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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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Rediscovery and redescription of the holotype of Mantella manery
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Vences, Miguel +3 more
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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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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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The scorpions deposited in the collection of NMNH (Sofia) are identified and revised. The collection contains 61 species of 34 genera and ten families (Bothriuridae, Buthidae, Chaerilidae, Diplocentridae, Euscorpiidae, Liochelidae, Iuridae ...
František Kovařik, Petar Beron
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The holotype of _Natalus stramineus_ Gray (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Natalidae)
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Handley, Charles O. (Charles Overton), +1 more
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A new old species of Tetracera (Dilleniaceae) from Espinhaço Range, Brazil
Tetracera is the only genus within Dilleniaceae with a pantropical distribution. During efforts for a taxonomic revision of the neotropical species, we identified incongruences between application of names and their taxonomic identities, based on protologue and type specimen analysis. Here we describe a new species for the genus bearing a single carpel
Michelly D. F. Araújo +3 more
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The Holotype of the Franklin Grouse (Canachites franklinii)
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Two new species of Calea ser. Multiplinerviae (Asteraceae: Neurolaeneae) from Brazil
Detailed studies of specimens from Rondônia and Mato Grosso do Sul showed that two new species have been misidentified: Calea micropappa resembles Calea pilosa, but differs by leaf apex obtuse to acuminate (versus acute), paleae present (versus paleae absent), disc corolla lobes 1.2–1.3 mm long (versus 0.7–0.8 mm), and pappus scales 0.1–0.25 mm long ...
Vinícius Resende Bueno +2 more
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