A taxonomic revision of Allocassine N. Robson (Celastraceae)

TAXONOMIC REVISION OF THE CYPERUS SUBGENUS CYPERUS IN IRAN

The genus Cyperus belongs to tribe Cypereae, subfamily Cyperoideae and family Cyperaceae that is the largest genus in this family after Carex. The classification of genus Cyperus is still unsettled because of morphological variations and therefore, makes determination of subgenera boundaries and species difficult. In Flora Iranica (KUKKONEN 1998) this genus was divided to six subgenera. In this...

A Taxonomic Revision of the Fouquieriaceae

A taxonomic revision of boas (Serpentes: Boidae).

R. ALEXANDER PYRON, R. GRAHAM REYNOLDS & FRANK T. BURBRINK 1 Dept. of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, 2023 G St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20052; Email: [email protected] 2Dept. of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology & Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138; Email: [email protected] 3Dept. of Biology, The Gradua...

A TAXONOMIC REVISION OF THE GENERA STERIGMOSTEMUM AND PETINIOTIA IN IRAN

The genus Sterigmostemum M. Bieb. belongs to the tribe Hesperideae of the Brassicaceae family. The results of this research confirmed the recognition of five species in Iran: S.incanum, S. sulphureum,  S. ramosissimum,  S. acanthocarpum  and S. longistylum. S. laevicaule is excluded from the genus Sterigmostemum and is regarded as a synonym of Erysimum crassicaule. The new combination, namely, ...

A taxonomic revision of Neoserica (sensu lato): the species groups N. lubrica, N. obscura, and N. silvestris (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini)

The species of the Neoserica lubrica Brenske, 1898, Neoserica obscura (Blanchard, 1850) and Neoserica silvestris Brenske, 1902 species groups are revised. The study resulted in the following new synonymies and combinations: Neoserica obscura (Blanchard, 1850) = Microserica roeri Frey, 1972, syn. n., = Maladera chinensis (Arrow, 1946), syn. n.; Neoserica hainana (Brenske, 1898), comb. n., and Ne...