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Phylogenetics of Clusia sect. Criuva (Clusiaceae) unveils a new species, reinstates an old name and clarifies sectional circumscription

open access: yesTAXON, Volume 75, Issue 4, August 2026.
Abstract Clusia sect. Criuva has long been a taxonomic catch‐all, particularly in the final decades of the 20th century, when misapplications conflated eastern Brazilian taxa with species from the Guiana Shield. We combine herbarium‐based genome skimming, targeted fieldwork, and critical examination of historical literature and types to reassess ...
José E. do Nascimento Jr   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Revisiting the nomenclature of Carludovica microcephala, type species of Dicranopygium (Cyclanthaceae)

open access: yesTAXON, Volume 75, Issue 4, August 2026.
Abstract The name Carludovica microcephala, basionym of the type species of Dicranopygium (Cyclanthaceae), has long been attributed to J.D. Hooker (1892), based on plants cultivated at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. A reassessment of nineteenth‐century horticultural literature shows that the name had already been validly published 35 years earlier, in
Eduardo S. Leal   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The taxonomic status of the Mexican oak Quercus undata (Fagaceae, Quercus, Section Quercus)

open access: yesRevista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2011
Quercus undata Trel. (Fagaceae, Quercus, Section Quercus) has a complex taxonomic and nomenclatural history. Intensive sampling of oaks at the type locality of Q. undata Trel.
Jeffrey R. Bacon   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Molecular phylogenetics of Thymelaeaceae‐Thymelaeoideae: Resolving the paraphyly of Gnidia and a new monophyletic generic classification for the group

open access: yesTAXON, Volume 75, Issue 4, August 2026.
Abstract Earlier phylogenetic analyses of the family Thymelaeaceae using combined plastid (matK, rbcL, rps16, trnL‐F) and nuclear (ITS) regions showed that the African‐Malagasy genus Gnidia was extensively polyphyletic in relation to the southern African genera Lachnaea, Passerina and Struthiola, as well as to other Southern Hemisphere genera such as ...
Oluwayemisi D. Olaniyan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Typification of three Linnaean names in the genus Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae)

open access: yesAnales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid
The lectotypification of four Linnaean names in the genus Euphorbia: E. exigua, E. exigua var. acuta, E. paralias, and E. segetalis is discussed. The designation of the nomenclatural types is based on the consultation of Linnaeus’s original material and
P. Pablo Ferrer-Gallego
doaj   +1 more source

A revision of the genus Armeria (Plumbaginaceae) in peninsular Italy and Sicily through an integrative taxonomic approach

open access: yesTAXON, Volume 75, Issue 4, August 2026.
Abstract The genus Armeria in peninsular Italy has been affected by taxonomic ambiguity for more than a century due to high morphological variability. We present a comprehensive revision of peninsular Italian and Sicilian Armeria species, using an integrated taxonomic approach that combines molecular phylogeny, plant and seed morphometrics, and ...
Manuel Tiburtini   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

A nomenclatural and taxonomic re-evaluation of neglected Centaurea candelabrum Hayek & Košanin (sect. Acrocentron, Asteraceae) and related serpentine endemics from the Balkan Peninsula [PDF]

open access: yesBotanica Serbica
Centaurea sect. Acrocentron comprises several taxonomically intricate groups of taxa, including the Balkan endemic obligate serpentinophytes: C. melanocephala, C. candelabrum and C. albertii.
Dmitar Lakušić   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A lectotype in Banksia L.f. (Proteaceae) clarified

open access: yesNuytsia—The journal of the Western Australian Herbarium, 2012
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
openaire   +1 more source

A Century Later: Taxonomic Review of the Neotropical Genus Hyptiocheta Becker, 1922 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), With Description of Three New Andean Species

open access: yesAustral Entomology, Volume 65, Issue 3, August 2026.
ABSTRACT The previously monotypic Neotropical genus Hyptiocheta Becker, 1922 is reviewed. Hyptiocheta convexa Becker, 1922 is redescribed, and three new species are described and illustrated from South America: H. archaeoptera Quevedo, Soares & Lamas sp. nov. (Ecuador), H. chuspi Quevedo, Soares & Gutiérrez‐Bustamante sp. nov. (Peru) and H.
Lucas Quevedo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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