{"title":"New additions of the genus Alchemilla L. for the Flora Iranica","authors":"Sigurd Erich Fröhner, Marzieh Beygom Faghir","doi":"10.1002/fedr.202000030","DOIUrl":"10.1002/fedr.202000030","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this study, 12 new species of the genus <i>Alchemilla</i> L. from Flora Iranica are described based on the morphological study of herbarium specimens and experiments on cultivation. The examined materials were housed in both European and Iranian herbaria. The new species belong to Sect. <i>Ultravulgares</i>, Sect. <i>Pubescentes</i> and Sect. <i>Splendentes</i>. They are described here: <i>Alchemilla diversistipula</i>, <i>A. angustiloba</i>, <i>A. crassiflora</i>, <i>A</i>. <i>scutellata</i>, <i>A. chloroporphyrea</i>, <i>A</i>. <i>rotundata</i>, <i>A</i>. <i>paucidens</i>, <i>A. ochropodoides</i>, <i>A. ochropoda</i>, <i>A. polioporphyrea</i>, <i>A. cyclocteis</i> and <i>A. subpotentilla</i>. The detailed morphological features of the new species are proved by drawings and their differences with allied species are discussed in detail.</p>","PeriodicalId":53662,"journal":{"name":"Feddes Repertorium","volume":"133 1","pages":"35-77"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45209320","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}
Kaylhitta Lima da Silva, Alessandra Souza dos Santos, Maria Francilene Souza Silva, Simon Joseph Mayo, Ivanilza Moreira de Andrade
{"title":"Passifloroideae from coastal Piauí, Brazil","authors":"Kaylhitta Lima da Silva, Alessandra Souza dos Santos, Maria Francilene Souza Silva, Simon Joseph Mayo, Ivanilza Moreira de Andrade","doi":"10.1002/fedr.202100027","DOIUrl":"10.1002/fedr.202100027","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this floristic study, four species of <i>Passiflora</i> (<i>Passiflora cincinnata, P. foetida, P. misera, P. subrotunda</i>) were recorded in the coastal region of the Brazilian State of Piauí. The taxa occur in habitats with moist, muddy, sandy and stony substrates. The most prevalent species were <i>P</i>. <i>foetida</i> and <i>P</i>. <i>subrotunda</i>. An identification key is provided, together with descriptions of the species and data on their occurrence and distribution in the study region.</p>","PeriodicalId":53662,"journal":{"name":"Feddes Repertorium","volume":"133 1","pages":"24-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44904025","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}
Umakant B. Deshmukh, Mukund B. Shende, Eanguwar Srinivas Reddy
{"title":"Cirsium vickifunkiae, a new name for Cirsium validum (Cardueae, Asteraceae)","authors":"Umakant B. Deshmukh, Mukund B. Shende, Eanguwar Srinivas Reddy","doi":"10.1002/fedr.202100036","DOIUrl":"10.1002/fedr.202100036","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A new name <i>Cirsium vickifunkiae,</i> is proposed to replace the illegitimate later homonym <i>C. validum</i>. According to the Art. 7.11 of <i>Shenzhen Code</i>, the typification of the basionym <i>Carduus validus</i> was not correctly proposed by Ackerfield et al. in 2020. Therefore, a lectotypification of the Greene’s name is here given.</p>","PeriodicalId":53662,"journal":{"name":"Feddes Repertorium","volume":"133 2","pages":"120-121"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43451002","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":"Typification of nine names of Asian species and varieties of Dioscorea (Dioscoreaceae)","authors":"Akramul Hoque, Pakshirajan Lakshminarasimhan, Subir Bandyopadhyay, Debabrata Maity","doi":"10.1002/fedr.202000043","DOIUrl":"10.1002/fedr.202000043","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The yam genus <i>Dioscorea</i> includes some of the world's most important food and medicinal plants The names of most Asian species and infraspecific taxa are in need of typification because their publication predated the 1935 Cambridge Rules of Botanical Nomenclature in which the concept of nomenclatural types was first introduced. Here, the <i>Dioscorea</i> collections cited in the protologues and uncited material associated with the names at their first publications are evaluated in the light of the latest Shenzhen Code (2018) and lectotypes of eight names designated, viz. <i>D. lepcharum, D. nummularia</i> var. <i>glauca</i>, <i>D. pentaphylla</i> var. <i>communis</i>, <i>D. pentaphylla</i> var. <i>linnaei</i>, <i>D. pentaphylla</i> var. <i>malaica</i>, <i>D. pentaphylla</i> var. <i>rheedei</i>, <i>D. pentaphylla</i> var. <i>thwaitesii</i> and <i>D. rogersii</i>. Most of the original materials concerned were collected from India, and the rest from other parts of South Asia and South East Asia (Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Philippines and Malaysia). The single specimen cited in the protologue of <i>D. wightii</i> Hook.f. is affirmed here as the holotype.</p>","PeriodicalId":53662,"journal":{"name":"Feddes Repertorium","volume":"133 2","pages":"103-112"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48025961","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":"Additions to the Flora of Telangana state of India, with notes on the phytogeographical importance","authors":"Ravi Gollamandala, Arunraj Parappurakkal Thazhe, Paramesh Lingala, Anjaneyulu Paradesi, Veeranjaneyulu Dasari","doi":"10.1002/fedr.202100028","DOIUrl":"10.1002/fedr.202100028","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The recent floristic explorations in Bhadradri Kothagudem district yielded three flowering plants as additions to the flora of Telangana state. These additions include new record of one family Rhizophoraceae Pers., represented by <i>Carallia brachiata</i> (Lour.) Merr. and two species records from the family Linderniaceae Borsch, Kai Müll. & Eb.Fisch. viz. <i>Torenia godefroyi</i> Bonati and <i>Lindernia rotundifolia</i> (L.) Alston. Detailed morphological description, distribution, habitat and ecology, and photographs of each species are provided. A brief account on the phytogeographical importance of the present additions is given.</p>","PeriodicalId":53662,"journal":{"name":"Feddes Repertorium","volume":"133 2","pages":"113-119"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43666009","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":"The genus Thesium L. (Santalaceae) in India: Addition of Thesium jarmilae Hendrych to the flora of India","authors":"Jayanta Ghosh, Mrinmoy Midday, Debabrata Maity","doi":"10.1002/fedr.202100016","DOIUrl":"10.1002/fedr.202100016","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The genus <i>Thesium</i> (Santalaceae) is enumerated in India with seven species accepted. <i>Thesium jarmilae</i>, a root hemiparasitic member of the family is recorded from India for the first time from Sikkim Himalaya. The species can readily be distinguished from other members of the genus in India by its suprabasal bracts and fruits with conspicuous longitudinal veins. Taxonomy of <i>T. jarmilae</i> is discussed along with ecological notes, host specificity and IUCN conservation status in India. A dichotomous key is also provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":53662,"journal":{"name":"Feddes Repertorium","volume":"133 1","pages":"18-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44457778","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}
Guilherme Medeiros Antar, Raymond Mervyn Harley, Arthur de Souza Soares, Mônica Gomes Buchoski, José Floriano Barêa Pastore, Paulo Takeo Sano
{"title":"Typifications and notes on Hyptidinae (Lamiaceae) described by Pilger from Mato Grosso state, Brazil","authors":"Guilherme Medeiros Antar, Raymond Mervyn Harley, Arthur de Souza Soares, Mônica Gomes Buchoski, José Floriano Barêa Pastore, Paulo Takeo Sano","doi":"10.1002/fedr.202100011","DOIUrl":"10.1002/fedr.202100011","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The subtribe Hyptidinae (Lamiaceae) is predominantly Neotropical with ca. 400 species, most diverse in the Cerrado domain, the Brazilian savanna. Mato Grosso state, located in the core of the Cerrado, owns a remarkable richness in the subtribe with 71 species recognized. Robert Pilger, who accompanied Hermann Meyer on an expedition to the state in 1898, collected about 700 angiosperm specimens that were mostly deposited in the Berlin Herbarium and many subsequently destroyed during the 2<sup>nd</sup> World War, with few if any duplicates surviving. Five species of Hyptidinae were described by Pilger based on these materials from Mato Grosso, subsequently were lectotypified by Epling, and later destroyed. They are: <i>Hyptis helophila</i> Pilg. (= <i>H. petiolaris</i> Pohl ex Benth.), <i>H. indivisa</i> Pilg. (= <i>Cantinoa indivisa</i> (Pilg.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore), <i>H. lasiocalyx</i> Pilg. (= <i>Cyanocephalus desertorum</i> (Pilg.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore), <i>H. loeseneriana</i> Pilg. and <i>H. mattogrossensis</i> Pilg. (= <i>Hypenia macrosiphon</i> (Briq.) Harley). To fix the application of these names, neotypes are here designated. Notes are also provided on the habitats and distribution of these species.</p>","PeriodicalId":53662,"journal":{"name":"Feddes Repertorium","volume":"133 1","pages":"9-17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/fedr.202100011","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43777288","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, Rajeev Kumar Singh, Hui Tag
{"title":"Two new species of Henckelia (Gesneriaceae) from the Eastern Himalayan state Arunachal Pradesh, India","authors":"Momang Taram, Dipankar Borah, Rajeev Kumar Singh, Hui Tag","doi":"10.1002/fedr.202100006","DOIUrl":"10.1002/fedr.202100006","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Two new species of <i>Henckelia</i> from the Eastern Himalayan state Arunachal Pradesh, India, are described and illustrated. The first, <i>Henckelia dasii</i> Taram, D.Borah, R.Kr.Singh & Tag is allied to <i>H. umbellata</i> Kanthraj & K.N.Nair, the second, <i>H. lallanii</i> Taram, D.Borah, Tag & R.Kr.Singh is close to <i>H. urticifolia</i> (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) A.Dietr. (type species of the former <i>Chirita</i> sect. <i>Chirita</i>). The differences are given in Table 1 and 2, respectively. A key is presented for the 21 <i>Henckelia</i> species presently known from N and NE India.</p>","PeriodicalId":53662,"journal":{"name":"Feddes Repertorium","volume":"132 4","pages":"364-371"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/fedr.202100006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44555488","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":"Rozin, B Double Helix of Phyllotaxis: Analysis of the geometric model of plant morphogenesis BrownWalker Press, Irvine (2020)","authors":"Simon Joseph Mayo","doi":"10.1002/fedr.202100029","DOIUrl":"10.1002/fedr.202100029","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A new theoretical model of phyllotactic patterns is presented in this book, based on the geometry of two oppositely twisted spirals or helices. Many of the models previously proposed to explain observations of phyllotactic patterns are thus explained mathematically. The book is abundantly illustrated with computer graphics and supplemented by hyperlinks to many more images and video animations avaiable online, showing the way phyllotactic patterns vary with growth and change in the geometry of the plant axis.</p>","PeriodicalId":53662,"journal":{"name":"Feddes Repertorium","volume":"132 3","pages":"301-303"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/fedr.202100029","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47569627","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}