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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021
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| 9:37a | [Botany • 2021] Crassula × mortii (Crassulaceae: Crassuloideae) • A New Natural Hybrid Between C. perforata and C. rubricaulis from South Africa’s southern Cape
In terms of species-level diversity, the genus Crassula Linnaeus (1753: 282) is by far the most diverse in the Crassulaceae within the Flora of Southern Africa region [Namibia, Botswana, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Lesotho, South Africa] (Tölken 1977a, b, 1985). In this region diversity is highest in the Fynbos and Succulent Karoo Biomes, both of which straddle the southern Cape, an area represented in the Western and Eastern Cape provinces. Keywords: taxonomy, Crassula, nothospecies, Eudicots  Gideon F. Smith and Neil R. Crouch. 2021. Crassula ×mortii (Crassulaceae subfam. Crassuloideae), A New Natural Hybrid Between C. perforata and C. rubricaulis from South Africa’s southern Cape. Phytotaxa. 487(1); 97–102. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.487.1.9 | ||
| 10:15a | [Botany • 2021] Aeschynanthus rejieae (Gesneriaceae) • A New Species of Lipstick Vine from Tawi-Tawi, Philippines
Abstract Aeschynanthus rejieae from Panglima Sugala, one of the few remaining forested areas in Tawi-Tawi, Philippines, is illustrated and described as a new species. It resembles A. obconicus and A. ovatus by the ovate leaves and dense indumentum in the external calyx and corolla. However, A. rejieae is distinguished by having leaves that have persistent sparse pubescence, campanulate calyx with dense hirsute indumentum both internally and externally, and ovary with a glandular cilia. This species is named after Rejie Sahali-Generale, who initiated the biodiversity conservation in Panglima Sugala. This new discovery further highlights the urgent need to study and conserve the remaining forests of Tawi-Tawi. Keywords: taxonomy, Sulu, Panglima Sugala, novel, epiphyte, Eudicots      Aeschynanthus rejieae  Shiella Mae B. Olimpos and Jayson A. Mansibang. 2020. Aeschynanthus rejieae (Gesneriaceae), A New Species of Lipstick Vine from Tawi-Tawi, Philippines. Phytotaxa. 487(1); 83–90. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.487.1.7     |
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