{"title":"Charophytes of Australia’s Northern Territory – II. Tribe Nitelleae","authors":"M. Casanova, Kenneth G. Karol","doi":"10.1071/SB22029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/SB22029","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study of Northern Territory charophytes deals with the tribe Nitelleae in family Characeae. We recognise 16 species of Nitella for the Territory. The list includes seven previously described species (Nitella belangeri, N. biformis, N. congesta, N. heterophylla, N. micklei, N. myriotricha and N. tumulosa, of which N. belangeri and N. tumulosa are newly recorded for the Australian flora), and nine newly described species (N. acanthospora, N. boreali-australis, N. crocodylus, N. limosa, N. martinii, N. nitida, N. oollooensis, N. silicea and N. townsendii). Of the five previously reported Nitella species in the Northern Territory (N. hyalina, N. myriotricha, N. penicillata, N. pseudoflabellata and N. subtilissima), only N. myriotricha is recorded in this study, because the other records were based on erroneous identifications or localities. All Nitella species described here can be distinguished on the basis of their morphology and reproductive arrangement. Keys, illustrations and descriptions of all the species are provided.","PeriodicalId":55416,"journal":{"name":"Australian Systematic Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47374296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Leaf fossils show a 40-million-year history for the Australian tropical rainforest genus Megahertzia (Proteaceae)","authors":"R. Carpenter, A. Rozefelds","doi":"10.1071/SB23005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/SB23005","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Well-preserved leaf fossils from the Middle Eocene Anglesea site in Victoria are assigned to a new species of Megahertzia (M. paleoamplexicaulis R.J.Carp. & Rozefelds), a genus of Proteaceae now represented by a single species, M. amplexicaulis A.S.George & B.Hyland, in the Wet Tropics rainforests of Queensland. Megahertzia-like cuticular remains also occur in the Eocene Mount Hotham assemblage of Victoria, and pollen closely conforming to Megahertzia (i.e. Proteacidites latrobensis W.K.Harris) occurs widely in Cenozoic sediments of Australia and in New Zealand. All these records add to other fossil evidence that many species of Australian rainforest Proteaceae are the last vestiges of formerly much more widespread lineages. The fossil leaves are near-identical in architecture and cuticular features to lobed leaves of M. amplexicaulis, including that they have small teeth, stomata in well-defined areoles, and fine cuticular striations. Moreover, where preserved, the leaf fossils show amplexicaul bases, a unique (apomorphic) trait of the extant species. The apparent absence at Anglesea of simple (unlobed) leaves in Megahertzia and two other taxa of fossil Proteaceae is discussed; this leaf type could have evolved convergently in response to forest canopy heat increase as Australia drifted towards the Equator.","PeriodicalId":55416,"journal":{"name":"Australian Systematic Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41355671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. Anderson, R. M. Binks, M. Byrne, A. Crawford, K. Shepherd
{"title":"Using RADseq to resolve species boundaries in a morphologically complex group of yellow-flowered shrubs (Geleznowia, Rutaceae)","authors":"B. Anderson, R. M. Binks, M. Byrne, A. Crawford, K. Shepherd","doi":"10.1071/SB23010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/SB23010","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The morphologically complex and charismatic genus Geleznowia (Rutaceae) is endemic to south-western Australia and faces existing and potential conservation issues associated with land clearing, climate change and commercial harvesting. Two species are currently recognised in the genus, but horticulturally recognised forms and phrase-named taxa reflect additional suspected species diversity. The genus exhibits complicated and subtle patterns of morphological variation that have historically inhibited delimitation of taxonomic entities and, as a result, precluded effective conservation assessments. Here we used ddRAD data from 25 populations across the range of Geleznowia to elucidate genomic diversity in the group in conjunction with morphological re-assessment so as to delimit species and revise the taxonomy. Our analyses consistently identified seven entities that maintain genomic distinctiveness even in sympatry with other entities, supporting the inference of reproductive barriers and lineage divergence. Morphological assessment of more than 300 specimens corroborated these seven taxa. Consequently, we recognise seven species of Geleznowia in Western Australia, retaining G. amabilis K.A.Sheph. & A.D.Crawford, recircumscribing G. verrucosa Turcz., reinstating G. calycina (J.Drumm. ex Harv.) Benth., and naming four new species as G. eximia K.A.Sheph. & A.D.Crawford, G. narcissoides K.A.Sheph. & A.D.Crawford, G. occulta K.A.Sheph. & A.D.Crawford, and G. uberiflora K.A.Sheph. & A.D.Crawford.","PeriodicalId":55416,"journal":{"name":"Australian Systematic Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46140203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pittosporum (Pittosporaceae) in Malesia and Papuasia","authors":"L. Cayzer, T. Utteridge, G. Chandler","doi":"10.1071/SB22007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/SB22007","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Pittosporum (Pittosporaceae, Apiales), an attractive genus of horticulturally important trees and shrubs, is revised for Malesia (Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, the Philippines, Timor-Leste) and Papuasia (Papua Barat (Indonesia), Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands). In this report, 52 species are recognised, including many species reinstated from synonymy. Three taxa are raised to species rank (P. owenstanleyense, P. patelliplacenta and P. purpurascens), one is a new combination in Pittosporum (P. impressum), and four new species are described: P. sulawesiense, P. isolatum, P. schoddei and P. sogeriense.","PeriodicalId":55416,"journal":{"name":"Australian Systematic Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48885671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mark W. Chase, M. Christenhusz, L. A. Cauz-Santos, Felipe Nollet, J. Bruhl, Damien D. Andrew, Ruth Palsson, R. W. Jobson, Guy M. Taseski, R. Samuel
{"title":"Nine new species of Australian Nicotiana (Solanaceae)","authors":"Mark W. Chase, M. Christenhusz, L. A. Cauz-Santos, Felipe Nollet, J. Bruhl, Damien D. Andrew, Ruth Palsson, R. W. Jobson, Guy M. Taseski, R. Samuel","doi":"10.1071/SB23001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/SB23001","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Nine new species in Australian Nicotiana section Suaveolentes are described, including N. clarksonii M.W.Chase & Christenh., N. erytheia M.W.Chase & Christenh., N. latifolia M.W.Chase & Christenh., N. latzii M.W.Chase, R.W.Jobson & Christenh., N. gibbosa M.W.Chase, D.D.Andrew & J.J.Bruhl, N. olens M.W.Chase & Christenh., N. praecipitis M.W.Chase & K.Durham, N. karara M.W.Chase & Christenh. and N. bungonia M.W.Chase & Taseski. Some have been known from herbarium specimens for a long time, but their distinction from other species concepts was unsuspected until DNA studies showed their divergent nature. Others are known from one or only a few new localities. All are morphologically and genetically distinct from their close relatives. Increased sampling of populations in our molecular studies has led us to the conclusion that the widespread, recently described species N. insecticida is a species complex, comprising as many as six genetically distinct taxa, one of which includes material from the type locality of N. hesperis. Here, we describe a new name, N. erytheia, for all material we previously assigned to N. hesperis that is phylogenetically distinct from that of the type locality. To make the relationships of the new species clearer, we provide a tree produced by analysis of nuclear (RADseq) DNA data.","PeriodicalId":55416,"journal":{"name":"Australian Systematic Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48742390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Charophytes of Australia’s Northern Territory – I. Tribe Chareae","authors":"M. Casanova, Kenneth G. Karol","doi":"10.1071/SB22023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/SB22023","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study of Northern Territory charophytes documents 22 species in 3 of the genera in tribe Chareae, family Characeae, including 15 previously described species (Chara benthamii, C. erythrogyna, C. globularis, C. karolii, C. lucida, C. porteri, C. protocharoides, C. setosa, C. submollusca, C. wightii, C. zeylanica, Lamprothamnium capitatum, L. compactum, L. stipitatum, Lychnothamnus barbatus) of which 2 are new for the Australian flora (C. erythrogyna and C. wightii), as well as 5 varieties raised to species rank (C. aridicola, C. arnhemensis, C. bancroftii, C. behriana, C. duriuscula), and 2 newly described species (C. lamprothamniformis, C. schultae). Three previously reported species in the tribe (C. braunii, C. corallina, C. fibrosa) are not recorded from the Northern Territory in this study, as previous records were based on erroneous identifications or localities. Although Northern Territory specimens of Lychnothamnus barbatus have not been seen, it has been included in this treatment, because it occurs in south-eastern Queensland, the Gulf of Carpentaria, Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste. A key, illustrations and descriptions of all the species are provided.","PeriodicalId":55416,"journal":{"name":"Australian Systematic Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42761587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maribel Arenas-Navarro, T. Escalante, César Miguel-Talonia, A. Silva-Galicia, O. Téllez-Valdés
{"title":"Areas of endemism and environmental heterogeneity: a case study in Mexican legumes","authors":"Maribel Arenas-Navarro, T. Escalante, César Miguel-Talonia, A. Silva-Galicia, O. Téllez-Valdés","doi":"10.1071/SB21037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/SB21037","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Fabaceae is a monophyletic family comprising more than 22 000 species worldwide. In Mexico, it is the second-most species rich family, inhabiting multiple ecosystems with a high diversity of life forms. Our aims were to (1) identify areas of endemism (AEs) by using endemicity analysis at different cell sizes (1°, 0.5° and 0.25°) for 488 Mexican legumes, (2) describe the climatic and topographic heterogeneity of AE, (3) determine whether there is a positive relationship between AEs and climatic and topographic heterogeneity and (4) examine the conservation status of legumes that defined the AEs. We found six general AEs, supported by 63 species, with endemicity index values ranging from 2.05 to 6.86. These general areas had zones where biogeographical provinces intersected and exhibited a higher environmental heterogeneity. Areas detected at 1° showed a positive relationship between endemicity index and environmental heterogeneity. Legume species currently lack legal protection in Mexico, 69% of the endemic species do not have an evaluation category according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and eight species are in some risk category. Future conservation efforts should focus on protecting endemism areas from accomplishing representative natural protected areas.","PeriodicalId":55416,"journal":{"name":"Australian Systematic Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43837506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A molecular phylogeny of Boronia (Rutaceae): placement of enigmatic taxa and a revised infrageneric classification","authors":"M. Duretto, M. Heslewood, M. Bayly","doi":"10.1071/sb22019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/sb22019","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55416,"journal":{"name":"Australian Systematic Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"58698318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A morphological and molecular study supports the recognition of Rhipilia psammophila sp. nov. and Rhipilia baculifera comb. nov. (Halimedaceae, Chlorophyta) from southern Australia","authors":"John M. Huisman, Heroen Verbruggen","doi":"10.1071/sb23016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/sb23016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55416,"journal":{"name":"Australian Systematic Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135312040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Generic and infrageneric limits of Phebalium and its allies (Rutaceae: Zanthoxyloideae)","authors":"M. Duretto, M. Heslewood, M. Bayly","doi":"10.1071/sb22018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/sb22018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55416,"journal":{"name":"Australian Systematic Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"58698192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}