Predicting the Global Potential Suitable Areas of Sweet Osmanthus () Under Current and Future Climate Scenarios.

is a valuable landscaping tree that is appreciated worldwide. However, the optimal environmental conditions for . cultivation have yet to be studied in detail, which hinders the preservation of wild resources of this plant and its commercial exploitation.

Resurrection of (Rosaceae) based on molecular and morphological evidence.

(Rosaceae) from Taibai Shan, Qinling, China, has been treated as a synonym of . Both species belong to a distinctive group characterized by white tomentose buds, relatively large flowers, and red fruits. However, these two species do not cluster together in the plastome-based phylogenetic analysis.

The redescription and complete mitogenomes of two species (Hemiptera, Oxycarenidae) and phylogenetic implications.

In this study, the two Oxycarenidae species, Horváth, 1926 and Distant, 1904, are redescribed, and their complete mitogenomes are sequenced and analyzed. The phylogeny of Lygaeoidea is examined using 45 complete mitogenomes of lygaeoid species and four outgroup species. The gene orientation and arrangement of the two mitogenomes are found to be consistent with typical Lygaeoidea mitochondrial features, comprising 37 genes, including 13 PCGs, 22 tRNAs, 2 rRNAs, and a control region.

Molecular and morphological evidence support a new species of Rosaceae subg. from Wuyishan National Park, southeast China.

, a new species of cherry blossom, is described and illustrated from Wuyishan National Park, southeast China. This species is characterized by its tubular to nearly bottle-shaped receptacles and dark purple drupes. It can be distinguished from other wild cherry trees by its flowers and leaves, reddish brown young leaves, presence of 1-2 glands at the base of leaves, petioles densely covered with yellowish brown villi, longer pedicels (0.

Seven new species of (Pleosporales, Pleosporaceae) associated with Chinese fir, based on morphological and molecular evidence.

Chinese fir () is a special fast-growing commercial tree species in China and has significant ecological and economic value. However, it experienced damage from leaf blight caused by pathogenic fungi of the genus . To determine the diversity of species associated with leaf blight of Chinese fir in China, infected leaves were collected from five major cultivation provinces (Fujian, Henan, Hunan, Jiangsu and Shandong provinces).

 (Mazaceae), a new species from Xizang, China.

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Alpha and beta diversity jointly drive the aboveground biomass in temperate and tropical forests.

Changes in biodiversity often affect ecosystem functioning. However, most previous biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF) studies have generally been limited to very small spatial grains. Thus, knowledge regarding the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships across spatial scales is lacking.

Characterization of two new mitogenomes (Hemiptera, Lygaeidae, Ischnorhynchinae) and a mitochondrial phylogeny of Lygaeoidea.

Lygaeidae is a large family of Hemiptera (Heteroptera) currently separated into three subfamilies, Ischnorhynchinae, Lygaeinae, and Orsillinae. In this research, the complete mitogenomes of the iscnorhynchines Zheng, Zou & Hsiao, 1979 and Zheng, Zou & Hsiao, 1979 were sequenced, and the phylogeny of and the Lygaeidae with known complete mitogenomes were examined. The mitogenomes are 15,174 bp and 15,399 bp in size, respectively, and comprised of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA genes (tRNAs), two ribosomal RNA genes (rRNAs), and a control region (D-loop).

Taxonomic status and nomenclature of (Cephalotaxaceae).

The nomenclature of is controversial. After a thorough literature investigation, the nomenclatural problems have been resolved. This name was published in W.

Revision of the genus Hopp (Hemiptera, Lygaeoidea, Oxycarenidae), with descriptions of two new species from China and Nepal.

The species of Hopp, 1987 are reviewed. The following taxonomic change is proposed: (Kiritshenko, 1914), (transferred from Fieber, 1860). The genus Hopp is newly recorded from Afghanistan, China, Iran, and Tadzhikistan.

Selaginellawuyishanensis (sect. Tetragonostachyae, Selaginellaceae), a new species from East China and its phylogenetic position based on molecular data.

A new spikemoss species, , is described and illustrated based on materials collected from Fujian Province, East China. The new species can be distinguished from Koidzumi and P. S.

Nomenclatural notes of var. (Cupressaceae).

The name Sabinaconvalliumvar.microsperma W.C.

A new species of (Lauraceae) from southwestern China.

Field investigations in Guizhou, China, in 2020 resulted in the discovery of an unknown species of Lauraceae. Morphological studies revealed that it is a new species of CinnamomumSchaeff.sect.

Nomenclature and typification of (Pinaceae).

In 1958, Chun and Kuang described Chun & Kuang as a new genus of Pinaceae. They included one fossil species, (Engelh. & Kink.

Lectotypification of (Cycadaceae).

The type of Y.C.Zhong & C.

 (Aspleniaceae), a new fern species from southeastern Xizang, China based on morphological and molecular evidence.

A new species of Aspleniaceae, sp. nov., is described from Medog County in southeastern Xizang, China.

Comparative analysis of the mitogenomes of two (Siluriformes, Loricarioidei) with nine known , and a phylogenetic analysis of Loricarioidei.

is a speciose catfish genus from South America with widely investigated phylogenetic and evolutionary relationships. The complete mitogenomes of and were sequenced, assembled, and annotated using next-generation sequencing. The genome arrangements, gene contents, genome structures, base compositions, evolutionary features, codon usage, and tRNA structures of the two mitogenomes were compared and analyzed with nine published mitogenomes of .

New species and new records of Schaufuss (Curculionidae, Scolytinae) from China, and resurrection of (Tsai & Huang, 1965) as a distinct species.

This study describes two new species, Liao, Lai & Beaver, and Liao, Lai & Beaver, , reinstates (Tsai & Huang, 1965) from synonymy with (Blandford, 1893), and records five species for the first time from China, Blandford, 1898, Gebhardt, 2006, Hagedorn, 1904, Eggers, 1939, Maiti & Saha, 2009, and three from mainland China, Gebhardt, 2006, Beaver & Liu, 2007, Hagedorn, 1904. A key to the males of species in China is given. Genetic data from four genes indicate a rather isolated position for both new species, although their genetic relationship to each other was close.

Lectotypification of of the Cupressaceae.

Recent phylogenetic studies have suggested that the monotypic A.Henry & H.H.

Evolutionary patterns of nucleotide substitution rates in plastid genomes of .

Molecular evolution, including nucleotide substitutions, plays an important role in understanding the dynamics and mechanisms of species evolution. Here, we sequenced whole plastid genomes (plastomes) of , , , and and compared them with 14 other plastomes to explore their evolutionary relationships using 67 shared protein-coding sequences. While many previously identified evolutionary relationships were found, our findings do not support previous research which retrieve subg.

Morphological and phylogenetic evidence for two new species of subg. from Guangdong Province of China.

Two new species of Russulasubg.Heterophyllidia from Guangdong Province of China were described and illustrated based on morphological characters, and their identity supported by molecular phylogeny. is morphologically characterized by a grayish yellow to brownish orange pileus center with a purplish gray to grayish magenta margin, a surface that is cracked and broken into small golden-brown patches, subglobose to broadly ellipsoid basidiospores with warts fused in short or long chains and a suprapellis composed of hyphal extremities with inflated, ellipsoid or globose cells and attenuated terminal cell.