Note on the nomenclature of Cassieae (Leguminosae-Caesalpinioideae) in Malaysia

As a precursor for the treatment of Caesalpiniaceae in Flora Malesiana the following new combinations are proposed: Cassia javanica ssp. pubiflora stat. nov., C. javanica ssp. agnes stat. nov., C. javanica ssp. microcalyx stat. nov. C. javanica ssp. renigera stat. nov., C. javanica ssp. bartonii stat. nov., Senna divaricata comb. nov., Chamae-christa pumila comb. nov. and Chamaechrista mindanaensis comb. nov.     

Chlorophycean algae from the Triassic of Australia

Among living green algae assigned to the order Chlorococcales and order Zygnematales certain species develop resistant outer organic walls and/or cysts during their life cycles; as such they have the potential to become fossils. Based on morphology, comparison between living algae and microfossil remains are made with varying degrees of confidence, and a possible evolutionary pathway for certain chlorococcalean coenobial families is suggested. Twelve genera are reviewed from earliest to latest Triassic palynological assemblages from northwestern Australia; and the following taxa are described as new: Plaesiodictyon mosellanum ssp. symmetricum ssp. nov.; Plaesiodictyon mosellanum ssp. variabile ssp. nov.; Plaesiodictyon decussatus sp. nov.; Plaesiodictyon decussatus ssp. decussatus ssp. nov.; Plaesiodictyon decussatus ssp. tetracornuta ssp. nov.; Tetraporina protrusa sp. nov.; Crucigeniella? torques sp. nov.; and Paleoraphidia akestra gen. et sp. nov. (type). Their suggested natural affinities are useful in palaeoenvironmental interpretations of mostly freshwater or low-salinity habitats.     

A revision of the genus Lasianthus (Rubiaceae) in Africa, excluding Madagascar

23 species, one subspecies and three varieties have been described or named for the pan-tropical genus Lasianthus Jack (Rubiaceae) in continental Africa. In the present revision thirteen species, five subspecies and one variety are recognized; additionally two hybrids are proposed. Of the previously named taxa, the subspecies is raised to species rank whereas two species are degraded to subspecies and variety status, respectively. Five species are synonymised including two varieties, and four are left with uncertain status, including one variety. The distribution of the genus in Africa consists of two distinct elements: one component is found in the Guineo-Congolian regional centre of endemism and one in the eastern part of Afiomontane Archipelago-like regional centre of endemism. A centre of species diversity is found in Eastern Arc Mts., where six endemic species occur together with L. laxinervis and the more widespread L. kilimandscharicus. Four of the species are strict endemics of the Uluguru Mts. In addition to the presentation of the new section: Lasianthus Sectio Membranacei, sect. nov., this revision contain two hybrids from Uluguru Mts.: L. macrocalyx × pedunculatus and L. cereifizorus × pedunculatus, and following new taxa and new combinations: L. africanus ssp. biokoensis, subsp. nov.; L. africanus ssp. mayumbensis, comb. et stat. nov.; L. kilimandscharicus ssp. glabrescens, ssp. nov.; L. kilimandscharicus ssp. glabrescens var. xanthospermus, comb. et stat. nov.; L. kilimandscharicus ssp. hirsutus, ssp. nov.; L. laxinervis, stat. nov.; L. pedunculatus ssp. angustisepalus, ssp. nov.     

Notes on the Chenopodiaceae of Ethiopia, Somalia and Southern Arabia

Atriplex griffithii is divided into two subspecies, ssp. griffithii and ssp. stocksii , stat. nov. Atriplex farinosa is typified and divided into two subspecies, ssp. farinosa and ssp. keniensis , stat. nov. A new species of Atriplex, A. nogalensis is described from Somalia. The subtribe Sevadinae is revised and found to consist of the two monotypic genera Sevada and Fadenia and the genus Lagenantha with two species, L. cycloptera , comb. nov. (which includes the types of Gyroptera and Cycloptera) , and L. gillettii , comb. nov.     

Two new Anarcardiaceae from Ecuador

Mauria membranifolia sp. nov. and Tapirira guianensis Aubl. ssp. subandina ssp. nov are described.     

中国绵蚜亚科三新种二新亚种记述(同翅目：蚜总科：瘿绵蚜科)

本文记述了中国绵蚜亚科Eriosomatinae种新和2新亚种,即：北扣绵蚜新种Colophina arc tica Zhang et Qiao,sp.nov.,多室四脉绵蚜新种了Tetraneura olychorema Zhang,sp.nov.,食榆四脉 绵蚜新种T.Ulmicema Zhang,sp.nov.,白卡绵蚜东台新亚种Kaltenbachiella pallida dongtaiensis Zhang ssp.Nov.和钉四脉绵蚜冰草新亚种Tetraneura capitatatusagropyricena Zhang,ssp.Nov.模式标本保存在中国科学院动物研究所。     

Synopsis of Turkish Acantholimon Boiss. (Plumbaginaceae)

A synopsis of Acantholimon in Turkey is given on the basis of a revisional study conducted in Turkey by the authors. An account of 52 species, ten subspecies, and 17 varieties is given, including keys to the species, subspecies, and varieties, and a general indication of their distribution, as well as their conservation status in Turkey. Seven new taxa, namely A .  ekimii sp. nov. , A. capitatum ssp. sivasicum ssp. nov. , A. calvertii var. glabrum var. nov. , A. huetii var. breviscapum var. nov. , A. acerosum ssp. longibracteolorum ssp. nov. , A. lycaonicum ssp. cappadocicum ssp. nov. , and A. halophilum var. coloratum var. nov. , are described, together with a few new combinations. A. wiedemannii , A. iconicum , and A. lycaonicum , described from Turkey in the past, but placed under other species as synonyms in the Flora of Turkey , are recognized once again as good species. A. multiflorum and A. parviflorum are given a species status. In Turkey, the presence of A. latifolium , A. araxanum , A. lepturoides , A. hohenackerii , A. senganense , A. fominii , A. petraeum , and A. tragacanthinum is also confirmed.  © 2007 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2007, 154 , 397–419.     

Taxonomy and cytology of the genus Ornithogalum (Liliaceae) in East Africa

The following taxa are represented in East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda): Ornithogalum donaldsonii (Rendle) Greenway (2n=20), O. gracillimum R. E. Fries, O. tenuifolium Delaroche ssp. sordidum (Bak.) Stedje comb. nov. (2n=16), and O. tenuifolium Delaroche ssp. robustum Stedje ssp. nov. (2n = 12).     

Festuca vivipara (Poaceae) in the North Atlantic area

Viviparous Festuca especially from the North Atlantic area have been examined. Based on especially the chromosome numbers they are divided into three subspecies and a number of hybrids: 1) F. vivipara (L.) Sm. ssp. vivipara , 2) F. vivipara ssp. hirsuta (Schol.) Frederiksen stat. nov., 3) F. vivipara ssp. glabra Frederiksen ssp. nov. Hybrids between F. vivipara on the one hand and F. rubra L. or F. ovina L. on the other were found to be common.     

The delimitation of Gelasine (Iridaceae), and G. uruguaiensis sp. nov. from Uruguay

The generic concept of Gelasine Herb. (Iridaceae) is reviewed, and the characters discussed in connection with Sphenostigma Bak., a synonym of Gelasine. The reduction of Sphenostigma is further justified on account of overlapping features. A new species from Uruguay, G. uruguaiensis Rav. sp. nov., is described and illustrated. This is shown to include two subspecies: ssp. uruguaiensis , and ssp. orientalis ssp. nov. The chromosome number of the latter is 2n = 14.     

Phylogenetic studies of the subgenus Nialoe (s. lat.) (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Genus Pterostichus), part 2: The Asymmetricus species group

Pterostichus (Nialoe) asymmetricus Bates and its allies are revised based on the membranous parts of their genitalia. Four new taxa, P. (N.) ovaliphallus sp. nov., P. (N.) fujimurai ibukiyamanus ssp. nov., P. (N.) shotaroi kiimontanus ssp. nov., and P. (N.) basilobatus sp. nov. are described. A cladistic analysis based on 31 morphological characters reveals that Daisenilaoe (s. str.) Nakane and Straneo is included as one clade within Nialoe (s. str.). The speciation and dispersal process of this species group are also discussed.     

中国黛眼蝶属一新种和一新亚种记述(鳞翅目,蛱蝶科,眼蝶亚科)(英文)

记述了中国眼蝶亚科Satyrinae黛眼蝶属Lethe Hbner,18191新种和1新亚种——浅色黛眼蝶Lethe tingeda sp.nov.,比目黛眼蝶宝兴亚种Lethe proxima baoxingensis ssp.nov.,模式标本保存于西北农林科技大学昆虫博物馆。比目黛眼蝶宝兴亚种,新亚种Lethe proxima baoxingensis ssp.nov.(图1～7)新亚种与比目黛眼蝶指名亚种Lethe proxima proxima Leech相似,主要区别是:后翅正面亚缘只有2枚眼斑;前翅反面外横带不规则弯曲;后翅反面Cu2、2A脉间外横线强烈弯折。淡色黛眼蝶,新种Lethe tingeda sp.nov.(图8～14)新种与棕褐黛眼蝶Lethe christophi(Leech)相似,主要区别是:颜色较浅;雄蝶后翅性标斑小,水滴状,覆有黑色毛簇,而非烙斑状;后翅反面cu1室内无眼斑;m3室内眼斑瞳点不扩大;翅反面前后翅外横线不连贯;雄性外生殖器囊突较粗短;钩突近端部背侧隆起较强。     

中国沟胸盲蝽属新种及新纪录属种记述(半翅目:盲蝽科)(英)

记述了一中国新纪录属,沟胸盲蝽属Solenoxyphus Reuter1875及隶于该属的两新种及一中国新纪录种,分别定名为黄沟胸盲蝽S. flavicans, sp. nov, 采自新疆维吾尔自治区乌鲁木齐市、甘河子县、阜康县,绿沟胸盲蝽S. viridulus, sp. nov.采自青海省乌兰县、新疆维吾尔自治区米泉县、阜康县,及中国新纪录蒿沟胸盲蝽S. lepidus(Puton1874)采自新疆维吾尔自治区乌鲁木齐市、阜康县、米泉县、木垒县及甘河子县,寄主均为蒿属植物Artemisia spp.。     

Parallel ecoclinal evolution and taxonomy of F'rankenia (Frankeniaceae) in the Cape Verde Islands, W Africa

One species, the Macaronesian and N African Frankenia ericifolia , with three subspecies is recognized in the Cape Verde Islands: ssp. ericifolia (a coastal, xerophytic ecotype), ssp. caboverdeana ssp. nov. (a coastal, mesophytic ecotype), and ssp. montana ssp. nov. (a montane, hygrophytic ecotype). Subspecies caboverdeana and ssp. montana are endemic to the Cape Verde Islands. In addition, ssp. latifolia comb. et stat. nov. is tentatively recognized as endemic to the Canary Islands. Reproductive data suggest that the Capeverdean plants are self-compatible but mainly outcrossing. Mor-phometric analyses of field-collected material and progeny families cultivated under uniform conditions demonstrate that there is genetically based, clinal morphological variation connecting ssp. ericifolia and ssp. caboverdeana in several coastal areas that vary in humidity conditions because of varying exposures to the trade wind. Clinal variation was observed in leaf-, calyx-, petal-, and seed characters, probably caused by one or a few genetic factors that control organ size and are subjected to differential selection with respect to drought tolerance. The variation in progeny families derived from morphologically intermediate parents was no higher than the variation in progeny families derived from parents belonging to the "pure" subspecies. It is thus likely that the clinal variation is caused by primary evolution along continuous humidity gradients rather than hybridization. The existence of similar ecoclines in different islands and the potentially simple genetic basis of such clinality suggest that ssp. caboverdeana has evolved several times in mesic environments from xerophytic, ericifolia-like ancestors.     

NEW AND LITTLE-KNOWN SPECIES OF GENUS SOLENOXYPHUS REUTER FROM NORTHERN CHINA (HEMIPTERA:MIRIDAE)

Abstract  Two new species and a little-known one belonging to genus Solenoxyphus Reuter are noted here. Solenoxyphus flavicans sp. nov. and S. viridulus sp. nov. living on Artemisia ssp. are described from Xinjiang, Qinghai and Xinjiang of China respectively; S. lepidus (Puton 1874) on Artemisia ssp. is recorded for the first time from China and redescribed from Xinjiang.     

Morphology and taxonomy of the genus Cochlearia (Brassicaceae) in Northern Scandinavia

The morphological variation between populations of Cochlearia in Northern Scandinavia has been analysed. The variation is correlated to ecology, and four ecotypes are recognized. Based on the morphological differentiation of the ecotypes and the results of crossing experiments, the populations are referred to the following three taxa: C. officinalis ssp. officinalis which includes the common beach ecotype and the bird cliff ecotype; C. officinalis ssp. integrifolia stat. nov. which includes the spring ecotype growing in inland localities up to about 600 m a.s.l. in cold more or less eutrophic springs, and C. officinalis ssp. norvegica ssp. nov. which includes the estuary ecotype, growing in poor, often inundated habitats near river outlets at the fjord ends. All the differentiation has taken place at the tetraploid level (2n = 24). The subspecies are kept more or less distinct due to ecological and seasonal isolating mechanisms rather than internal, reproductive barriers. A key to the subspecies and distribution maps for ssp. integrifolia and ssp. norvegica are presented.     

中国五节根蚜亚科二新属五新种及一新亚种记述(同翅目:瘿绵蚜科)(英文)

作者系统整理了中国五节根蚜亚科Fordinae标本,发现2新属：离倍蚜属DimelaphisZhang,gen．nov．和拟孕蚜属SicifordaZhng,gen．nov．;5新种：榆钱毛根蚜ChaetogeolcaulmidrupaZhang,sp．nov,钝镰离倍蚜D．obtusifalcataZhang,sp．nov,金黄五节根蚜FordaauralentaZhngetQiao,sp．nov,毛多五节很蚜F.multicomaZhng,sp．nov．及六节拟孕蚜S．sexiarticulataZhang,sp．nov．二新亚种：麦拟根蚜沾化亚种ParacletuscimicformiszhanhuanusZhng,ssp.nov。模式标本保存在中国科学院动物研究所。