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The new species Barleria kulalensis I.Darbysh. & Q.Luke and Dicliptera huriensis I.Darbysh. & Q.Luke are described and illustrated and their extinction risk is assessed provisionally. The former is based on Barleria sp. G of the Flora of Tropical East Africa (FTEA), with recent field observation and collection of this species from the foothills of ...
Iain Darbyshire, Quentin Luke
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Proto-Slavic *lzъ lza m. ‛(fallow) field or meadow created where there used to be forest’ is explained as derived from Proto-Indo-European *lo-ós, the o-grade form of *le- with Balto-Slavic lengthening according to Winter’s law. The Proto-IndoEuropean root *le- ‛wind, bend’ might have also developed into Proto-Slavic *lězti, *loza, and*lěsъ.
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Mazus dabieshanensis sp. nov. (Mazaceae) from eastern China
Mazus dabieshanensis, a newly described species endemic to the Dabieshan Mountains in eastern China, is illustrated and described. Molecular phylogenetic analyses based on nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences consistently demonstrate that this new species forms a stable clade with other Mazus species characterized by a pubescent ovary. Morphologically,
Rui Tong +3 more
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On the Finno-Ugric substratum in the hydronymy of the Tambov region
The article discusses hydronymic topoformants on the territory of the Tambov region, related to the Finno-Ugric substrate. Their most common series are highlighted. For some toponyms, new etymologies are proposed.
E. M. Deviatkina
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Pavonia fretensis sp. nov. (Malvaceae) from the Horn of Africa hotspot
The new species Pavonia fretensis is described, illustrated by photographs and mapped. It occurs in coastal localities on both sides of the Bab al Mandab Strait and is known from southern Yemen, Eritrea and northwestern Somalia. The species differs from Pavonia rotundifolia from eastern Ethiopia and northern and central Somalia by having stellate ...
Mats Thulin, Othman S. S. Al‐Hawshabi
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Canscora agni (Gentianaceae), a new species from the fire‐prone Indian savannas
We describe Canscora agni from the Indian savannas as a distinct species which differs from its allied species Canscora alata in having fewer and shorter leaves, pedicel‐wings unequal across the length, bracts with glandular hair on the margins, calyx‐wings being four, wider, up to 2.3 mm, with distinct reticulate venation and having ovary length up to
Ashish N. Nerlekar +1 more
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Portulaca (Portulacaceae) is a cosmopolitan genus with centers of diversity in Africa and South America. In Brazil, 22 species are recognized, most occurring in xerophytic environments of the Cerrado, particularly in Campos Rupestres. These rocky montane habitats, especially in northern Minas Gerais state, remain undercollected despite their high ...
Danilo Alvarenga Zavatin +7 more
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Northern Russian Etymologies: порочка, пёрыш, пёрко
This article puts forward etymological interpretations of several Northern Russian lexemes: порочка ‘a vessel in the form of a birch bark cylinder with a wooden bottom and a cover for the storage and transportation of milk, cottage cheese, flour, etc.’, ‘
Olga Valeryevna Mishchenko
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Sinningia pampeana is a new rupicolous species from the rocky outcrops of the Pampa biome in southern Brazil and Uruguay. Morphological analyses based on herbarium material, field observations, and detailed illustrations support its recognition as a distinct species from Sinningia sellovii.
Gabriel Emiliano Ferreira +4 more
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