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corolla, etc ; Vinca major; equations; models; regression analysis; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Many geometries of plant organs can be described by the Gielis equation, a polar coordinate equation extended from the superellipse equation, r=acosm4ϕn2+1ksinm4ϕn3−1/n1. Here, r is the polar radius corresponding to the polar angle ϕ; m is a positive integer that determines the number of angles of the Gielis curve when ϕ ∈ [0 to 2π); and the rest of the symbols are parameters to be estimated. The ...
corolla, etc ; Lycoris; chloroplast genome; hybridization; karyotyping; spring; China; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Based on the complete chloroplast genome, morphology, and karyotype evidence, we identified a new nothospecies, Lycoris × jinzheniae S.Y. Zhang, P.C. Zhang & J.W. Shao, in eastern China. This new nothospecies has been inappropriately named Lycoris × albiflora in the previous literature for more than 30 years. However, the new nothospecies resulted from the hybridization of L. sprengeri and L. chin ...
corolla, etc ; Gesneriaceae; conservation status; new species; pollen; China; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Hemiboea shimentaiensis (Gesneriaceae), a new species from northern Guangdong, China, is described and illustrated. It is most similar to H. gamosepala, H. rubribracteata and H. malipoensis in the nearly white corolla, which appears in a few species of Hemiboea, and nearly glabrous inner base of the corolla tube. It can be easily distinguished from the latter three species by the stoloniferous hab ...
corolla, etc ; Lonicera; Rubiaceae; color; leaf area; lectotypes; Southern Africa; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Burchellia R.Br. (Rubiaceae: Ixoroideae) is endemic to southern Africa. The type species, B. bubalina (L.f.) Sims, is based on Lonicera bubalina L.f., for which we designate a lectotype. We provide an account of the genus with comprehensive nomenclature and synonymy, including a taxonomic history of all names, and morphological descriptions for the genus and species, as well as distribution and ec ...
corolla, etc ; Artemisia anomala; forests; leaves; new species; phylogeny; China; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Artemisia lanaticapitula (Asteraceae: Anthemideae), a new species from Zhejiang in East China, is described and illustrated, based on the analyses of morphological observations and molecular phylogenetic evidence. This new species is similar to Artemisia anomala in having simple and undivided leaves, but differs by having phyllaries, corolla limbs, and abaxial leaf surfaces densely white-lanate, a ...
corolla, etc ; Adansonia; Asperula; Turkey (country); new species; palynology; pollen; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Asperula fidanii sp. nov. (Rubiaceae) is described as a new species in the Beytüşşebap district, Şırnak province in the south-east of Turkey. Asperula fidanii sp. nov. is similar to A. fragillima Boiss. & Hausskn., A. friabilis Schönb.-Tem. and A. podlechii Schönb.-Tem. However, it is easily distinguished from A. fragillima, with its tubular, white, hairy, and shorter flowers. It differs from A. f ...
corolla, etc ; Impatiens; biodiversity; conservation status; new species; phenology; umbels; India; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Impatiens godfreyi, a new species from mid-elevation evergreen forests of KMTR, southern Western Ghats, is described and illustrated. The new species is similar to I. disotis Hook.f. and mainly differs in having perennial branched woody subshrub up to 200 cm high, ovate-elliptic leaves, 2–3-flowered umbel inflorescence, orbicular standard petals with large scarlet-red speckled inside, overlapping ...
corolla, etc ; Gesneriaceae; calyx; color; conservation status; new species; phenology; Vietnam; Show all 8 Subjects
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... AbstractOreocharis phuongii, a new species of Gesneriaceae from central Vietnam, is described and illustrated here. The new species is most similar to O. longifolia by sharing peduncles up to 22 cm long, bracts 2, zygomorphic, yellow flowers with tubular corolla, stamens 4 with two pairs of coherent anthers and capsules up to 6 cm long. It mainly differs from the latter by the combination of some ...
corolla, etc ; abscisic acid; cell division; cytokinins; floriculture; flower size; pollinators; Show all 7 Subjects
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... MAIN CONCLUSION: Elevated temperatures suppress cell division in developing petunia buds leading to smaller flowers, mediated by ABA. Flower size is one of the most important showy traits in determining pollinator attraction, and a central factor determining the quality of floricultural products. Whereas the adverse effects of elevated temperatures on showy traits have been described in detail, it ...
corolla, etc ; Ceropegia; leaves; new species; pedicel; peduncle; taxonomic keys; China; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Ceropegia luzhiensis X.D. Ma & J.Y. Shen, a new species from Yimen, Yunnan, China, is described and illustrated. This species is similar to C. hookeri C. B. Clarke, C. intermedia Wight and C. manoharii Sujanapal, Salim, Anil & Sasidh., but clearly differs in its indumentum, the shape of leaf, the length of peduncle and pedicel, the shape and size of corolla and the shape of interstaminal corona lo ...
corolla, etc ; Gesneriaceae; calyx; data collection; new genus; phylogeny; plastid genome; China; Show all 8 Subjects
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... AbstractActinostephanus, a new genus from southern China, is described and colorfully illustrated with a single species, A. enpingensis. This new genus is morphologically most similar to Boeica and Leptoboea, nevertheless, it can be easily distinguished from the latter two by the following characteristics, such as leaves in whorls of three, all closely clustered at the top; corolla bowl-shaped, 5 ...
corolla, etc ; Andrographis; Miocene epoch; ancestry; biogeography; cladodes; models; monophyly; pollen; India; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Haplanthodes (Acanthaceae) is an Indian endemic genus with four species. It is closely related to Andrographis which is also mainly distributed in India. Haplanthodes differs from Andrographis by the presence of cladodes in the inflorescences, subactinomorphic flowers, stamens included within the corolla tube, pouched stamens and oblate pollen grains. To understand the phylogenetic relationship of ...
corolla, etc ; DNA; Rhododendron; geometry; introgression; morphometry; phylogeny; pollination; uncertainty; New Guinea; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Many diverse plant clades possess bilaterally symmetrical flowers and specialised pollination syndromes, suggesting that these traits may promote diversification. We examined the evolution of diverse floral morphologies in a species‐rich tropical radiation of Rhododendron. We used restriction‐site associated DNA sequencing on 114 taxa from Rhododendron sect. Schistanthe to reconstruct phylogenetic ...
corolla, etc ; Pogostemon; calyx; internal transcribed spacers; new species; phylogeny; China; Himalayan region; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Pogostemon hainanensis, a new species of Lamiaceae from Hainan Island, China, is described. The phylogenetic position of the new species within Pogostemon was investigated based on analyses of the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (nrITS) and five plastid markers (viz. matK, psbA-trnH, rbcL, rsp16, trnL-F). The results show that P. hainanensis is supported to be a member of subgenus Po ...
corolla, etc ; Gesneriaceae; calyx; epiphytes; leaf venation; new species; Andes region; Colombia; Ecuador; Show all 9 Subjects
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... AbstractTwo new species, Drymonia intermedia Clavijo & J.L.Clark, sp. nov. and D. longiflora J.L.Clark & Clavijo, sp. nov. (Gesneriaceae, Columneinae), are described from the western Andean slopes of Ecuador and Colombia. The new species are similar to D. fimbriata, D. laciniosa, D. macrophylla, and D. peponifera because of the facultative epiphytic habit, deeply serrate to laciniate calyx margin ...
corolla, etc ; Asteraceae; diagnostic techniques; genes; heterozygosity; outcrossing; phylogeny; pollen; population structure; taxonomy; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Variation in breeding systems between species of the same taxonomic group complicates the consistent application of species concepts, and perhaps even the logically consistent circumscription of species. Several genera of arid-zone ephemerals in the Angianthus clade (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae: Gnaphaliinae) contain both outcrossing and non-outcrossing species. The latter are recognised by producing ...
corolla, etc ; color; leaf venation; leaves; new species; ray florets; synflorescences; texture; China; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Ligularia pseudolamarum, a new species from southeastern Xizang, China, is described and illustrated. It is tentatively nested in L. sect. Ligularia ser. Ligularia based on its pinnate–palmate leaf venation, racemose synflorescence and pappus which is as long as or slightly shorter than the tubular corolla. Within the series, it is apparently closely related to both L. lamarum and L. subspicata, h ...
corolla, etc ; Asteraceae; diagnostic techniques; genes; heterozygosity; outcrossing; phylogeny; pollen; population structure; taxonomy; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Variation in breeding systems between species of the same taxonomic group complicates the consistent application of species concepts, and perhaps even the logically consistent circumscription of species. Several genera of arid-zone ephemerals in the Angianthus clade (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae: Gnaphaliinae) contain both outcrossing and non-outcrossing species. The latter are recognised by producing ...
corolla, etc ; altitude; indigenous species; models; phylogeny; plant ecology; rare species; sympatry; Mediterranean region; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Evolutionary processes on islands, and the attributes of rare plant species restricted to islands have received increasing attention in the last decade, but most of the evidence comes from oceanic archipelagos while continental islands have been much less studied. We test if narrow endemic species of Aegean islands (E Mediterranean region) have evolved particular trait values and ecological attrib ...
corolla, etc ; Melastomataceae; autogamy; forests; geographical distribution; herbaria; herkogamy; phylogeny; plant taxonomy; pollen tubes; selfing; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Previous molecular phylogenetic analyses showed that Bertolonia (Melastomataceae), an endemic genus to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (AF) with 35 species, presents a strong correlation regarding species distribution and some floral traits. The same analyses showed that all species belong to three clades: marmorata (species mostly distributed in northern AF), formosa (species only occurring in cent ...