Recently added articles from Kew Bulletin:
Alpha e-taxonomy: responses from the systematics community to the biodiversity crisis
Jan 01, 2008; ... Summary. The crisis facing the conservation of biodiversity is reflected in a parallel crisis in alpha taxonomy. On one hand, there is an acute need from government and non-government organisations for large-scale and relatively stable species inventories on which to build major ...
A phylogenetic classification of tribe Poranthereae (Phyllanthaceae, Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Summary. A phylogenetic classification of tribe Poranthereae Grüning (Phyllanthaceae Martynov) is presented, based on molecular studies using DNA sequence data of nuclear ITS and plastid matK regions in conjunction with morphological characters. The tribe contains eight genera, four ...
The genus Vitex (Labiatae) in the Flora Malesiana region, excluding New Guinea
Jan 01, 2008; ... Summary. A revision of the genus Vitex is presented for the Flora Malesiana region excluding New Guinea. A key to all 16 species and two subspecies for the Flora Malesiana is provided. Descriptions are given of species, notes on ecology, distribution, local uses, vernacular names and ...
A revision of the palm genera (Arecaceae) of New Caledonia
Jan 01, 2008; ... Summary. Knowledge of New Caledonian palms (Arecaceae) has increased dramatically during the past few years with a wealth of new morphological, anatomical, ecological and molecular data now available. This information makes necessary several changes in the definition of New Caledonian ...
A revision of the genus Sclerosperma (Arecaceae)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Summary. A taxonomic revision of the palm genus Sclerosperma (Arecaceae) is presented. Three species are recognised: S. mannii H. Wendl., which is relatively widespread from Liberia to the Democratic Republic of Congo; S. walkeri A. Chev., which is apparently confined to the interior of ...
Heterobasidiomycetes from Belize
Jan 01, 2008; ... Summary. Twenty-eight species of heterobasidiomycetes (phylum Basidiomycota) belonging to the orders Auriculariales, Dacrymycetales, Exidiales, Platygloeales, Sebacinales, Septobasidiales and Tremellales from Belize are described or reported. Endoperplexa phlebioides, Heterochaete ...
An endangered new species of edible yam (Dioscorea, Dioscoreaceae) from Western Madagascar and its conservation
Jan 01, 2008; ... Summary. A new species of Dioscorea from Morondava prefecture in Western Madagascar is described. Dioscorea bako Wilkin differs from D. alatipes Burkill & H. Perr. by its usually shallowly and irregularly lobed leaf margins, broader leaf blade (grey-green below), longer petiole and ...
A synopsis of Casearia Jacq. (Samydeae - Salicaceae) in West and Central Africa with a description of a new species from Eastern Congo (Kinshasa)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Summary. Sleumer's (1971) revision of Casearia (formerly Flacourtiaceae, now Salicaceae) is reviewed to correct the specific delimitation, nomenclature and geography of some of the West and Central African species. As a result, casearia inaequalis Hutch. & Dalz. and C. prismatocarpa ...
Three new species of Croton (Euphorbiaceae) from Brazil
Jan 01, 2008; ... Summary. Croton imbricatus L. R. Lima & Pirani from Bahia, C. muellerianus L. R. Lima from Paraná and C. pygmaeus L. R. Lima from Rio Grande do Sul are described and illustrated. They are included in Croton section Lamprocroton (Müll. Arg.) Pax because they are much branched ...
Studies of Faramea Aubl. (Rubiaceae) in Brazil: two new species for Eastern Bahia - F. nocturna and F. biflora
Jan 01, 2008; ... Summary. Two new species of Faramea are described for the Atlantic Forest of Bahia, Brazil. Their morphology, phenology, habitat and conservation status are discussed. Résumé. Duas novas especies de Faramea são descritas para a Floresta Atlântica da Bahia, Brasil, e discussões ...
A new genus of Monimiaceae from the Atlantic Coastal Forest in South-Eastern Brazil
Jan 01, 2008; ... Summary. A new monotypic genus and a new species of Monimiaceae, Grazielanthus arkeocarpus from the Brazilian Atlantic coastal forest are described, illustrated and compared with morphologically related taxa. The new taxon occurs in the State of Rio de Janeiro in the central coastal ...
A reappraisal of Barnebydendron (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae: Detarieae)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Summary. Barnebydendron J. H. Kirkbr. (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae - Detarieae), when first described under the name Phyllocarpus Riedel ex Tul. (1843), was considered to be a monospecific genus restricted to the Atlantic forest in the vicinity of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A later ...
A new species of Macroptilium (Benth.) Urb. (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae: Phaseolinae) from North-Eastern Brazil
Jan 01, 2008; ... Summary. A new species of Macroptilium sect. Microcochle (Benth.) J. A. Lackey is herein described from the states of Piauí and Bahia, Brazil. Macroptilium cochleatum is characterized by few-flowered inflorescences, calyx teeth longer than the tube, a tightly four-coiled keel, and ...
Revision of the genus Sarcodum (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae: Millettieae)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Summary. In this revision of the genus Sarcodum, one new species, S. solomonensis R. Clark, currently known only from one collection, is described and illustrated. A key to all three species is provided, together with descriptions of the two previously known taxa in the ...
Calospatha subsumed in Calamus (Arecaceae: Calamoideae)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Summary. Based on previously published phylogenetic research, the genus Calospatha Becc. (Calamoideae) is placed in synonymy within Calamus L. The new combination, Calamus calospathus (Ridl.) W. J. Baker & J. Dransf. is made. Key Words. Calamoideae, Calamus, ...
A new species of Dracaena L. (Dracaenaceae-Ruscaceae) from Mt Kupe and the Bakossi Mts, Cameroon
Oct 01, 2007; ... Summary. A new species of Dracaena, D. kupensis, from Mt Kupe and the Bakossi Mts, Cameroon, is described and illustrated, its affinities noted and its conservation status assessed. Comparison is made between it and D. phanerophlebia Baker. Key words. Dracaena, Dracaenaceae, Ruscaceae, ...
A new species of Cassipourea Aublet (Rhizophoraceae) from Cameroon
Oct 01, 2007; ... Summary. Cassipourea alternifolia Breteler (Rhizophoraceae) from the Campo Ma'an area in south Cameroon is described as new and illustrated. It belongs to subgenus Weihea (Spreng.) Alston. Key words. Rhizophoraceae, Cassipourea, Africa, south Cameroon, new ...
A new species of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) endemic to Bolivia
Oct 01, 2007; ... Summary. A new species of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae), A. riograndensis Atahuachi & L. Rico, endemic to the valley of the Rio Grande in Bolivia is described and illustrated. Affinities to closely related species are discussed. Key words. Acacia, Leguminosae, Mimosoideae, ...
A revision of Borassus L. (Arecaceae)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Summary. A taxonomic revision of the genus Borassus L. (Arecaceae: Coryphoideae: Borasseae) is presented. Five species are recognised: B. aethiopum from Africa and Madagascar, B. akeassii from West and Central Africa, B. madagascariensis from Madagascar, B. flabellifer from South and Southeast ...
A new species of Coccocypselum P. Br. (Rubiaceae) from southeast Bahia (Brazil)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Summary. During the course of a taxonomic revision of the genus Coccocypselum, a new species, Coccocypselum bahiense, was discovered from southeast Bahia. Coccocypselum bahiense is described and illustrated, and its affinities with related taxa are discussed. Resumo. Durante o ...