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Notes on the genus Gymneia (Lamiaceae: Ocimeae, Hyptidinae) with two new species from Brazil.
Two new species of Gymneia from Brazil, G. moniliformis and G. chapadensis are described and illustrated, and details of habitat and conservation status included. Morphological relationships to other species of the genus are given, and inflorescence structure of the genus discussed.Harley, R. M.
Chapada dos Veadeiros (Brazil), Brazil, Hyptis, Gymneia moniliformis, New species, Gymneia chapadensis, Serra do Cachimbo (Brazil), Taxonomy, and Cyme morphology
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Five new South American species of Myrcia s.l. (Myrtaceae).
Five new species of Myrcia s.l. are described and illustrated: Myrcia ascendens (related to Myrcia densa), Myrcia attenuata (related to Myrcia bicolor), Myrcia costeira (related to Myrcia bicarinata), Myrcia rupestris (related to Myrcia lenheirensis) and Myrcia subterminalis (related to Myrcia bicolor). The new species occur in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest... -
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A new and unusual amphistomatic species of Tibouchina (Melastomeae, Melastomataceae) from Brazil.
Tibouchina rosanae, a new species of Melastomataceae (Melastomeae) from the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, is described, illustrated and compared to its putative closest allied. It is characterized mainly by the inflorescence that is lax. Tibouchina rosanae is an amphistomatic species, and the presence of stomata on the adaxial leaf...Guimarães, Paulo José Fernandes ; Woodgyer, Elizabeth M.
New species, Amphistomatic species, Brazil, Tibouchina, Taxonomy, and Tibouchina rosanae
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A new species of Diplycosia (Ericaceae) from Mount Jaya, western New Guinea.
Diplycosia puradyatmikai, a new species of Ericaceae, is described from Mount Jaya in the Indonesian province of Papua, western New Guinea. A detailed description, illustration, and comparisons with the similar species D. kosteri are provided. -
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A new species of Plinia (Myrtaceae) from the Bahia Atlantic Forest.
The Brazilian Atlantic Forest is one of the most diverse biomes in the world. The state of Bahia includes an important portion of the central corridor of Atlantic Forest that runs along the Brazilian coast. Myrtaceae is a dominant family of trees in this biome, and among its genera, Plinia...Stadnik, Aline ; da Costa Souza, Marcelo ; Lucas, Eve ; Roque, Nádia
Endemism, Bahia (Brazil), New species, Tupinambá, Atlantic Forest, Taxonomy, Plinia ybotyrype, and Pliniinae
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Notes on lichenicolous Pleosporales, with two new species, Didymocyrtis azorica and Pseudopyrenidium epipertusariae (Phaeosphaeriaceae).
The identity and phylogenetic placement of some lichenicolous Pleosporales were studied using morphological and molecular data. Two new species are described, Didymocyrtis azorica on Hypotrachyna rockii, from the Azores, and Pseudopyrenidium epipertusariae on Pertusaria pertusa, from Spain in oceanic montane woods, with a Phoma-like asexual state. This is the second...Etayo, J. ; Pino-Bodas, R.
Fungi, Pseudopyrenidium epipertusariae, Ascomycota, Didymocyrtis azorica, Lichenicolous Pleosporales, Taxonomy, and New species
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The genus Callitriche (Plantaginaceae: Callitricheae) in South America.
Callitriche is a sub-cosmopolitan plant genus occurring throughout temperate regions of both hemispheres, including the peri-Antarctic islands, with 78 species worldwide. Records of Callitriche include frequent and extensive misidentification due to a combination of factors including a lack of taxonomic and nomenclatural clarification before the mid-20th century. This work aims...Lansdown, Richard V. ; Hassemer, Gustavo
Overlooked species, South America, Callitriche, Typification, Nomenclature, Taxonomy, and New species
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Six new species of Maesa (Primulaceae) from Papua New Guinea.
Six new species of Maesa (Primulaceae-Maesoideae) from Papua New Guinea, namely M. angustibracteolata, M. aurulenta, M. brassii, M. oblanceolatifolia, M. pusilliflora and M. prolatifructa are described and illustrated based on observations from herbarium specimens; the taxonomic affinities of each species are also discussed.Sumanon, Pirada ; Eiserhardt, Wolf L. ; Balslev, Henrik ; Utteridge, Timothy M. A.
Papuasia, Myrsinaceae, Papua New Guinea, New species, Maesa, Malesia, Taxonomy, and Ericales
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Hyptis lavoisierifolia, a new species from the noteworthy Hyptis subsect. Pachyphyllae (Lamiaceae—Hyptidinae) endemic to Chapada dos Veadeiros region, Goiás, Brazil.
Hyptis is a genus with about 151 species that belongs to subtribe Hyptidinae, a monophyletic and predominantly Neotropical group from Lamiaceae. The genus has gone through a series of taxonomic changes, especially sectional, since the early 19th century. Hyptis sect. Eriosphaeria subsect. Pachyphyllae, recent reestablished as subsection, is composed, until... -
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A new and possibly carnivorous species of Crepidorhopalon (Linderniaceae) from Mozambique.
The new species Crepidorhopalon droseroides from Mozambique is described and illustrated. It represents the third strict Mozambique endemic in Linderniaceae, and it differs from all known species of Crepidorhopalon in the long sticky glandular hairs. The hypothesis that the species may be carnivorous is discussed. The Conservation Status is preliminarily...Fischer, Eberhard ; Wursten, Bart ; Darbyshire, Iain
Taxonomy, IUCN Red List, Crepidorhopalon droseroides, Mozambique, Endemics, Philcoxia, New species, and Carnivory