A taxonomic revision of Globba subsect. Nudae (Zingiberaceae)

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, ...

Taxonomic revision of Pachyptera (Bignonieae, Bignoniaceae)

Pachyptera DC. is a small genus of neotropical lianas included in tribe Bignonieae (Bignoniaceae). The genus has a complicated taxonomic history but currently includes species distributed from Belize to Southern Amazon. Pachyptera is characterised by four main synapomorphies, namely, a papery peeling bark, prophylls of the axillary buds organised in a series of three, patelliform glands arrange...