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A Revision Of The Allium Fimbriatum (Alliaceae) Complex, Dale W. Mcneal
A Revision Of The Allium Fimbriatum (Alliaceae) Complex, Dale W. Mcneal
Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany
Allium fimbriatum in California and northern Baja California causes frequent difficulty in identification. The species, as defined by Ownbey, comprises nine varieties and is characterized by great morphologic diversity. No single character or suite of characters separates this species from others in the A. sanbornii alliance. This investigation was undertaken to survey the large number of herbarium specimens that have accumulated since Ownbey's study and to observe all of the taxa in the field or garden, something not accomplished by Ownbey. Orientation of the perianth segments, visible only in living material, along with shape and presence or absence of denticulation, …
Steps Toward A Natural System Of The Dicotyledons, Uwe Jensen
Steps Toward A Natural System Of The Dicotyledons, Uwe Jensen
Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany
Nucleic acids and proteins provide useful characters for the elucidation of evolutionary relationships. Those protein molecules, e.g., legumins, which are subject to less influence of selection processes, have proven to be most valuable as diagnostic characters in phylogenetic studies. Three systematic investigations conducted using comparative serological legumin analyses are discussed as contributions aiding botanists' understanding of a natural system of classification.
Dudleya Cymosa Subsp. Costafolia (Crassulaceae), A New Subspecies From The Southern Sierra Nevada, Tulare County, California, Jim A. Bartel, James R. Shevock
Dudleya Cymosa Subsp. Costafolia (Crassulaceae), A New Subspecies From The Southern Sierra Nevada, Tulare County, California, Jim A. Bartel, James R. Shevock
Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany
Dudleya cymosa subsp. costafolia, a new subspecies from the southern Sierra Nevada, Tulare County, California, is described and illustrated. Along with bright yellow flowers, the cespitose plant produces numerous, small rosettes with rib-shaped linear to linear-oblanceolate leaves, which are unique to the subspecies. The authors have searched numerous other rock outcrops, especially limestone, in the general area for additional plants with no success. Dudleya cymosa subsp. costafolia evidently is restricted to a solitary limestone outcrop north of the South Fork of the Middle Fork of the Tule River.
Monardella Stebbinsii (Lamiaceae), A New Serpentine Endemic Species From The Northern Sierra Nevada, Plumas County, California, Clare B. Hardham, Jim A. Bartel
Monardella Stebbinsii (Lamiaceae), A New Serpentine Endemic Species From The Northern Sierra Nevada, Plumas County, California, Clare B. Hardham, Jim A. Bartel
Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany
Monardella stebbinsii (Lamiaceae ), a new species from the northern Sierra Nevada of Plumas County, California, is described and illustrated. Characterized by ovate leaves, multiple verticillasters per infiorascence, a matlike habit, reddish papery bracts, and purplish-red leaves with a soft white pubescence, the species is not closely related to any other species of the genus. The new species is apparently restricted to the central portion of a serpentine outcrop located north and east of the confluence of the North Fork of the Feather River and its East Branch.
Taxonomy And Morphology Of Aporomyces (Laboulbeniales), Richard K. Benjamin
Taxonomy And Morphology Of Aporomyces (Laboulbeniales), Richard K. Benjamin
Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany
Thaxter's original circumscription of Aporomyces (Laboulbeniales) is emended in this study of the eight known species of the genus, three of them new: A. byrrhini, A. lutrochi, and A. physemi. The new species, as well as A. subulatus, A. szaboi, A. trinitatis, and A. uniflagellatus (type), are dioecious and occur on beetles belonging to the Limnichidae (Coleoptera: Dryopoidea). The eighth species, A. perpusillus, appears to be monoecious and occurs on Staphylinidae (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea). All taxa are described and illustrated with line drawings and/or photographs. Aspects of thalloid structure and development are summarized. Aporomyces …
Taxonomic Notes On Carex (Cyperaceae) Of Austral South America, Gerald A. Wheeler
Taxonomic Notes On Carex (Cyperaceae) Of Austral South America, Gerald A. Wheeler
Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany
The name Carex poeppigii (sect. Echinochlaenae) is validated and a new combination in South American Carex, C. vixdentata (sect. Spirostachyae), is made here. Also, the taxonomic status of C. aueri is discussed, and this name is placed in the synonymy of C. reichei (sect. Arenariae).
Revision Of The Genus Anoda (Malvaceae), Paul A. Fryxell
Revision Of The Genus Anoda (Malvaceae), Paul A. Fryxell
Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany
A revision of the genus Anoda is presented that recognizes 23 species, of which ten are described as new. The genus includes annual herbs, subshrubs, and occasionally shrubs and occurs from the southern United States to Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile. Most of this distributional range, however, is accounted for by a single species, A. cristata, which also occurs as an adventive in a few other parts of the world. The genus is principally Mexican, all of the species occurring within that country. Anoda is closely allied to the genus Periptera, also a Mexican genus, and the two genera share …
Astralagus Ertterae (Fabaceae), A New Species From The Southern Sierra Nevada, Rupert C. Barneby, James R. Shevock
Astralagus Ertterae (Fabaceae), A New Species From The Southern Sierra Nevada, Rupert C. Barneby, James R. Shevock
Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany
Astragalus ertterae, a new species from pinyon pine woodlands, southern Sierra Nevada, Kern County, California, is described and illustrated. This remarkable new species is morphologically closest to A. bicristatus in sect. Bicristati but differs in its dwarf stature, pilose indumentum, short peduncles, somewhat smaller flowers, and especially in a pod only half as long and proportionately twice as plump.
Brongniartia Sousae (Fabaceae: Fabiodeae), A New Species From The Isthmus Of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca Mexico, Oscar Dorado
Brongniartia Sousae (Fabaceae: Fabiodeae), A New Species From The Isthmus Of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca Mexico, Oscar Dorado
Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany
A new species, Brongniarlia sousae, endemic to the region of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, is described and illustrated. Its affinities with B. parvifolia Rose are discussed and habitat data are given.
New Or Noteworthy Species Of Flowering Plants From The Sierra Madre De Sur Of Guerrero And Michoacán, Mexico, Paul A. Fryxell, Stephen D. Koch
New Or Noteworthy Species Of Flowering Plants From The Sierra Madre De Sur Of Guerrero And Michoacán, Mexico, Paul A. Fryxell, Stephen D. Koch
Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany
The Sierra Madre del Sur of Pacific coastal Mexico has been of limited accessibility and therefore not well explored botanically. Only G. B. Hinton and E. Langlasse have made significant collections from the area. More recent collections by the authors have resulted in the recognition of nine new species, described herein as follows: Acanthaceae—Elytraria rnexieana; Malvaceae—Bastardiastrurn batesii, Gossypiurn schwendirnanii, Hibiscus zygornorphus, Kosteletzkya flavicentrum, Periptera lobelioides, Sida fastuosa, and Sida prolifiea; and Tumeraceae—Piriquetia mexieana. Other species meriting specific comment include Dioseorea insignis (Dioscoreaceae), Anotea flavida (Malvaceae), and Helieteres rekoi …
Laboulbeniales On Semiaquatic Hemiptera. V. Triceromyces, Richard K. Benjamin
Laboulbeniales On Semiaquatic Hemiptera. V. Triceromyces, Richard K. Benjamin
Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany
Six species of Triceromyces (Laboulbeniales), including the type, T. balazucii (on Hebridae), parasitic on semiaquatic Hemiptera, were studied at the light-microscopic level. Descriptions are provided for all of the taxa, and features of developmental morphology are described, compared, and illustrated with photographs and line drawings. Four species are described as new: T. hebri (on Hebridae), T. hydrometrae (on Hydrometridae), and T. biformis and T. bullatus (on Mesoveliidae). The species growing on Hebridae and Hydrometridae are monoecious. The two species on Mesoveliidae develop monoecious and dioecious morphs, which occur together on the same host individual. This phenomenon is recognized and described …
Taxonomy Of The Allium Tribracteatum (Alliaceae) Complex, William R. Mortola, Dale W. Mcneal
Taxonomy Of The Allium Tribracteatum (Alliaceae) Complex, William R. Mortola, Dale W. Mcneal
Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany
Allium tribracteatum and related species present a confusing array in California. Previous attempts at classification have been largely unsuccessful and keys that are available are unworkable. Herbarium and field studies were initiated to ascertain if previously overlooked characteristics could be found that would elucidate relationships within the group. Members of the complex were examined morphologically and cytologically. Based on these investigations four of the seven previously described taxa are considered valid: A. cratericola, A. obtusum, A. tribracteatum, and A. yosemitense. Allium tribracteatum is redefined and A. obtusum is divided into two varieties. Allium obtusum var. conspicuum …
Morphology And Relationships Of A New Species Of Microsomyces (Ascomycetes: Laboulbeniales) From Illinois, Richard K. Benjamin
Morphology And Relationships Of A New Species Of Microsomyces (Ascomycetes: Laboulbeniales) From Illinois, Richard K. Benjamin
Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany
Microsomyces telephani, a new species of Laboulbeniaceae, is described from collections found on Telephanus velox (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) from Illinois. Features of development and maturity of the new species are illustrated with photographs and line drawings. Microsomyces telephani differs from the type and previously only known species of the genus, M. psammoechi, in its larger, more highly corticated receptacle, which bears secondary appendages, and in its larger primary appendage, which typically bears several antheridial phialides. Among known genera of Laboulbeniales, Microsomyces is thought to be most closely related to Cucujomyces.