{"title":"Bromelia longipedicellata and Bromelia stellata (Bromeliaceae): Two new species from the Brazilian Amazon","authors":"Raquel Fernandes Monteiro, Rafaela Campostrini Forzza","doi":"10.1002/fedr.202300043","DOIUrl":"10.1002/fedr.202300043","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Two new species of <i>Bromelia</i> L. (Bromelioideae, Bromeliaceae) endemic to the Amazon are described, increasing to 16 the number of species recorded from the Brazilian part of the biome. <i>Bromelia longipedicelata</i> is characterized by a lax inflorescence emerging from the leaf rosette, primary bracts ovate with entire margins, floral bracts linear-lanceolate, shorter than the pedicel, flower 5.8–8 cm long, sepals elliptic and rounded, and petals ca. 60 mm long. <i>Bromelia stellata</i> has a floccose leaf sheath, inflorescence embedded in the leaf rosette, floral bract linear and completely tomentose, sepal linear-elliptic, asymmetric, lepidote to pannose, and apex acute-attenuate. Detailed descriptions, comparisons with similar species, illustrations, and comments on their etymologies, distributions, habitats, conservation status, and morphology are provided. An identification key to the <i>Bromelia</i> species of the Brazilian Amazonia is also presented.</p>","PeriodicalId":53662,"journal":{"name":"Feddes Repertorium","volume":"135 2","pages":"124-132"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139534071","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}
Aramide Dolapo Igbari, Temitope Olabisi Onuminya, George Isaac Nodza, Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe
{"title":"Diversity and use of plant collections of the Lagos University Herbarium, Nigeria","authors":"Aramide Dolapo Igbari, Temitope Olabisi Onuminya, George Isaac Nodza, Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe","doi":"10.1002/fedr.202200055","DOIUrl":"10.1002/fedr.202200055","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study aimed to gain insights into the diversity and use of the collections of the Lagos University Herbarium (LUH), Nigeria. A total of 1509 species representing 188 plant families in 57 plant orders were recorded. This comprises dicotyledons (1260); monocotyledons (217); ferns (29); moss (1); conifers (1); and macro algae (1). About 1007 species of the collection are indigenous while 502 are exotic species. Herbaceous life form is the most abundant, representing 38% of the species recorded. Also, 1380 (91.4%) of the species have a recorded use while 129 (8.6%) had no known use in literature. A total of 1994 uses were recorded and distributed across 8 use categories. Of these, 52.9% are single use, 24.1% are dual use, and 23.0% have multiple uses. Plants used for medicine had the highest frequency (52.6%), followed by materials (13.8%), food plants (10.8%), environmental uses (7.3%), social uses (5.7%), animal feed (5.0%), fuel (3.0%), and poison (1.8%). The Fabaceae family had the highest use record followed by Rubiaceae, Poaceae, Malvaceae, and Euphorbiaceae. The diversity of use of species recorded in this study provides information for biodiversity research, resource planning, and sustainable usage of species.</p>","PeriodicalId":53662,"journal":{"name":"Feddes Repertorium","volume":"135 2","pages":"140-155"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139380638","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":"Revising the taxonomic status of Asystasia gangetica var. Krishnae Tandyekk., Pandur. & N. Mohanan (Acanthaceae)","authors":"Viswakumar Sujatha Deepa Lekshmi, Venugopalan nair Saradamma Anil Kumar","doi":"10.1002/fedr.202300020","DOIUrl":"10.1002/fedr.202300020","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The taxonomic status of <i>Asystasia gangetica</i> var. <i>krishnae</i> has been evaluated and compared with the closely resembling taxon <i>A. intrusa</i> (synonyms: <i>A</i>. <i>gangetica</i> subsp. <i>micrantha</i> and <i>A. micrantha</i>). The trait that differentiates the two taxa, as per reports, is the occurrence of vertical violet-black bands on the sides of anthers in the former taxon. The authors explain that var. <i>krishnae</i> could be the first report of <i>A</i>. <i>intrusa</i> for the country and suggest the possibility of neglecting the violet black bands in the previous descriptions of <i>A. intrusa</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":53662,"journal":{"name":"Feddes Repertorium","volume":"135 2","pages":"133-139"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139390793","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 structure and vasculature in pollen cones of Taxus (Taxaceae, Gymnospermae) and its evolutionary significance","authors":"Veit Martin Dörken","doi":"10.1002/fedr.202300041","DOIUrl":"10.1002/fedr.202300041","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The pollen cone structure and vasculature of <i>Taxus baccata</i> and <i>T</i>. <i>wallichiana</i> were investigated in the context of comparative studies in other conifers. The results indicate that the simple, flower-like pollen cone of <i>Taxus</i> could be derived from an ancestral compound inflorescence as in <i>Cephalotaxus</i> and <i>Pseudotaxus</i>. In <i>Cephalotaxus</i>, each lateral flower-like structure represents an entire pollen cone, compared with a single perisporangiate microsporangiophore in <i>Pseudotaxus</i>. The microsporangiophores are exclusively perisporangiate in both <i>Pseudotaxus</i> and <i>Taxus</i>, but in <i>Pseudotaxus</i> they are inserted in the axil of a pherophyll. By a simple reduction of these pherophylls, the <i>Taxus</i> pollen cone is formed—a strongly reduced inflorescence with flowers reduced to perisporangiate microsporangiophores, which are inserted directly at the cone axis, without pherophylls. Thus, the perisporangiate <i>Taxus</i> microsporangiophores correspond to the axillary flowers in <i>Cephalotaxus</i> and <i>Pseudotaxus</i>. The <i>Taxus</i> flower results from a strong reduction of an ancestral <i>Cephalotaxus</i>-like flower type (lateral pollen cones), where all remaining hyposporangiate microsporangiophores have fused to a radial structure during evolution. Thus, perisporangiate <i>Taxus</i> microsporangiophores represent radial synangia and not peltate microsporophylls, suggesting that hyposporangiate microsporangiophores are the ancestral condition in Taxaceae s.l.</p>","PeriodicalId":53662,"journal":{"name":"Feddes Repertorium","volume":"135 2","pages":"112-123"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/fedr.202300041","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139159896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Carya illinoinensis (Juglandaceae), new to the Italian alien woody Flora and second record for continental Europe","authors":"Duilio Iamonico, Gianluca Nicolella","doi":"10.1002/fedr.202300040","DOIUrl":"10.1002/fedr.202300040","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A woody alien species, <i>Carya illinoinensis</i> (Juglandaceae), is found in Rome (central Italy) along banks of river Tevere. The discovery represents the first record for Italy and the second one for the continental Europe. Description, distribution in Italy, phenology, and original photographs are provided. Moreover, the name <i>Juglans illinoinensis</i> (basionym of <i>C. illinoinensis</i>) is lectotypified on a Wangenheim's illustration (Table XVIII, Figure XXXXIII).</p>","PeriodicalId":53662,"journal":{"name":"Feddes Repertorium","volume":"135 2","pages":"156-159"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139160343","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}
Nino Davitashvili, Sébastien Bétrisey, Zurab Janiashvili, Izolda Matchutadze, Gregor Kozlowski
{"title":"First description and conservation implications of a unique stand of the Caucasian wingnut in Lapankuri (Georgia)","authors":"Nino Davitashvili, Sébastien Bétrisey, Zurab Janiashvili, Izolda Matchutadze, Gregor Kozlowski","doi":"10.1002/fedr.202300031","DOIUrl":"10.1002/fedr.202300031","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Many north-temperate tree species survived glacial periods in small, low-density populations in refugia. These refugia are located in eastern and western North America, South Europe, East Asia, and western Asia. As a part of western Asia, Georgia harbors two main refugia: the Colchis in western Georgia and the eastern Great Caucasus, where many Cenozoic relict plants still exist. In this article, we report a new population of <i>Pterocarya fraxinifolia</i> (the Caucasian wingnut) which was discovered in the eastern Great Caucasus, near the village Lapankuri. The Lapankuri <i>P. fraxinifolia</i> stand is unique because the species grows not only in a narrow strip of riparian vegetation, but is also occurring in a broad band up to 100 m away from the river. <i>Pterocarya fraxinifolia</i> is dominant in the stand and is represented by large and old trees. Many other relict trees such as <i>Diospyros lotus</i> and <i>Juglans regia</i> are also present in the Lapankuri stand. Although some Cenozoic relict species are widely cultivated and naturalized in Central and Western Europe, natural stands of these plants provide the only evidence of their past growing conditions; therefore, conservation of this place is strongly advocated.</p>","PeriodicalId":53662,"journal":{"name":"Feddes Repertorium","volume":"135 1","pages":"78-84"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139216274","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}
Rashika Kafle, Sangeeta Rajbhandary, Til Kumari Thapa, Gaurav Parmar
{"title":"Odontostemma balfourianum (W.W.Sm.) Satish Chandra & D.S.Rawat and Stellaria depauperata Edgew., two new records of Caryophyllaceae for Nepal","authors":"Rashika Kafle, Sangeeta Rajbhandary, Til Kumari Thapa, Gaurav Parmar","doi":"10.1002/fedr.202300028","DOIUrl":"10.1002/fedr.202300028","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Stellaria depauperata</i> has been found in Nepal, according to earlier investigations. However, upon closer examination, the specimens of <i>S. depauperata</i> that were collected from Nepal and deposited at various herbaria revealed that they belonged to <i>Odontostemma balfourianum</i> or another <i>Stellaria</i> species. Nevertheless, a small number of mislabeled <i>Stellaria</i> specimens upon careful examination turned out to be <i>S. depauperata</i>. Therefore, this study revealed the presence of <i>O</i>. <i>balfourianum</i>, and <i>S</i>. <i>depauperata</i> in Nepal. The taxonomic treatment, habitat, distribution, and images, have all been provided for both species. <i>Odontostemma balfourianum</i> can be easily distinguished from <i>S. depauperata</i> in having longer stem, petalous, and chasmogamous flowers.</p>","PeriodicalId":53662,"journal":{"name":"Feddes Repertorium","volume":"135 1","pages":"69-75"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139247748","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, Arvind J. Mungole
{"title":"Delgadoana, a new replacement name for Delgadoa F.S.Santos, Snak & L.P.Queiroz (Phaseolinae: Leguminosae)","authors":"Umakant B. Deshmukh, Mukund B. Shende, Eanguwar Srinivas Reddy, Arvind J. Mungole","doi":"10.1002/fedr.202300023","DOIUrl":"10.1002/fedr.202300023","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The name of a newly described monotypic genus of woody lianas, <i>Delgadoa</i> F.S.Santos, Snak & L.P.Queiroz from Bahia is an illegitimate name because of later homonym of fossil Pteridophyte genus <i>Delgadoa</i> Heer, and hence according to article 53.1 of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN), a new name <i>Delgadoana</i> U.B.Deshmukh, M.B.Shende, E.S.Reddy & Mungole is proposed here along with a new combination for <i>D. bambuicola</i> F.S.Santos, Snak & L.P.Queiroz.</p>","PeriodicalId":53662,"journal":{"name":"Feddes Repertorium","volume":"135 1","pages":"76-77"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139277488","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":"A new combination in Ceropegia L. (Apocynaceae)","authors":"Anant Kumar","doi":"10.1002/fedr.202200050","DOIUrl":"10.1002/fedr.202200050","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A new combination, <i>Ceropegia ananthagiriensis</i>, is proposed here based on <i>Brachystelma ananthagiriense</i> (Apocynaceae).</p>","PeriodicalId":53662,"journal":{"name":"Feddes Repertorium","volume":"135 1","pages":"67-68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135725510","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}