribute to Webb’s botanical contributions, and his importance in the development of the collections of the Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze in the establishment of the Herbarium Webbianum. The journal had an uneasy start, as a book proposal made by the Italian professor (Università di Pisa) Ugolino Martelli to the Società Botanica Italiana to honor Webb was rejected in 1905. The names Conyza obscura DC. and Erigeron capensis Houtt. are lectotypified. The nomenclature of Conyza pinifolia Lam. is revisited, and it is considered a legitimate name. A specimen housed in G-DC is designated as the neotype of this Lamarckian name.","PeriodicalId":39391,"journal":{"name":"Webbia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42051089","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 : 2022-04-20DOI: 10.36253/jopt-12092
F. Pupulin, Isler F. Chinchilla, Gustavo Rojas-Alvarado, Melania Fernández, Carlos Ossenbach, D. Bogarín
{"title":"Typification of Costa Rican Orchidaceae described by Rudolf Schlechter. Species variorum collectorum","authors":"F. Pupulin, Isler F. Chinchilla, Gustavo Rojas-Alvarado, Melania Fernández, Carlos Ossenbach, D. Bogarín","doi":"10.36253/jopt-12092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-12092","url":null,"abstract":"The typification of 53 orchid species described by Rudolf Schlechter based on specimens gathered in Costa Rica by Paul (Pablo) Biolley, Juan José Cooper Sandoval, Auguste R. Endrés, Carl Hoffmann, Emel Jiménez Segura, Otón Jiménez, Friedrich Carl Lehmann, Ferdinand Nevermann, Richard Pfau, and Henry Pittier in the late 19th and early 20th centuries is discussed, and lectotypes are designated when necessary. Short biographical notes are provided for the main collectors whose Costa Rican orchid gatherings are presented here. Taxonomical and historical backgrounds are presented for the concerned taxa, and the rationale for their typifications is discussed. Lectotypes are proposed for Epidendrum dolichostachyum, E. selaginella, Habenaria jimenezii, Hexadesmia jimenezii, Masdevallia reflexa, Microstylis carpinterae, Notylia pittieri, Oncidium cabagrae, O. costaricense, Ornithidium biolleyi, Ornithocephalus xiphochilus, Physurus lehmannii, Platystele bulbinella, Pleurothallis pittieri, P. sororia, Sauroglossum nigricans, Scaphyglottis pauciflora, S. subulata, Sobralia pfavii, Solenocentrum costaricense, Stelis coiloglossa, S. cooperi, S. cyclopetala, S. despectans, and S. tonduziana. An epitype is designated for Gongora unicolor.","PeriodicalId":39391,"journal":{"name":"Webbia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47136839","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 : 2021-09-07DOI: 10.36253/jopt-10929
Rosalina Montes Espín, Ileana Fernández-Santana, Amanda Lucía Vitlloch Ramos, Leosveli Vasallo Rodríguez, Mario A. Lima Cruz, J. Francisco‐Ortega
{"title":"The expeditions of the research yacht Utowana and the building of the plant living collections of the oldest botanical garden of Cuba","authors":"Rosalina Montes Espín, Ileana Fernández-Santana, Amanda Lucía Vitlloch Ramos, Leosveli Vasallo Rodríguez, Mario A. Lima Cruz, J. Francisco‐Ortega","doi":"10.36253/jopt-10929","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-10929","url":null,"abstract":"Cienfuegos Botanical Garden is the oldest functioning botanical institution of Cuba. It was established originally as a joint endeavor between sugar magnate Edwin F. Atkins and Harvard University in 1901. Between 1925 and 1934, the research yacht Utowana performed ample plant germplasm collections for the USDA in the New and Old World as well as archeological and zoological surveys in the Neotropics. The botanical expeditions were conducted mostly, under the leadership of David Fairchild. In this contribution we review to what extent Utowana expeditions and collections were instrumental in building the living collections of Cienfuegos Botanical Garden. A total of 278 accessions (comprising 254 species) were introduced into this garden directly or indirectly through these expeditions. Currently 57 of these species (132 individuals) are still part of its living collections. Interestingly, five of the Caribbean expeditions of this research yacht carried plant material between the Cienfuegos Botanical Garden and two other botanic gardens that were operated by US entities, namely the Lancetilla Botanical Garden in Honduras (owned by the United Fruit Company) and the Summit Gardens in Panama City (managed by the Panama Canal governmental agency). Our study also shows that plant material collected during Utowana expeditions was sent from Old World and Caribbean Island botanic gardens to Cienfuegos Botanical Garden. Thomas Barbour, director of this botanical institution between 1927 and 1946 joined four of these plant hunting endeavors. He provided strong support for the growing of the Cienfuegos Botanical Garden living collections with plant material collected during Utowana expeditions. ","PeriodicalId":39391,"journal":{"name":"Webbia","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43275989","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 : 2021-09-07DOI: 10.36253/jopt-10651
P. J. Santor, Duane Dominic B. Santiago, Conrado Joshua V. Mataga, Elyjha S. Gabriel, G. Alejandro
{"title":"Hedyotis hamiguitanensis (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae), a new species from Mt. Hamiguitan, Davao Oriental, Philippines and its systematic position in Hedyotis","authors":"P. J. Santor, Duane Dominic B. Santiago, Conrado Joshua V. Mataga, Elyjha S. Gabriel, G. Alejandro","doi":"10.36253/jopt-10651","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-10651","url":null,"abstract":"Hedyotis hamiguitanensis, from Mt. Hamiguitan, Davao Oriental, Philippines, is described, illustrated, and compared with two similar species, H. whiteheadii and H. schlechteri. This species is distinguished from congeneric Philippine species by its 5–12 cm long, compound, umbellate inflorescences, pendulous flowers, lanceolate to oblanceolate, thick, scabrid leaf blades with revolute margins. Its phylogenetic systematic position within the tribe Spermococeae is determined with a phylogenetic analysis using chloroplast (rps16, petD) and nuclear ribosomal (ITS, ETS) nucleotide sequence data.","PeriodicalId":39391,"journal":{"name":"Webbia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48601155","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}