Sunday, June 9th, 2024

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3:18p	[Botany • 2024] Hemiboea liana (Gesneriaceae) • A New Species from northern Guangxi, China Hemiboea liana Z.P. Huang, Y.B. Lu & B. Pan, in Z.-P. Huang, J.-H. Li, H.-M. Li, Y.-S. Huang, C. Li, Z.-J. Zhang, Q. Zhang, Pan et Lu, 2024.   sp. nov.李氏半蒴苣苔  ||  taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/1996 Abstract Hemiboea liana, a species of Gesneriaceae new to science found in northern Guangxi, China, is described and illustrated. While sharing morphological similarities with H. chanii and H. sinovietnamica, the new species can be distinguished by a distinct combination of traits, such as its brown rounded squared hard stem and trigonous purple-light brown involucre. Detailed information is provided, including a morphological description, illustrations, diagnostic comparisons, and a molecular phylogenetic analysis placing the new species among 30 out of 44 species currently recognized in Hemiboea. Keyword: Hemiboea chanii, Hemiboea rubribracteata, Hemiboea sinovietnamica, ITS, trnL-F, phylogeny, taxonomy Hemiboea liana A. habit plant individual, B. side view of flower, C. cross-section of the stem, D. annular disc, E. opened calyx, F. opened corolla with stamens and staminodes, G. stigma, H. pistil with the disc. Hemiboea liana A. habitat, B. flowering individual, C. inflorescences, D. involucre, E. side view of flower, F. front view of flower, G. opened corolla with stamens and staminodes, H. opened calyx, I. pistil with disc, J. annular disc, K. stigma, L. leave blade morphology, M. cross-section of the stem. Hemiboea liana Z.P. Huang, Y.B. Lu & B. Pan, sp. nov. 李氏半蒴苣苔   Diagnosis: Morphologically, H. liana and H. chanii are most similar, but they can be distinguished by the shape and length of the stem (shape: rounded square vs. subterete; length: 10–46 cm vs. 50–90 cm), leaf blade size (4.7–8.3 × 2.8–3.8 cm), shape and color of the involucre (shape: trigonous vs. diamond; color: purple-light brown vs. light green), corolla color (pink-spotted vs. pink), and the shape of the filament and anther (filament: narrowly linear vs. filiform; anther: semicircular vs. basifixed). In addition, this new species has the same involucre shape as H. sinovietnamica, but their involucres are different in color (purple-light brown vs. green). In addition, they can be distinguished by their ... Etymology: The name of this newly discovered species, Hemiboea liana, is in honor of LI Zhen-Yu, for his significant contributions to the study of Gesneriaceae, including Hemiboea. Zhang-Ping Huang, Jia-Hui Li, Hui-Min Li, Yu-Song Huang, Cui Li, Zhan-Jiang Zhang, Qiang Zhang, Bo Pan and Yong-Bin Lu. 2024. Hemiboea liana (Gesneriaceae): A New Species from northern Guangxi, China. Taiwania. 69(2); 229-236. DOI: 10.6165/tai.2024.69.229   taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/1996   (Comment on this)
3:46p	[Herpetology • 2024] Cnemaspis basalticola & C. kalsubaiensis • Two New Species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the far northern peaks of the Western Ghats, India   Cnemaspis basalticola & C. kalsubaiensis Khandekar, Thackeray, Agarwal, Gangalmale, Kininge & Gaikwad, 2024  DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5463.4.1   facebook.com/AkshayKhandekarAK    Abstract We describe two new species of South Asian Cnemaspis from far northern peaks of the Northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India. The two new species are the most northernly distributed representatives of the girii clade and are phylogenetically and morphologically allied to C. uttaraghati. The new species are 15.0% divergent from C. uttaraghati in pairwise uncorrected ND2 sequence data, 9.9 % from each other, and over 17.5–18.8% from other members of the girii clade. The two new species can easily be distinguished from most members of the girii clade by a combination of non-overlapping morphological characters such as body size (maximum snout to vent length 35–43 mm), low number of dorsal tubercle rows (6–11), having irregular paravertebral tubercles, and high subdigital lamellae counts; and from each other and C. uttaraghati by the number of midventral scales across belly, the number of subdigital lamellae, and the number of poreless scales separating series of femoral pores. The new species and C. uttaraghati are distributed within 10–25 km of each other, providing an example of extreme micro-endemism in the Northern Western Ghats. Reptilia, Asia, biodiversity hotspot, dwarf geckos, integrative taxonomy, phylogeny, species complex Cnemaspis basalticola  Basalt dwarf gecko or Ratangad dwarf gecko.  Cnemaspis kalsubaiensis  Kalsubai dwarf gecko  -- from Maharashtra’s highest peak-Kalsbai (1646 m asl) Akshay Khandekar, Tejas Thackeray, Ishan Agarwal, Satpal Gangalmale, Saurabh Kininge and Sunil M. Gaikwad. 2024. Two New Species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the far northern peaks of the Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa. 5463(4); 451-478. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5463.4.1 Researchgate.net/publication/381226648_Two_new_species_of_Cnemaspis_from_the_far_northern_peaks_of_the_Western_Ghats_India   facebook.com/AkshayKhandekarAK/posts/7536792663086028   (Comment on this)

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