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2024
Journal article
New taxa of Barleria sect. Prionitis (Acanthaceae) from the Horn of Africa biodiversity hotspot in Somalia.
Two new taxa in Barleria L. sect. Prionitis Nees (Acanthaceae) are described from Somalia, namely Barleria biramosa Defty & I.Darbysh. from central Somalia and B. compacta Malombe & I.Darbysh. subsp. minima I.Darbysh. & Defty from the northeast coastal region. These taxa are further endemics of the Horn of Africa biodiversity...Defty, Ellie ; Darbyshire, Iain
Taxonomy, Conservation, Barleria compacta, Horn of Africa, Barlerieae, Barleria biramosa, New species, Somalia, IUCN Red List, and Diversity
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2024
Journal article
Expanding our knowledge of the coffee family in continental Africa: a synopsis of the genus Pyrostria (Rubiaceae).
A summary of the species of from continental Africa is presented, including full descriptions of three new species, , and . from the coastal forests of the Tanzania-Mozambique border region, and one new subspecies, subsp. from Zambia. is the first species with plurilocular (3-lobed) fruits and the second hermaphrodite species...Matheka, Kennedy W. ; Goyder, David ; Darbyshire, Iain
Conservation, Pyrostria, IUCN Red List, Rubiaceae, Africa, Rovuma Centre of Endemism, Taxonomy, Vanguerieae, and New species
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2024
Journal article
Four new deciduous species of Hyperacanthus (Rubiaceae: Gardenieae) from western Madagascar: the sofikomba alliance.
The genus comprises 11 species, nine in Madagascar and two in Africa, although many Madagascan species remain undescribed. All Madagascan species of are evergreen trees occurring in humid and semi-humid forest. Four deciduous species occur in the dry forests of northern, western, and southern Madagascar but are unknown to science.... -
2024
Journal article
Taxonomic revision of the native Magnolia (Magnoliaceae) species of Brazil.
The genus (Magnoliaceae) has a wide and disjunct geographic distribution ranging from Eastern and South Asia to Malaysia, extending across the Neartics and reaching into the Neotropics. Regarding its infrageneric classification, the genus is divided into three subgenera: , and , the latter including the section Talauma in which the... -
2023
Journal article
Ardisia krauensis, a new species of Primulaceae (Myrsinoideae) from Peninsular Malaysia.
Ardisia krauensis, a new species of Primulaceae from Peninsular Malaysia, is described and illustrated. The new species is assignable into subgenus (§) on account of specialised lateral reproductive branches bearing a terminal inflorescence subtended by foliose bracts. Morphologically, the new species mostly resembles in having elliptic leaves. However, the new... -
2023
Master's dissertation
A Taxonomic Synopsis of Ranunculus in New Guinea.
Lewis, Saskia
Endemic species, Ranunculaceae, New Guinea, Conservation, and Taxonomy
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2023
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2023
Journal article
A further new species of Isoglossa (Acanthaceae) from the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania.
I.Darbysh. & Hemp (Acanthaceae), from submontane moist forest at Mwala in the South Pare Mountains of northeastern Tanzania, is described and illustrated. This species is considered to be related to (S.Moore) Lindau and (Vahl) Brummitt & J.R.I.Wood, which are widespread in the montane forests of eastern Africa, but it clearly...Darbyshire, Iain ; Hemp, Andreas
Conservation, New species, Isoglossinae, IUCN Red List, Eastern Arc Mountains (Tanzania), Taxonomy, Extinction risk, and Isoglossa
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2013
Journal article
The Nepenthes micramphora (Nepenthaceae) group, with two new species from Mindanao, Philippines.
The N. micramphora group is erected to accommodate the species N. micramphora, N. abgracilis sp. nov. and N. cid sp. nov. from submontane habitats in Mindanao, Philippines. An overview of the genus in the Philippines is presented in the context of recent discoveries. The greater taxonomic importance of pitcher characters... -
2022
Journal article
Tribe Shoreae (Dipterocarpaceae subfamily Dipterocarpoideae) Finally Dissected.
The dipterocarp tribe Shoreae, perhaps more than any other members of this elegant family of often giant emergent trees, is familiar to all who visit the once ubiquitous lowland forests of tropical Asia. Timbers of the genus comprised the bulk of hardwood traded on international markets for thirty years, since...Ashton, P. S. ; Heckenhauer, J.
Conservation, Phylogenetics, Shorea, Nomenclature, Taxonomy, and Asia