George E. Schatz, Andrés Ernesto Ortiz-Rodriguez, María Fernanda Martínez-Velarde, Thomas L. P. Couvreur
{"title":"New Combinations and New Names in Desmopsis (Annonaceae)","authors":"George E. Schatz, Andrés Ernesto Ortiz-Rodriguez, María Fernanda Martínez-Velarde, Thomas L. P. Couvreur","doi":"10.3417/2023867","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3417/2023867","url":null,"abstract":"Recent studies have suggested that the closely related Neotropical genera Desmopsis Saff. and Stenanona Standl. (Annonaceae) are non-monophyletic and would be better considered as a single genus Desmopsis. The transfer of species currently circumscribed in Stenanona necessitates 14 new combinations and two new names in Desmopsis.","PeriodicalId":49737,"journal":{"name":"Novon","volume":"57 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136104377","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}
Gianmarco Tavilla, Salvatore Brullo, Pietro Minissale, Salvatore Cambria, Alexander N. Sennikov
{"title":"Lectotypification of Anthemis aetnensis (Asteraceae)","authors":"Gianmarco Tavilla, Salvatore Brullo, Pietro Minissale, Salvatore Cambria, Alexander N. Sennikov","doi":"10.3417/2023864","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3417/2023864","url":null,"abstract":"The name Anthemis aetnensis Spreng. is lectotypified with a specimen from the personal collection of Sprengel kept in the Paris Herbarium (P), and its duplicates (isolectotypes) are traced at G and K.
 
","PeriodicalId":49737,"journal":{"name":"Novon","volume":"67 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135273753","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}
Joel Calvo, Heidi H. Schmidt, Martin W. Callmander
{"title":"A New Species and a New Synonym in Senecio (Compositae) from Madagascar","authors":"Joel Calvo, Heidi H. Schmidt, Martin W. Callmander","doi":"10.3417/2023846","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3417/2023846","url":null,"abstract":"We describe and illustrate the new species Senecio basipectinatus J. Calvo & Callm. (Compositae) endemic from the Befotaka-Midongy du Sud Protected Area in southeastern Madagascar. The new species is compared with the morphologically most similar taxon S. vaingaindrani Scott Elliot. The taxonomic circumscription of the latter species is further revised and its variety concolor Humbert is newly synonymized.","PeriodicalId":49737,"journal":{"name":"Novon","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135266810","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}
{"title":"Piper alwynii (Piperaceae), a New Species from the Cordillera del Cóndor at the Border of Peru and Ecuador","authors":"M. Alejandra Jaramillo","doi":"10.3417/2023862","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3417/2023862","url":null,"abstract":"Piper alwynii M. A. Jaram. (Piperaceae), a new species occurring in sandstone outcrops of the Cordillera del Cóndor at the border of Ecuador and Peru, is here described and illustrated. Morphologically it shows similarities to species in the Radula clade. Piper alwynii is similar to P. purdiei C. DC. but differs in having leaves pinnately nerved within the lower two thirds of the midvein, nerves pubescent on the abaxial surface, villous peduncles, and spikes 2–2.7 cm long. An identification key for 32 northern South American Piper L. species with small (≤ 10 cm) leaves is presented.","PeriodicalId":49737,"journal":{"name":"Novon","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135366608","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}
{"title":"New Species, Combinations, and Typifications in Neotropical Malpighiaceae","authors":"Amy Pool","doi":"10.3417/2023847","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3417/2023847","url":null,"abstract":"Preparing the Malpighiaceae treatment for an upcoming volume of the Flora Mesoamericana has revealed a number of new species, new combinations, and typifications of taxa from different genera of Neotropical Malpighiaceae requiring publication. Nine new species are proposed in this paper from the Mesoamerica flora area: three Bunchosia Kunth (B. bifurcata A. Pool, B. chiapensis A. Pool, and B. heterotricha A. Pool), one Carolus W. R. Anderson (C. yucatanensis A. Pool), one Glicophyllum R. F. Almeida (G. mortonianum A. Pool), two Malpighia L. (M. inclinata A. Pool and M. verrucifolia A. Pool), one Psychopterys W. R. Anderson & S. Corso (P. nicaraguensis A. Pool), and one Tetrapterys Cav. (T. argyrophylla A. Pool). A lectotype and epitype are selected for Malpighia polystachia Andrews [≡ Bunchosia polystachia (Andrews) DC.], lectotypes for Heteropterys beecheyana A. Juss. var. beecheyana f. glabriuscula Nied. [= Heteropterys brachiata (L.) DC.] and Tritomopterys albida (Schltdl. & Cham.) Nied. var. subtomentosa Nied. [≡ Gaudichaudia albida Schltdl. & Cham. var. subtomentosa (Nied.) Nied.], and a neotype for Gaudichaudia chamorrii Ram. Goyena [= G. albida var. albida]. Three generic transfers are proposed: Bunchosia squarrosa Griseb. [≡ Tetrapterys squarrosa (Griseb.) Griseb.] to Glicophyllum as G. squarrosum (Griseb.) A. Pool, Banisteria sanguinea Rusby to Heteropterys Kunth as H. sanguinea (Rusby) A. Pool, and Mascagnia macrobracteata Lundell to Tetrapterys, as T. macrobracteata (Lundell) A. Pool. Finally, one combination is made to elevate Heteropterys laurifolia (L.) A. Juss. var. brevibracteolata Cuatrec. & Croat to the rank of species as H. brevibracteolata (Cuatrec. & Croat) A. Pool.","PeriodicalId":49737,"journal":{"name":"Novon","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135617682","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}
{"title":"Five New Species of Aniba (Lauraceae) from Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru","authors":"Henk Van der Werff","doi":"10.3417/2023853","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3417/2023853","url":null,"abstract":"Five new species of Aniba Aubl. (Lauraceae) with clustered or verticillate leaves are described and illustrated. Aniba brochidodroma van der Werff from Peru stands out by its short petioles and soft whitish hairs on the lower leaf surface. Aniba glabra van der Werff from Colombia is distinguished by its glabrous flowers and inflorescences. Aniba palaciosii van der Werff from Ecuador can be recognized by the indument of the outer surface of the tepals, with the outer three tepals finely appressed pubescent and the inner three tepals glabrous. Aniba tomentella van der Werff from Peru differs from its congeners in its flower shape; its flowers are wider than long and the tepals are incurved leaving only a small apical pore. Finally, A. verticillata van der Werff from Ecuador differs from morphologically similar species by its subcoriaceous leaves with prominently raised secondary veins and its montane habitat.","PeriodicalId":49737,"journal":{"name":"Novon","volume":"123 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135883833","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}
Angelina X. Wang, Laurel Philpott, Wendy L. Applequist
{"title":"Elevation of Three Varieties of the Malagasy Endemic Casearia nigrescens (Salicaceae) to the Species Level","authors":"Angelina X. Wang, Laurel Philpott, Wendy L. Applequist","doi":"10.3417/2023822","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3417/2023822","url":null,"abstract":"The Malagasy species of Casearia Jacq. (Salicaceae) have no modern taxonomic treatment and present particular difficulties due to their similar flowers. Twentieth-century authors have adopted overly lumping classifications featuring broad circumscriptions of C. nigrescens Tul. Perrier de la Bâthie published three varieties within C. nigrescens sensu Tulasne: varieties onivensis H. Perrier, ovata H. Perrier, and subtrinervia H. Perrier. All of these are from eastern humid forests, farther inland and at higher elevations than is typical of variety nigrescens s. str. Study of the available specimens indicates that all are sufficiently distinct from variety nigrescens that they should be elevated to the rank of species. They are herein recognized as C. onivensis (H. Perrier) Ang. X. Wang & Philpott, C. angustifructa Ang. X. Wang & Appleq., and C. subtrinervia (H. Perrier) Ang. X. Wang & Appleq., respectively. All are rarely collected, and preliminary assessment of their conservation status suggests that all three are Endangered.","PeriodicalId":49737,"journal":{"name":"Novon","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135388617","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}
{"title":"Two New Species of Persea (Lauraceae) from Ecuador","authors":"Jens G. Rohwer, Henk Van der Werff","doi":"10.3417/2023854","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3417/2023854","url":null,"abstract":"Two new species of Persea Mill. (Lauraceae) are described from Ecuador. Persea basiobtusa Rohwer is a typical member of subgenus Eriodaphne Nees sect. Eriodaphne (Nees) Meisn., but stands out by its small flowers and obtuse to truncate leaf bases. Persea dryadum Rohwer belongs to subgenus Eriodaphne sect. Hexanthera (Mez) L. E. Kopp and is distinct by its lanate lower leaf surface.","PeriodicalId":49737,"journal":{"name":"Novon","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135061177","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}
Álvaro Idárraga Piedrahíta, Jáider Jiménez Montoya, P. Lowry, M. Mora, G. Plunkett
{"title":"Two New Species of Sciodaphyllum (Araliaceae) from the Andes of Northwestern Colombia","authors":"Álvaro Idárraga Piedrahíta, Jáider Jiménez Montoya, P. Lowry, M. Mora, G. Plunkett","doi":"10.3417/2021626","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3417/2021626","url":null,"abstract":"Sciodaphyllum montanum Idarraga, Jimenez-Mont. & Lowry and S. undulatum Jimenez-Mont., Idarraga & Lowry (Araliaceae) from the northern region of the Central and Western Cordilleras of the Andes in Colombia are described and illustrated. Sciodaphyllum montanum differs from other members of the genus mainly by a bulging disc up to 1.1 mm in height and a 3- to 4-carpellate ovary, and S. undulatum is distinguished by its undulate leaflet margin and the conspicuous scarlike amorphous lenticel 4.9–11 mm in diameter located abaxially on the base of the petiole. Notes are provided on possible taxonomic affinities of each species, as well as on their ecology and geographic distribution. Extinction risk assessments are given following the IUCN Red List categories and criteria, which indicate that both S. montanum and S. undulatum are Near Threatened (NT).","PeriodicalId":49737,"journal":{"name":"Novon","volume":"29 1","pages":"211-220"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43156903","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}