Browsing Research Output by Subject "Taxonomy"
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An amplified description for the elusive Cordylogyne argillicola (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae) from Namibia
(Magnolia Press, 2017)Owing to the brief description, and in the absence of any known type collection of Cordylogyne argillicola, the application of the name remained unresolved for over a century. Type material that was recently discovered in ... -
An amplified description for the elusive Cordylogyne argillicola (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae) from Namibia
(Magnolia Press, 2017)Owing to the brief description, and in the absence of any known type collection of Cordylogyne argillicola, the application of the name remained unresolved for over a century. Type material that was recently discovered in ... -
Aspidoglossum albocoronatum (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae), a new species with a remarkable petaloid corona from the northern provinces of South Africa
(Magnolia Press, 2016)Aspidoglossum albocoronatum Bester & Nicholas is a unique species from Sekhukhuneland in Mpumalanga and southern Leolo Mountains in Limpopo, South Africa. In morphological character it belongs to the southern African ... -
Bootstrapping an XML Schema of syntactic functions into a skeleton ontology
(North-West University (Vaal Triangle Campus), 2009)Information Systems is regarded as an interdisciplinary science. Therefore, insights from the humanities are important for this discipline, although this is not always recognised or valued. One outstanding example is the ... -
Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world
(Magnolia Press, 2016)Bdellidae (Trombidiformes: Prostigmata) are moderate to large sized predatory mites that inhabit soil, leaves, leaf litter, and intertidal rocks. They are readily recognized by an elongated, snout-like gnathosoma and by ... -
Characterisation of some Scutellonema species (Tylenchida: Hoplolaimidae) occurring in Botswana, South Africa, Costa Rica and the USA, with description of S. clavicaudatum sp. n. and a molecular phylogeny of the genus
(Brill, 2017)The genus Scutellonema contains more than 40 species of spiral nematodes with enlarged phasmids called scutella. In this study, we provide morphological and molecular characterisation of S. clavicaudatum sp. n., S. ... -
Chytrid pathogen (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in African amphibians: a continental analysis of occurrences and modeling of its potential distribution
(Herpetologists' League, 2020)The fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is implicated in global declines of amphibian populations and has been documented in African specimens originally collected as far back as the 1930s. Numerous recent ... -
Conservation status of Stenostelma umbelluliferum and its implications for management of biodiversity
(Elsevier, 2020)Stenostelma umbelluliferum is an enigmatic plant that has elicited much attention in recent years. Initially thought to be extinct, its rediscovery in an urban area created turmoil in both conservation management and urban ... -
Description of Calcaridorylaimus heynsi n. sp. (Nematoda: Dorylaimidae) from Potchefstroom, South Africa
(Brill, 2020)Calcaridorylaimus heynsi n. sp. is the second species of the genus to be described by both morphological and molecular techniques. Morphologically, it can be distinguished from all known species of Calcaridorylaimus by a ... -
Description of Globodera agulhasensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Heteroderidae) from South Africa
(Brill, 2017)A new cyst nematode, herein described as Globodera agulhasensis n. sp., was found parasitising Senecio burchelli in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. Second-stage juveniles are characterised by a well developed ...