cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.15468/fwyw0p
title: Zwei neue Oribatiden von der Insel Borkum

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Kramer, P. (1897): Zwei neue Oribatiden von der Insel Borkum. Zoologischer Anzeiger 548: 535-536, URL: http://unknown
DOI: 10.15468/h65r4b
title: First record of the Heterotoma planicornis (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae), an introduced species in the Korean Peninsula, with characterization of its complete mitochondrial genome

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Oh, Minsuk, Cho, Soojeong, Lee, Seunghwan (2025): First record of the Heterotoma planicornis (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae), an introduced species in the Korean Peninsula, with characterization of its complete mitochondrial genome. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72 (2): 225-235, DOI: 10.3897/dez.72.152970AbstractThe West Palearctic genus Heterotoma Lepeletier & Serville, 1825, and its included species H. planicornis (Pallas, 1772) (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae, Orthotylinae) are reported from the Korean Peninsula. Heterotoma planicornis is diagnosed, and its dorsal habitus and the genitalia of both sexes are illustrated. The possible introduction of this European species into the Korean Peninsula is discussed. The complete mitochondrial genome of the species is provided. The circular mitogenome of H. planicornis is 16,179 bp long, comprising 13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNA genes, and 22 transfer RNAs, and shows the same gene order as the closely allied species Mecomma ambulans (Fallén, 1807). The A – T content of the total sequence was 71.54 %. An analysis using a cytochrome oxidase I (COI) neighbor-joining (NJ) tree revealed that the Korean H. planicornis population formed two distinctive groups, with a 1.8 % sequence difference between them.
DOI: 10.15468/fk7ffq
title: Flora Helvetica - Salviniaceae

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original book chapter Konrad Lauber, Gerhart Wagner, Andreas Gygax (2018): Flora Helvetica - Salviniaceae. In: Flora Helvetica. Bern: Haupt Verlag: 72, ISBN: 978-3-258-08047-5
DOI: 10.15468/dl.tjccax
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 491 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
{
 "TaxonKey" : [
 "is Hyalinobatrachium tatayoi"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 491 records from 32 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0064912-251120083545085/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.
DOI: 10.15468/5z9nsy
title: Two new species of Clusia (Clusiaceae) endemic to Costa Rica

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Luján, Manuel, Wodcke, Emma, Hammel, Barry (2024): Two new species of Clusia (Clusiaceae) endemic to Costa Rica. Kew Bulletin 79 (4): 881-887, DOI: 10.1007/s12225-024-10225-0, URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-024-10225-0Resumen. Durante la preparación del tratamiento taxonómico de Clusiaceae para el Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica, se identificaron varias especies nuevas de Clusia L. que se quedaron sin nombres formales, indicadas solo con letras. Aquí describimos formalmente dos de estas especies. Clusia dotana Hammel se puede distinguir más certeramente de especies morfológicamente relacionadas por tener flores pistiladas con 24 – 26 (– 42) estaminodios y semillas cubiertas en una masa de tejido arilado amarillo inusualmente grande. Clusia osaensis Hammel es parecida a C. dotana pero se distingue por tener inflorescencias relativamente más largas (5 – 15 cm vs 4.5 cm), flores pistiladas con 16 estaminodios y semillas cubiertas de arilo color naranja. Estas dos nuevas especies se conocen de un número limitado de localidades y son endémicas de bosques de montaña y de tierras bajas en la vertiente Pacífica del centro y sur de Costa Rica.Key Words. Central America, Dota, Neotropics, Osa peninsula, Talamanca.
DOI: 10.15468/ygn7q9
title: A new weird cricket (Orthoptera, Gryllidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber in northern Myanmar

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Ji, Xia, Nel, André, Xiao, Chuantao, Gorochov, Andrej V., Jarzembowski, Edmund A., Ma, Zehao, Xu, Chunpeng (2025): A new weird cricket (Orthoptera, Gryllidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber in northern Myanmar. Fossil Record 28 (2): 219-230, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.162805AbstractGryllidea, one of the most species-rich groups in Orthoptera, are characterized by relatively scarce fossil records until the K-Pg extinction. This study describes a unique Mesozoic cricket, Fortigryllus xiangrui gen. et sp. nov., based on a well-preserved specimen from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber in northern Myanmar. It exhibits very peculiar morphologies including fore-, mid-, and hindlegs nearly equal in robustness, and exceptionally stout femora in all three pairs of legs. Although it has some putative synapomorphies with the Phalangopsidae, the lack of information on the genital characters forbid us to accurately attribute it to a precise family. Crawling is tentatively proposed as a mode of locomotion in this Mesozoic cricket. This new find reveals a novel morphology in Cretaceous crickets and suggests a great potential biodiversity of crickets in this mid-Cretaceous ecosystem.
DOI: 10.15468/ux2vby
title: A nomenclatural correction in Colchicum L. (Colchicaceae: Colchiceae) in southern Africa: two new combinations for C. coloratum J. C. Manning & amp; Vinn., nom. superfl.

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Manning, John (2023): A nomenclatural correction in Colchicum L. (Colchicaceae: Colchiceae) in southern Africa: two new combinations for C. coloratum J. C. Manning & amp; Vinn., nom. superfl. Bothalia (a 5) 53 (1): 1-2, DOI: 10.38201/btha.abc.v53.i1.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.38201/btha.abc.v53.i1.5
DOI: 10.15468/nyqtgs
title: SALVIA SUBVIOLACEA, A NEW SPECIES FROM THE HIMALAYAS-HENGDUAN MOUNTAINS, CHINA

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Wei, Yukun K, Pendry, Colin A, Huang, YanBo, Ge, BinJie, Xiao, HanWen (2021): SALVIA SUBVIOLACEA, A NEW SPECIES FROM THE HIMALAYAS-HENGDUAN MOUNTAINS, CHINA. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 78 (334): 1-9, DOI: 10.24823/EJB.2021.334, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/ejb.2021.334
DOI: 10.15468/dh6jv3
title: A new species of Sessilogoga (Crustacea: Thecostraca: Ascothoracida) parasitic in an antipatharian from Bidong Island, Malaysia

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Kolbasov, Gregory A., Savchenko, Alexandra S. (2024): A new species of Sessilogoga (Crustacea: Thecostraca: Ascothoracida) parasitic in an antipatharian from Bidong Island, Malaysia. Zootaxa 5555 (2): 182-200, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5555.2.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5555.2.2AbstractMore than 30 specimens of both sexes of a new endoparasitic ascothoracidan, described herein as Sessilogoga perfuga sp. nov. in the family Synagogidae, were found infecting the colonies of the antipatharian Antipathes cf. curvata at 25–29 m depth in the vicinity of Bidong Island, Kuala Nerus District, Malaysia. Several individuals were observed alive and photographs and videos were taken of parasites both inside the host and after they have left the coral. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used supplementing light microscopy examinations to study external morphology of both sexes at the ultrastructural level. Carapace ornamentation, armature of antennules, telson and furcal rami, as well as fine details of the mouthparts were studied with SEM. All three known species of the genus Sessilogoga share several synapomorphies, probably connected with their endoparasitic way of life, that distinguish them from closely related Synagoga and Waginella: (i) a smaller frontal filament complex; (ii) the absence of epaulets on thoracomere 6; (iii) fewer setae on the proximal antennular segments; and (iv) more seminal receptacles in any given pair of thoracopods. Here we discuss characters that can be used for identification of Sessilogoga species: (i) the armament of antennules; (ii) the form of the tips of maxillules; (iii) setation of thoracopods; (iv) number of seminal receptacles; (v) structure of telsonic spines; and (vi) length/height ratio of furcal rami. Molecular gene sequences of CO1 marker of the new species are provided for future phylogenetic analysis of the Ascothoracida.
DOI: 10.15468/586atf
title: Description of the larva of Onthophagus japonicus Harold, 1875 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from the Russian Far East with a key to the known larvae of the genus

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article S. A., Shabalin (2018): Description of the larva of Onthophagus japonicus Harold, 1875 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from the Russian Far East with a key to the known larvae of the genus. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 14 (1): 25-28, DOI: 10.23885/1814-3326-2018-14-1-25-28, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.23885/1814-3326-2018-14-1-25-28Abstract. A larva of the Onthophagus japonicus Harold, 1875 is described and illustrated for the first time from the south of Primorskiy Region, Russia. The larva of O. japonicus is similar to that of O. fodiens Waterhouse, 1875 and O. gibbulus (Pallas, 1781) by median part of anal sternite without palidium, but differs from the former by epicranium with 3–4 dorsoepicranial setae (6–10 in O. fodiens); from the latter by maxillary stridulatory area with 4 anterior setae (dorsal view) (6–8 in O. gibbulus), by galea with 11 lateral setae ventrally (14–18 in O. gibbulus). A key to the known larvae of six species (from 14 species occurring the Russian Far East) of the genus Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 is given.С ÀаΛьнего Востока России Αостоверно отмечено 14 виΑов роΑа Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 [Кабаков, 2006; ШабаΛин, 2011; БезбороΑов, 2015]. Δичинки известны тоΛько ΑΛя пяти виΑов по материаΛам из Кореи [Lumaret, Kim, 1989; Kim, Lumaret, 1988, 1989a, b] и Китая [Jiang et al., 2008]. МорфоΛогия Λичинки Onthophagus japonicus Harold, 1875 Αо настоящего времени оставаΛась неизвестной. В резуΛьтате поΛевых работ в 2017 гоΑу нами быΛи собраны жуки Onthophagus japonicus, от которых при соΑержании в Λабораторных усΛовиях быΛи поΛучены Λичинки, их описание привеΑено ниже.
DOI: 10.15468/dl.fxeqma
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 145 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
{
 "and" : [
 "TaxonKey is one of (Austropetalia patricia, Austropetalia tonyana)",
 "HasCoordinate is true"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 145 records from 13 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0064913-251120083545085/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.
DOI: 10.15468/rynejv
title: New records of Oecanthus species (Orthoptera, Oecanthidae) in the Madeira archipelago

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Silva, Hugo Miguel, Avivar-Lozano, Laura, Gomes, Goncalo, Rhee, Howon, Dellinger, Thomas, Aguin-Pombo, Dora (2024): New records of Oecanthus species (Orthoptera, Oecanthidae) in the Madeira archipelago. Journal of Orthoptera Research 33 (1): 95-102, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jor.33.113947, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jor.33.113947
DOI: 10.34740/kaggle/dsv/14285184
title: Peer-to-Peer Boliviano (BOB) Exchange Data
DOI: 10.15468/kufwq9
title: Expanding the geographic distribution and the first record from Brazil of Asymmetrione clibanarii Markham, 1975 (Isopoda: Bopyridae), an ectoparasite associated with hermit crabs of the genus Clibanarius Dana, 1852

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Nascimento, Ana Caroliny M., Lima, Daniel, Yamada, Priscilla O. F., Yamada, Fábio H., Pinheiro, Allysson P., Nascimento, Whandenson M. (2025): Expanding the geographic distribution and the first record from Brazil of Asymmetrione clibanarii Markham, 1975 (Isopoda: Bopyridae), an ectoparasite associated with hermit crabs of the genus Clibanarius Dana, 1852. Zootaxa 5661 (2): 293-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.2.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.2.10AbstractAsymmetrione clibanarii Markham, 1975 is a bopyrid ectoparasite of the branchial chamber of hermit crab species from the genus Clibanarius Dana, 1852. This parasite was previously recorded in isolated sites along the western Atlantic: USA, Colombia, and Ascension Island. In this study, we expand the geographical distribution of Asymmetrione clibanarii southward to Brazil. Specimens were collected during low tide from intertidal zones at Paraíso Beach, municipality of Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco, Brazil. Three pairs (one female and one male) of Asymmetrione clibanarii were exclusively found in the right branchial chambers of the three specimens of the host Clibanarius antillensis Stimpson, 1859. All females of A. clibanarii were ovigerous and accompanied by males. This record expands the known geographic distribution of A. clibanarii, suggesting its potential presence throughout the range of its host species, which are widely distributed in the Atlantic.
DOI: 10.15468/u7a4zd
title: The first and oldest record of Issidae from the Lower Cretaceous of Lebanon (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha)

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Azar, Dany, Maksoud, Sibelle, Robin, Ninon, Godefroit, Pascal, Cavin, Lionel, Olive, Sébastien, Rey, Kévin, Vallée-Gillette, Nathan, Brito, Léa De, Heneine, Geryes, Nel, André (2024): The first and oldest record of Issidae from the Lower Cretaceous of Lebanon (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha). Zootaxa 5562 (1): 38-44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5562.1.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5562.1.7AbstractLibanissus bkassinensis Azar, Maksoud & Nel, gen. et sp. nov. is illustrated and described from the Lower Cretaceous dysodile (oil papershales) of Bkassine, South Lebanon, and its taxonomic position discussed. Libanissus bkassinensis Azar, Maksoud & Nel, gen. et sp. nov. is characterized by its banded legs and body, a hind wing with two lobes, RA and RP very short, M with only two very short apical branches, CuA with two branches, and a small but distinct apical furcation of PCu close to the incision of the wing margin. Libanissus bkassinensis Azar, Maksoud & Nel, gen. et sp. nov. represents the earliest record (lower Barremian) of the Issidae. Prior to this discovery, the oldest known record was from the Paleocene of France.
DOI: 10.15468/dl.k3mvre
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 5 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
{
 "and" : [
 "TaxonKey is Pyractomena similis",
 "HasCoordinate is TRUE",
 "HasGeospatialIssue is FALSE"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 5 records from 3 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0064914-251120083545085/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.
DOI: 10.15468/22vuwx
title: Two new Poyntonophrynus species (Anura: Bufonidae) highlight the importance of Angolan centers of endemism

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Baptista, Ninda L., Vaz Pinto, Pedro, Keates, Chad, Lobon-Rovira, Javier, Edwards, Shelley, Roedel, Mark-Oliver (2023): Two new Poyntonophrynus species (Anura: Bufonidae) highlight the importance of Angolan centers of endemism. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 991-1031, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e103935, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e103935
DOI: 10.15468/fhm8r8
title: First record of the genus Touranella Attems, 1937 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae) from Laos, with a description of a new species

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Nguyen, Anh D., Sierwald, Petra, Ware, Stephanie (2023): First record of the genus Touranella Attems, 1937 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae) from Laos, with a description of a new species. ZooKeys 1145: 169-180, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1145.98704, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1145.98704
DOI: 10.15468/kw6xqr
title: A new species of the genus Leptobrachella (Amphibia, Anura, Megophryidae) from the Darongshan Nature Reserve, Guangxi, China

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Chen, Wei-Cai, Bei, Yong-Jian, Li, Peng (2025): A new species of the genus Leptobrachella (Amphibia, Anura, Megophryidae) from the Darongshan Nature Reserve, Guangxi, China. ZooKeys 1260: 171-194, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1260.161514AbstractA new species of the genus Leptobrachella, L. darongshanensis sp. nov., is described from the Darongshan Nature Reserve, Yulin City, Guangxi, China, integrating molecular, morphological, and bioacoustic evidence. The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of the following characters: (1) medium body size (SVL 24.9–27.7 mm in males; 32.0– 35.4 mm in females); (2) dorsal skin rough with small, raised tubercles and ridges; (3) ventral surface creamy white with minute irregular textures and tiny pale brown spots laterally on the belly; (4) flanks bearing irregular black spots; (5) distinct black supratympanic line; (6) rudimentary toe webbing on toes I – IV and absence of lateral dermal fringes on toes; (7) distinct, continuous ventrolateral glandular line; (8) iris bicolored, upper half tangerine, lower half silver with black reticulations, pupil black with tangerine edges; (9) tibiotarsal articulation reaching the posterior margin of the eye when adpressed; (10) advertisement calls with dominant frequencies of 6.1–6.7 kHz at 20.0 ° C. Phylogenetic analyses based on the mitochondrial 16 S rRNA gene indicate that L. darongshanensis sp. nov. and L. shiwandashanensis are sister taxa. The new species is currently known only from montane evergreen forests at elevations between 800 and 1,200 m within the Darongshan Nature Reserve, where it is sympatric with L. yunkaiensis.
DOI: 10.15468/jrwg5d
title: Integrative taxonomy of Imparfinis (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae) from the Upper Paraná River basin, Brazil, with description of a new species

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Silva, Gabriel S. C., Reia, Lais, Morimoto, César K., Benine, Ricardo C., Oliveira, Claudio (2023): Integrative taxonomy of Imparfinis (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae) from the Upper Paraná River basin, Brazil, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 5249 (3): 357-377, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5249.3.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5249.3.3AbstractThe Neotropical family Heptapteridae comprises 228 valid species widely distributed in South America. Imparfinis is one of the most diverse genera of this family, with 25 valid species widely distributed, inhabiting streams from Costa Rica to Argentina. Old descriptions coupled with lack of recent systematic studies of the species of Imparfinis from the Upper Paraná river basin have led to a taxonomic impediment and hindered the advancement of studies in other areas, such as ecology, cytogenetic, phylogenetic, and evolution. We conducted the first integrative study analyzing both molecular and morphological data of Imparfinis from the Upper Paraná River basin. Our analyses strongly support the existence of four independent evolutionary lineages in this river system, three of them are the nominal species I. mirini, I. schubarti, and I. piperatus, and a new species from Goiás state described herein.
DOI: 10.15468/esxnur
title: The pseudoscorpions of the Caucasian Sphagnum bogs: part I. Description of Neobisium (Neobisium) adjaricum sp. nov. and redescription of the holotype of N. (N.) vilcekii Krumpal, 1983 (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones, Neobisiidae)

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Kolesnikov, Vasiliy B., Christophoryova, Jana, Przhiboro, Andrey A., Turbanov, Ilya S. (2022): The pseudoscorpions of the Caucasian Sphagnum bogs: part I. Description of Neobisium (Neobisium) adjaricum sp. nov. and redescription of the holotype of N. (N.) vilcekii Krumpal, 1983 (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones, Neobisiidae). ZooKeys 1100: 165-190, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1100.81910, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1100.81910
DOI: 10.15468/kbaq3w
title: Two new species of Paratanakia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Taiwan and mainland China

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Chen, I-Shiung, Shy, Jhy-Yun (2024): Two new species of Paratanakia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Taiwan and mainland China. Zootaxa 5550 (1): 250-257, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5550.1.25, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5550.1.25AbstractTwo new species of bitterling of Paratanakia were found and collected from Taiwan island and Fujian Province, mainland China recently. Paratanakia fuvlidorsalis n. sp. which is endemic in Taiwan island can be well distinguished from other congeners by the following unique combination of features: (1) fin ray counts: dorsal fin rays 3, 8; anal fin rays 3, 10; pectoral fin rays modally 1, 12; (2) squamtion: lateral-line scales modally 34; and (3) its own specific dorsal fin color pattern in male. Paratanakia julongjiangensis n. sp. which is endemic in Fujian Province, mainland China can be well distinguished from other congeners by the following unique combination of features: (1) fin ray counts: dorsal fin rays 3, 9; anal fin rays 3, 11; pectoral fin rays modally 1, 12; (2) lateral-line scales modally 34; and (3) its own specific dorsal fin color pattern in male. The brief morphological comparison with close related species would be also addressed.
DOI: 10.15468/5zc4vf
title: Ocotea complex: A metabolomic analysis of a Lauraceae genus

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Antonio, Ananda S., Veiga-Junior, Valdir F., Wiedemann, Larissa Silveira Moreira (2020): Ocotea complex: A metabolomic analysis of a Lauraceae genus. Phytochemistry (112314) 173: 1-8, DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2020.112314, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2020.112314
DOI: 10.15468/e4pd2y
title: Two new epiphytic species of Impatiens L. (Balsaminaceae) from the southern Western Ghats, India

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Saravanan, Thokuluva Santharam, Kaliamoorthy, Seventhilingam (2022): Two new epiphytic species of Impatiens L. (Balsaminaceae) from the southern Western Ghats, India. Phytotaxa 552 (1): 107-114, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.552.1.10AbstractTwo new epiphytic species of Impatiens L. (Balsaminaceae), viz., Impatiens keralensis and Impatiens kurichiarmalayana are described from Wayanad district, Kerala, India. Impatiens keralensis is allied to I. modesta Wight and I. mohana Ratheesh, Sujana & Anil Kumar; and Impatiens kurichiarmalayana is to I. mankulamensis K. M. P. Kumar, R. Jagad. & Nagaraj and I. panduranganii K. M. P. Kumar, R. Jagad. & G. Prasad. The newly described taxa are readily distinguishable from their allied species by unique character combinations viz., leaf size, leaf, margin, lateral sepal, lower sepal, dorsal petal, wing petal and seeds. Detailed descriptions along with photographs and comparison tables are provided.Key Words: Balsams, Evergreen forests, IUCN, Kurichiarmala, taxonomy