Tarbej J. Shaikh, Raghunath L. Ghalme, Uday L. Chougule, Girish G. Potdar
{"title":"Capillipedium parviflorum and Hemisorghum venustum (Andropogoneane: Poaceae): Occurrence in India, notes on identity and typification","authors":"Tarbej J. Shaikh, Raghunath L. Ghalme, Uday L. Chougule, Girish G. Potdar","doi":"10.1002/fedr.202200040","DOIUrl":"10.1002/fedr.202200040","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The taxonomic identity and typification of <i>Hemisorghum venustum</i> (Thwaites) Clayton and <i>Capillipedium parviflorum</i> (R.Br.) Stapf. is discussed along with detailed descriptions, photographs, and notes. Morphological differences are presented for easy identification of both the species.</p>","PeriodicalId":53662,"journal":{"name":"Feddes Repertorium","volume":"135 1","pages":"59-66"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135883315","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":"Potentilla thuringiaca Bernh. ex Link in Germany—A polyploid enigma","authors":"Thomas Gregor, Heiko Korsch, Juraj Paule","doi":"10.1002/fedr.202200046","DOIUrl":"10.1002/fedr.202200046","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Plants in German states Thuringia and Bavaria previously thought to belong to <i>Potentilla thuringiaca</i> belong to at least three different taxa. Most populations in Thuringia and Bavaria are rather uniform and have a ploidy of 2n = 10x. These populations belong to <i>P. thuringiaca</i> as originally described. A lectotype and an epitype are designated for <i>P. thuringiaca</i>. In an isolated range in Eastern Thuringia, we found octoploids (2n = 8x), which are characterized mainly by a higher number of flowering stems. These populations are described as <i>Potentilla saalae</i> T. Gregor & Korsch. Decaploid (2n = 10x) plants from a very small range in the Bavarian Rhoen with more rounded central leaves are probably of independent origin. The relationship of German <i>P. thuringiaca</i> populations to those in the Alps, the Balkans, the Carpathians, and Eastern Europe is unresolved.</p>","PeriodicalId":53662,"journal":{"name":"Feddes Repertorium","volume":"135 1","pages":"16-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135994330","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}
Lal Ji Singh, Mudavath Chennakesavulu Naik, Gautam Anuj Ekka
{"title":"A new species of Gomphostemma (Lamiaceae) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India","authors":"Lal Ji Singh, Mudavath Chennakesavulu Naik, Gautam Anuj Ekka","doi":"10.1002/fedr.202200013","DOIUrl":"10.1002/fedr.202200013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Gomphostemma andamanensis</i>, L.J. Singh, M.C. Naik, & G.A. Ekka sp.nov., is described and illustrated from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. This new species is superficially similar to <i>G. pedunculatum</i> Bentham ex J.D. Hook. and <i>G. strobilinum</i> Wall. ex Benth., but differs markedly by a combination of vegetative morphological, inflorescence architectural, and floral characters. The Onge tribe, the inhabitants of type locality use the species for ethno-medicinal purposes. The conservation status of the species is assessed as Critically Endangered. A key to the species of <i>Gomphostemma</i> from India is provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":53662,"journal":{"name":"Feddes Repertorium","volume":"135 1","pages":"31-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135147294","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":"Life history traits of cycad blue butterfly, Luthrodes pandava Horsfield (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) on cycad hosts in an Island ecosystem","authors":"Neelam Purti, Lal Ji Singh, Arun K. Pandey","doi":"10.1002/fedr.202300001","DOIUrl":"10.1002/fedr.202300001","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The life history traits (egg, larva, and pupa stage) of the Lycaenidae butterfly, <i>Luthrodes pandava</i> Horsfield (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) observed and trapped on cycad plants are described from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (ANI), India. The diversity of cycad host plants offered as larval food influences fecundity and conservation status. <i>Zamia furfuracea</i> is recorded for the first time as a cycad host plant and seasonal polyphenism in the ANI, India.</p>","PeriodicalId":53662,"journal":{"name":"Feddes Repertorium","volume":"135 1","pages":"44-58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135246403","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":"Lactarius badiosanguineus: A new record to Indian mycobiota from Jammu and Kashmir, India","authors":"Komal Verma, Tahir Mehmood, Yash Pal Sharma","doi":"10.1002/fedr.202300012","DOIUrl":"10.1002/fedr.202300012","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The genus <i>Lactarius</i> is cosmopolitan in distribution and forms an ectomycorrhizal association with varied host plants. In the present study, samples of <i>Lactarius badiosanguineus</i> were collected during a fungal survey from different regions of Jammu province, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Identification was carried out through combined morpho-anatomical and nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequence analysis that confirmed its position as <i>Lactarius badiosanguineus</i>. This taxon is reported here for the first record from India. Detailed morphological descriptions, color photographs, line drawings, and molecular phylogeny are provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":53662,"journal":{"name":"Feddes Repertorium","volume":"135 1","pages":"9-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135785581","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}
Nílber Gonçalves da Silva, Ana Clara da Silva de Menezes, João Pedro Bernardo, Igor Musauer Kessous, Lais Mendonça Batista, Ruy José Valka Alves
{"title":"Revisiting Utricularia triphylla Ule","authors":"Nílber Gonçalves da Silva, Ana Clara da Silva de Menezes, João Pedro Bernardo, Igor Musauer Kessous, Lais Mendonça Batista, Ruy José Valka Alves","doi":"10.1002/fedr.202200051","DOIUrl":"10.1002/fedr.202200051","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The nomenclatural history, morphology, and typification of <i>Utricularia triphylla</i> Ule are discussed. We preferred to follow the current classification that the species is a synonym of <i>U. geminiloba</i> Benj., as more evidence and new conclusions will only be possible with new fresh material. A lectotype and an epitype are selected here.</p>","PeriodicalId":53662,"journal":{"name":"Feddes Repertorium","volume":"135 1","pages":"26-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42969186","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}
Ridha El Mokni, Gianniantonio Domina, Giulio Barone
{"title":"Taxonomic, nomenclatural, and conservation notes to the Algerian-Tunisian endemic Thymus numidicus (Nepetoideae, Lamiaceae)","authors":"Ridha El Mokni, Gianniantonio Domina, Giulio Barone","doi":"10.1002/fedr.202300010","DOIUrl":"10.1002/fedr.202300010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Thymus numidicus</i> Poir. (Lamiaceae) is a species endemic to an extended area of the northern African coast, in Algeria and Tunisia, named “Kabylia-Numidia-Kroumiria.” This taxon was formerly regarded as restricted to siliceous substrata until the finding of a population on marly limestone from the “Mejarda Valley's region” in north-western Tunisia. Due to the differentiation of several morphological characters including mainly leaf color, shape and size, calyx, and corolla color and size, the collected material is illustrated and a subspecies new to science is here presented, <i>Thymus numidicus</i> subsp. <i>vagaensis</i> El Mokni & Domina. Discrimination of the new subspecies with <i>T. numidicus</i> subsp. <i>numidicus</i> is discussed; the ranges of variation in size and color of leaves, calyx, and corolla of the two subspecies are illustrated. Habitat, ecology, chromatographic profiles, and conservation issues are also considered. The lectotypes of the names <i>Thymus numidicus</i> Poir. and <i>T. lanceolatus</i> subsp. <i>kabylicus</i> Batt. are here designated and <i>T. lanceolatus</i> subsp. <i>kabylicus</i> is included among the synonyms of <i>T. numidicus.</i></p>","PeriodicalId":53662,"journal":{"name":"Feddes Repertorium","volume":"134 4","pages":"289-297"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48332181","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":"Karyotype diversity in four Terminalia L. species and its taxonomic implications","authors":"Suma Akter, Chandan Kumar Dash, Syeda Sharmeen Sultana","doi":"10.1002/fedr.202200054","DOIUrl":"10.1002/fedr.202200054","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Four <i>Terminalia</i> L. species namely, <i>T. arjuna</i> (Roxb.) Wight and Arn., <i>T. bellirica</i> (Gaertn.) Roxb., <i>T. chebula</i> Retz. and <i>T. catappa</i> L. were studied to evaluate the chromosomal relationship corresponding with their taxonomic characters. Analysis of mitotic metaphases showed that the somatic chromosome numbers and the centromeric formulas of these species were 2<i>n</i> = 24 (16m + 8sm) for <i>T. arjuna</i>, 2<i>n</i> = 48 (36m + 12sm) for <i>T. bellirica</i>, 2<i>n</i> = 48 (46m + 2sm) for <i>T. chebula</i> and 2<i>n</i> = 24 (24m) for <i>T. catappa</i>. Two pairs of satellites were found in <i>T. bellirica</i> and <i>T. catappa</i>. Based on different karyological data, <i>T. chebula</i> was positioned in 1A, <i>T. arjuna</i> and <i>T. catappa</i> in 1B and <i>T. bellirica</i> in 2B. Based on comparative karyomorphological data, <i>T. bellirica</i> and <i>T. arjuna</i> presented more advanced features in comparison with <i>T. chebula</i> and <i>T. catappa</i>, which also correlated with the taxonomic characters in respect of the evolutionary point of view. Therefore, the present investigation effectively evaluated chromosomal relationships with morphological implications that conferred upon evolutionary changes among these four <i>Terminalia</i> species.</p>","PeriodicalId":53662,"journal":{"name":"Feddes Repertorium","volume":"134 3","pages":"200-209"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43158191","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}
Veit Martin Dörken, Keith Rushforth, Tom Hudson, Hubertus Nimsch
{"title":"Morphology and anatomy of leaves and vegetative shoots in Calocedrus Kurz (Cupressoideae, Cupressaceae s.str.) in the light of species identification","authors":"Veit Martin Dörken, Keith Rushforth, Tom Hudson, Hubertus Nimsch","doi":"10.1002/fedr.202300009","DOIUrl":"10.1002/fedr.202300009","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Identifying conifers without reproductive structures is often quite difficult. However, the cones are not always available. Thus, species identification has to be done on the base of vegetative structures. Here distinct diagnostic differences are needed to distinguish between the taxa and good macro- and micromorphological as well as anatomical features are urgently needed. In this study, the morphology of sterile shoots and the leaf anatomy of the cupressaceous genus <i>Calocedrus</i> were investigated. The study's aim is to find reliable diagnostic features allowing a serious identification of each distinct species in the absence of reproductive structures. A short identification key for all four <i>Calocedrus</i> species was prepared. It includes also the rare <i>C</i>. <i>rupestris</i>, which is missing in most of the previous works, so this gap is closed now. In addition, the study should show which ones are good diagnostic features that might be useful for preparing identification keys on the base of vegetative features also for other scale-leaved conifers.</p>","PeriodicalId":53662,"journal":{"name":"Feddes Repertorium","volume":"134 4","pages":"271-288"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/fedr.202300009","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45569305","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}
A. Saleh Kamyabi, Alireza Iranbakhsh, Mahroo H. Moniri, Yunes Asri
{"title":"New records of five Verrucaria species (Verrucariacaea, Ascomycota) from Iran","authors":"A. Saleh Kamyabi, Alireza Iranbakhsh, Mahroo H. Moniri, Yunes Asri","doi":"10.1002/fedr.202200017","DOIUrl":"10.1002/fedr.202200017","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study focused on the taxonomic evaluation of the genus <i>Verrucaria</i> Shrad (Ascomycota, Verrucariaceae) in northeast Iran. Lichen samples were collected from the Khorasan Razavi province and their morphological, anatomical, and ecological characteristics were investigated. According to the result, the species <i>Verrucaria ahtii</i> Pykälä, Launis and Myllys, <i>Verrucaria cataleptoides</i> (Nyl.) Nyl., <i>Verrucaria dolosa</i> Hepp., <i>Verrucaria hochstetteri</i> Fr., and <i>Verrucaria muralis</i> Ach., are new records from Iran.</p>","PeriodicalId":53662,"journal":{"name":"Feddes Repertorium","volume":"134 3","pages":"191-199"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45778508","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}