Tag: endemism

Botanists have described Physalis mahindae, a critically endangered new lantern fruit species endemic to Querétaro, Mexico, distinguished by sessile leaves, ...

A newly described touch-me-not species from Mount Guanzhai in Fujian Province, China, is distinguished by unique floral and seed traits, ...

The distinction between richness and endemism deserves closer attention, because the two measures respond to fundamentally different evolutionary dynamics. Species ...

Researchers have described two cryptic new moth species, Dichomeris carpatiella and Dichomeris dolomiella, from the high juniper habitats of the ...

A new quantitative analysis of millions of occurrence records reveals ten chorotypes for Socotra's non-endemic plants, linking the archipelago's vegetation ...

Taxonomic work combining herbarium studies, morphology, and DNA phylogenetics has revealed Clematis pedunculata, a new androdioecious vine species from South ...

A comparison of two Bavarian Alpine caves reveals that the low-altitude Angerlloch hosts greater species richness dominated by surface visitors, ...

A new genus and species of click beetle from the mountains of the Dominican Republic is the first endemic elaterid ...

A new study of Mexico's Transmexican Volcanic Belt shows that environmental heterogeneity, historical climate shifts, and soil temperature drive striking ...

A new molecular phylogeny shows that New Zealand's endemic wasp genus Pronkia does not belong in the subfamily Meteorideinae but ...