Vernonia subgenus Austrovernonia, a new subgenus from South America (Compositae, Vernonieae, Vernoniinae)

Gymnanthemum koekemoerae (Compositae, Vernonieae), a new species from South Africa

A new species of Gymnanthemum (Compositae, Vernonieae) from South Africa is described. It can be distinguished from other species in the genus by the five-flowered capitula and widely obtuse leaf blades.

Nine species from Madagascar are moved from Vernonia to Distephanus (Compositae, Vernonieae)

The genus Distephanus is native to Madagascar, the Mauritius, central and southern Africa, Yemen (Socotra Island), and China. The majority of the diversity is found in Madagascar. Here we provide new combinations for nine species of Vernonia that belong in Distephanus, all from Madagascar. All of the species were formerly placed in the large genus Vernonia, now greatly reduced.

Wood Anatomy of Vernonieae (Compositae)

Suaeda iranshahrii, a new species of Suaeda subgenus Brezia (Chenopodiaceae) from the Persian Gulf coasts

Suaeda iranshahrii Akhani & Freitag, previous specimens cited as S. maritima,is described as a new species of sect. Brezia endemic to the coasts of the Persian Gulf; it is subdivided into the type variety distributed along the Persian side and var. arabica Freitag from the Arabian shore. The new species is named in honour of Dr. Musa Iranshahr, the eminent Iranian botanist to whom this Festschr...

A new species of Buprestis subgenus Akiyamaia from South-Eastern Tibet, China (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Buprestini).

Buprestis (Akiyamaia) intercostata sp. n. is described from Chayu, south-eastern Tibet. It is characterized by the presence of three additional longitudinal carinae inserted between the elevated suture and the three normal costae commonly found on each elytron of the previously known species of Akiyamaia.