Plastid matK and a fragment of the low-copy nuclear gene PHYC were sequenced for 30 genera of Phyllanthaceae to evaluate tribal and generic delimitation. Resolution and bootstrap percentages obtained with matK are higher than that of PHYC, but both regions show nearly identical phylogenetic patterns. Phylogenetic relationships inferred from the independent and combined data are congruent and di...

The genus Acanthaleyrodes Takahashi is reported for the first time from India. Acanthaleyrodes elevatus sp. n. is described from Bridelia retusa in Kerala, India, with a key to puparia of Acanthaleydes species. The new species differs in its exceptionally elevated eighth abdominal tergite, circular vasiform orifice and eight pairs of subdorsal setae. The generic characteristics of Acanthaleyrod...

In this new series of Fungal Biodiversity Profiles, the authors provide descriptions for ten taxa: Ilytheomyces uncinatus W. Rossi & M. Leonardi, sp. nov. (Ascomycota, Laboulbeniales) and several Basidiomycota: in family Entolomataceae Entoloma aurantioalpinum Armada, Vila, Bellanger, Noordel., Krisai Dima, E. nigroflavescens Noordel. nov., both from France; Inocybaceae Inocybe hebes Eyssart. B...

Some medicinal plants from Papua have been used traditionally as hyperuricemia and antioxidant agents for many ethnic in Islands. The present study aims to evaluate inhibitory xanthine oxidase, antioxidative activities, total phenolic, flavonoid of five selected plants, Myrmecodia beccarii , Villebrunea rubescens Breynia cernua Bridelia spp. Dodonaea viscosa . Preliminary phytochemical screenin...