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Erycibe schmidtii Craib is lectotypified with notes and photographs. Erycibe stapfiana Prain, a new species record from South-Western Thailand, is also provided with a description, photographs and notes.
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Thecaphora melandrii (Syd.) Vánky & M.Lutz infects species in the Caryophyllacaeae forming sori with spore balls in the floral organs. We report new finds from Britain, supported by phylogenetic analysis, that confirm its occurrence on Silene uniflora Roth. We review published and web accessible records and note the relatively few records of this s...
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The correct name for the New Zealand plant, kanono (Rubiaceae), is Coprosma autumnalis Colenso, which name is lectotypified here. A drawing made of the species by John Buchanan in the late 1860s is reproduced. The phenology of the plant, marked in the specific epithet, is examined.
Published in Kew Bulletin
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Routine use of the virtual herbarium of the collections in COL (Instituto de Ciencias Naturales de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia) revealed the presence of an as yet undescribed species of Senecio amongst the material of Senecio adglacialis and S. leucanthemoides. Following subsequent herbarium studies and fieldwork, Senecio scapioides (Compos...
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Three new species of Inversodicraea (Podostemaceae), I. senei from the Memv’ele falls of the Ntem River, Cameroon, I. tanzaniensis from the Ruhudji River near Lupembe, Southern Highlands, Tanzania, and I. botswana from the Kasane rapids on the Chobe River, Botswana, are described and illustrated. All three species are known from single sites. All t...
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Sahulia suboppositifolia (Sapotaceae, Chrysophylloideae) is described and illustrated as a new monotypic genus from New Guinea. The species is so far only known from four collections made in lowland tropical rainforest near Lake Murray in the west and Koitaki east of Port Moresby. As a member of Sapotaceae with white latex, entire leaves, and flowe...
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Two new species of angraecoid orchid from East and South-central Africa are described and illustrated. Rhipidoglossum lucieae is known from the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania (West Usambaras) and has been misidentified as R. pulchellum in previous floristic treatments. Rhipidoglossum philatelicum is reported from the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabw...
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The typification of two names in the genus Fumana: F. fontanesii Clauson ex Pomel and F. grandiflora Jaub. & Spach (Cistaceae) is discussed. The designation of the nomenclatural types is based on the assessment of the respective protologues and the original material. The name F. fontanesii is lectotypified using a specimen from Clauson’s material a...
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Limestone or calcareous outcrops are geological formations that support tropical forests regarded as relict communities with many endemic species. However, these environments are constantly threatened by mining of calcareous rock. The genus Heterocypsela H.Rob. (Compositae, Vernonieae: Dipterocypselinae) has been long-known from only one species wh...
