Foley, M. J. Y., Hedge, I. C. & Möller, M.: The enigmatic Salvia tingitana (Lamiaceae): a case study in history, taxonomy and cytology. — Willdenowia 38: 41–59. — ISSN 0511-9618; © 2008 BGBM Berlin-Dahlem. doi:10.3372/wi.38.38102 (available via  http://dx.doi.org/)

Salvia tingitana has been in cultivation since at least the end of the seventeenth century, but its provenance has for long been uncertain and its taxonomic interpretation confused. With new evidence that has come to light, a more complete botanical and horticultural history of the plant is presented. It covers a period of almost 400 years. Uncertainties, however, still remain about its original introduction; today the only certain known wild locality is in Saudi Arabia. A chronological history of its treatment and misinterpretations by various authors over the centuries is given. Based on current knowledge, there is an up-dated description and discussion of its affinities. An investigation into its cytology gave a chromosome number of 2n = 42, very unusual in the genus, the significance of which is discussed. Examination of the mucilage produced by nutlets on wetting was also revealing per se and showed differences from mucilage produced by its putative allies.

Turland, N. J.: Anthemis samariensis (Asteraceae, Anthemideae), a new species from the mountains of W Kriti (Greece). — Willdenowia 38: 61–69. —ISSN 0511-9618; © 2008 BGBM Berlin-Dahlem. doi:10.3372/wi.38.38103 (available via  http://dx.doi.org/)

Anthemis samariensis is described as a new species, illustrated and compared with other taxa. This perennial chasmophyte belonging to the large A. cretica complex was discovered in 2007 on high-altitude cliffs in the Lefka Ori (White Mountains) of W Kriti (Crete). From the same area, two new localities are reported for the critically endangered Bupleurum kakiskalae (Apiaceae). IUCN Red List categories are discussed for both species. In addition, Alyssum lassiticum (Brassicaceae) is reported for the first time from the Lefka Ori.

Efimov, P.: Notes on Epipactis condensata, E. rechingeri and E. purpurata (Orchidaceae) in the Caucasus and Crimea. — Willdenowia 38: 71–80. — ISSN 0511-9618; © 2008 BGBM Berlin-Dahlem. doi:10.3372/wi.38.38104 (available via  http://dx.doi.org/)

The E Mediterranean species Epipactis condensata is reported for the first time from Russia (Krasnodar region) and Ukraine (Crimea). E. rechingeri, so far considered endemic to Mazandaran province in N Iran, is reported from the adjacent Lenkoran region in Azerbaijan. E. purpurata is reported for the first time from Crimea. A distribution map for E. condensata and E. rechingeri is given.

Lomonosova, M., Brandt, R. & Freitag, H.: Suaeda corniculata (Chenopodiaceae) and related new taxa from Eurasia. — Willdenowia 38: 81–109. — ISSN 0511-9618; © 2008 BGBM Berlin-Dahlem. doi:10.3372/wi.38.38105 (available via  http://dx.doi.org/)

The name of the hitherto widely circumscribed species Suaeda corniculata is lectotypified by a specimen from the Altai and the species subdivided into two subspecies, with the new subsp. mongolica being tetraploid and restricted to SE Siberia and C Asia. Based on morphological, caryological and molecular data, the three new species S. tuvinica, S. kulundensis and S. sibirica are separated from S. corniculata and discussed with regard to their origin. S. tuvinica (2n = 54) is endemic to northern C Asia and southernmost Siberia; S. kulundensis (2n = 72, 90), from SE Europe to W Siberia, has arisen by allopolyploidy from S. corniculata (2n = 36, 54) and S. salsa (2n = 36); S. sibirica (2n = 72), from C to E Siberia and northern C Asia, is an allopolyploid offspring of S. corniculata and an extinct taxon related to S. heteroptera (2n = 18). Dot maps for the total distribution of the new taxa and a new key for all taxa of the S. corniculata group in Eurasia are provided.

Hadjikyriakou, G. & Hand, R.: Notes on Teucrium sect. Polium (Lamiaceae) in Cyprus. — Willdenowia 38: 111–125. — ISSN 0511-9618; © 2008 BGBM Berlin-Dahlem. doi:10.3372/wi.38.38106 (available via  http://dx.doi.org/)

Revision of an extensive herbarium material and detailed studies of plants in the field and in cultivation revealed that four species of Teucrium sect. Polium occur in Cyprus, all being endemic: T. cyprium is probably closely related to but not conspecific with the Libyan species T. davaeanum; T. kyreniae, originally treated as a subspecies of T. cyprium, is lifted to species rank; T. karpasiticum, a micro-endemic of the Karpasia peninsula, is described as new to science and is, probably, closely related to the fourth Cypriot species, T. micropodioides, the name of which is typified. Chromosome counts show that all four Cypriot species are tetraploid (2n = 26). Their relationships are discussed; indumentum characters support their placement in T. subsect. Rotundifolia.

Parolly, G. & Eren, Ö.: Verbascum haraldi-adnani (Scrophulariaceae), a new chasmophytic species from SW Anatolia, Turkey. — Willdenowia 38: 127–134. — ISSN 0511-9618; © 2008 BGBM Berlin-Dahlem. doi:10.3372/wi.38.38107 (available via  http://dx.doi.org/)

Verbascum haraldi-adnani is described as a species new to science and illustrated. The habitat conditions of this local endemic species growing in Yılanlı Dagğı (Muğla province) in SW Anatolia, Turkey, and its conservation status are considered. V. haraldi-adnani appears to be most closely allied to V. luciliae. Its affinities with this and other related or similar species are discussed.

Ghasemkhani, M., Akhani, H., Sahebi, J. & Scholz, H.: The genera Aristida and Stipagrostis (Poaceae) in Iran. — Willdenowia 38: 135–148. — ISSN 0511-9618; © 2008 BGBM Berlin-Dahlem. doi:10.3372/wi.38.38108 (available via  http://dx.doi.org/)

The species of Aristida and Stipagrostis (Poaceae tribe Aristideae) are C₄ plants and in Iran distributed mostly in the arid and warm central and southern parts of the country. Based on examination of herbarium specimens and field studies an updated synopsis of these genera in Iran is provided, including an identification key, line drawing illustrations of floral parts and distribution maps. In Iran Aristida includes two species, namely A. abnormis and A. adscencionis, the latter with three subspecies, and Stipagrostis includes 11 species. S. uniplumis is newly reported for Iran from a single locality in Sistan & Baluchestan province. The specific status of two recently described species, S. barbata and S. multinerva, is confirmed and evidence is given for merging S. paradisea with S. raddiana.

Bogner, J. & Boyce, P.: Eminium jaegeri (Araceae), a new species from northwestern Iran. — Willdenowia 38: 149–153. — ISSN 0511-9618; © BGBM Berlin-Dahlem. doi:10.3372/wi.38.38109 (available via  http://dx.doi.org/)

Eminium jaegeri from the Zagros Mts in the Bakhtiari province in northwestern Iran is described as a species new to science and illustrated. It belongs to the group with entire leaf blades but differs from all known species of this genus by the connate tube of the spathe and its flowering without leaves.

Pimenov, M. G., Kljuykov, E. V. & Ostroumova, T. A.: Reduction of Notopterygium to Hansenia (Umbelliferae). — Willdenowia 38: 155–172. — ISSN 0511-9618; © 2008 BGBM Berlin-Dahlem. doi:10.3372/wi.38.38110 (available via  http://dx.doi.org/)

Morphological analysis, including detailed fruit structure investigation, confirms a hypothesis recently proposed on the basis of a phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequence data, on a close relationship between the mainly Siberian genus Hansenia and the endemic Chinese genus Notopterygium. Therefore the species of Notopterygium are transferred to the previously unispecific Hansenia and five new nomenclatural combinations are validated. As a result, Hansenia comprises six species, distributed from the mountains of S Siberia across Mongolia and N China to the SW Chinese provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan.

Castañeda Noa, I.: Ouratea neuridesii (Ochnaceae), a new species from central Cuba [Novitiae florae cubensis 26]. — Willdenowia 38: 173–176. — ISSN 0511-9618; © 2008 BGBM Berlin-Dahlem. doi: 10.3372/wi.38.38111 (available via  http://dx.doi.org)

Ouratea neuridesii is described as a species new to science, endemic to the mountains of Trinidad (Guamuhaya massif), central Cuba, and illustrated. It is easily distinguished from all other Cuban Ouratea species by its short, rigid branches and dense foliage as well as short, few-flowered paniculate inflorescences.

Greuter, W. & Rankin, R.: Bisgoeppertia (Gentianaceae) unravelled. Account of a small genus of the Greater Antilles [Novitiae florae cubensis 27]. — Willdenowia 38: 177–185. — ISSN 0511-9618; © 2008 Berlin-Dahlem. doi:10.3372/wi.38.38112 (available via  http://dx.doi.org/)

Bisgoeppertia is a genus of herbaceous, short-lived twiners, endemic to the Greater Antilles (Cuba and Hispaniola). It consists of three well characterised species: B. gracilis on serpentinite soils in the western half of Cuba, B. robustior also on similar substrates in eastern Cuba and B. scandens limited to the Dominican Republic in Hispaniola. In spite of being the most often collected of the three, B. robustior so far lacked a legitimate name, having been confused with either of the two others; it is described as a new species.

Pupulin, F. & Merino, G.: Two new species of Kefersteinia (Orchidaceae: Zygopetalinae). — Willdenowia 38: 187–193. — ISSN 0511-9618; © 2008 BGBM Berlin-Dahlem. doi:10.3372/wi.38.38113 (available via  http://dx.doi.org/)

Two new species of the genus Kefersteinia, K. saccata and K. medinae, are described and illustrated from Costa Rica and Ecuador, respectively. K. saccata has apparently no close relatives; among the species with truly cylindric-umbonate callus, it is compared with K. retanae and K. wercklei, from which it differs in the porrect petals, the saccate, ovate-subrhombic lip, shorter than the column, and the obreniform basal callus. K. medinae belongs to a group of species of mainly Central American distribution, ranging southward to Ecuador. It differs from its closest relative, K. costaricensis, by the lateral almost horizontal sepals, the immaculate sepals and petals, and the distinctly obovate, truncate lip, provided with a triangular apicule.

Bogner, J.: Gorgonidium beckianum (Araceae), a new species from Bolivia. — Willdenowia 38: 195–200. — ISSN 0511-9618; © 2008 BGBM Berlin-Dahlem. doi:10.3372/wi.38.38114 (available via  http://dx.doi.org/)

A new Gorgonidium species from Bolivia, G. beckianum, is described and illustrated. It is characterized by its globular ovary, a subsessile, discoid stigma and shorter, slightly clavate and slender staminodes of the female flowers. G. beckianum is closely related to G. vermicidum and G. striatum, which mainly differ by an ovoid ovary, a distinct style and a star-like or subhemispheric stigma as well as by the shape of their staminodes.

Beck, S. G., Fleischmann, A., Huaylla, H., Müller, K. F. & Borsch, T.: Pinguicula chuquisacensis (Lentibulariaceae), a new species from the Bolivian Andes, and first insights on phylogenetic relationships among South American Pinguicula. — Willdenowia 38: 201–212. — ISSN 0511-9618; © 2008 BGBM Berlin-Dahlem. doi:10.3372/wi.38.38115 (available via  http://dx.doi.org/)

Pinguicula chuquisacensis is described and illustrated as a new species from the department of Chuquisaca of Bolivia. Data on distribution, ecology and a key for identification among other central Andean species are given. DNA sequence data are presented for this new taxon and related Andean species of Pinguicula for the first time. The plastid tree reveals a lineage of central Andean species (within the clade of tropical growth type species), whereas the northern Andean (Colombia, Venezuela) P. elongata appears distantly related and sister to all remaining taxa of the Mexican-Central American-Caribbean clade of Pinguicula.

Eggli, U. & Leuenberger, B. E.: Type specimens of Cactaceae names in the Berlin Herbarium (B) [De herbario berolinensi notulae 48]. — Willdenowia 38: 213–280. — ISSN 0511-9618; © 2008 BGBM Berlin-Dahlem. doi:10.3372/wi.38.38116 (available via  http://dx.doi.org/)

A short history of the Cactaceae holdings of the Berlin herbarium and their fate is provided. While a considerable number of historical spirit specimens have escaped the destruction of the herbarium during World War II, the pre-1943 collection of pressed specimens was lost almost entirely. More than half of the present Cactaceae holdings of B were made on the base of cultivated material. The importance of these “Garden Herbarium” specimens is stressed, especially for succulent plants, where much of the type material, even of recently described taxa, is of insufficient quality or even fragmentary. A complete survey of all extant Cactaceae specimens at B (including the material recently transferred from the former KOELN herbarium) has resulted in a detailed and commented list of type specimens and specimens derived from cultivated descendants of type collections. Nomenclatural and typification problems encountered during this compilation are discussed. A list of photographs preserved at B depicting type material located in other herbaria, is also given. Lectotypes are designated for the names Cereus lamprospermus, C. rhodoleucanthus, C. stenogonus, C. xanthocarpus, Echinocactus umadeave, Echinopsis rhodotricha, Pilocereus setosus, Rebutia steinbachii and Turbinicarpus pseudomacrochele var. lausseri.