AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SYSTEMATICS AND BIODIVERSITY Editor DR DAVID MIDDLETON Chairman of the Editorial Board PROFESSOR JOHN RAVEN Book Review Editor DR MARK HUGHES V 69 2012 OLUME No. 1 pages 1–210 (Published 16 February 2012) No. 2 211–370 (Published 18 June 2012) No. 3 371–560 (Published 10 October 2012) PUBLISHED BY THE PRESS SYNDICATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE The Pitt Building, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 1RP, United Kingdom CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, United Kingdom 32 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013–2473, USA 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207, Australia C/Orense, 4, planta 13, 28020 Madrid, Spain Lower Ground Floor, Nautica Building, The Water Club, Beach Road, Granger Bay, 8005 Cape Town, South Africa (cid:2)Trusteesof theRoyal Botanic GardenEdinburgh (2012) Printed byLatimer Trend,Plymouth, UK EDINBURGH JOURNAL OF BOTANY iii CONTENTS OF VOLUME 69 (2012) VOL. 69, NO. 1, MARCH 2012 The influence of soils on the floristic composition and community structure of an area of Brazilian Cerrado vegetation. A. V. NERI, C.E.G.R.SCHAEFER,A.F.SILVA,A.L.SOUZA,W.G.FERREIRA-JUNIOR& J.A.A.MEIRA-NETO 1 Environmental heterogeneity and natural regeneration in riparian vegetation of the Brazilian semi-arid region. G. C. O. MENINO, Y. R. F. NUNES, R. M. SANTOS, G. W. FERNANDES & L. A. FERNANDES 29 ContributiontothefloraoftheSouthAegeanVolcanicArc:theMethana Peninsula (Saronic Gulf, Greece). K. KOUGIOUMOUTZIS, A. TINIAKOU, T. GEORGIADIS & O. GEORGIOU 53 Taxonomy of Hoya lyi, Hoya yuennanensis and Hoya mekongensis (Apocynaceae – Asclepiadoideae). M. RODDA 83 A new combination in Monocarpia (Annonaceae). I. M. TURNER 95 A revision of Amomum(Zingiberaceae)in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. V. LAMXAY & M. F. NEWMAN 99 Book review Atlas of the Potential Vegetation of Ethiopia, by Ib Friis, Sebsebe Demissew & Paulo van Breugel 207 VOL. 69, NO. 2, JULY 2012 Saxifraga minutissima, a new species from the Garhwal Himalaya, India, and its implications for the taxonomy of the genus Saxifraga (Saxifragaceae). R. J. GORNALL, D. S. RAWAT & ZHUOXIN ZHANG 211 Ectomycorrhizal fungi and non-agaricoid basidiomycetous macromycetes of the Falklands. R. WATLING 219 Observations on the vegetation of Mato Grosso, Brazil. V. Changes in thewoodyspeciesdiversityofaforestintheCerrado–AmazonianForest transition zone and notes on the forests of the region. H. A. MEWS, B. S. MARIMON & J. A. RATTER 239 AnewspeciesofSalacia(Hippocrateaceae)fromSouthIndia.P.S.UDAYAN, REGY YOHANNAN, M. S. DEVIPRIYA, V. DEVIPRIYA & A. K. PRADEEP 255 Floristic inventory of one hectare of palm-dominated creek forest in Jenaro Herrera, Peru. R. M. PRICKETT, E. N. HONORIO C., Y. BABA, H. M. BADEN, C. M. ALVEZ V. & C. A. QUESADA 259 iv VOLUME CONTENTS Impatiens mohana (Balsaminaceae), a new scapigerous balsam from Wayanad, Western Ghats, India. M. K. RATHEESH NARAYANAN, K. A. SUJANA, V. BALAKRISHNAN, R. MEERA RAJ & N. ANIL KUMAR 281 A new species of Begonia (Begoniaceae) from Peninsular Thailand. T. PHUTTHAI, M. HUGHES & K. SRIDITH 287 Pouzolzia floresiana (Urticaceae), a new species from Flores, Nusa TenggaraTimur(LesserSundaIslands),Indonesia.C.M.WILMOT-DEAR& I. FRIIS 293 Debregeasia australis sp. nov. (Urticaceae), with a new synopsis of and a new key to the genus. C. M. WILMOT-DEAR & I. FRIIS 301 Two new species of Amomum (Zingiberaceae) from Western Ghats, India. V. P. THOMAS & M. SABU 313 NewchromosomecountsinOldWorldGesneriaceae:numbersforspecies hitherto regarded as Chirita, and their systematic and evolutionary significance. F. CHRISTIE, S. BARBER & M. MO¨LLER 323 Camellia inusitata (Theaceae), a new species forming a new section (Bidoupia) from Vietnam. G. OREL, P. G. WILSON, A. S. CURRY & LUU HONG TRUONG 347 The Gesneriaceae of Sulawesi V: A new species of Rhynchoglossum and a new combination in Codonoboea. A. KARTONEGORO 357 Book reviews John Ray’s Cambridge Catalogue (1660), translated and edited by P. H. Oswald & C. D. Preston 363 Flora of Nepal Volume 3, by M. F. Watson, S. Akiyama, H. Ikeda, C. A. Pendry, K. R. Rajbhandari & K. R. Shrestha 366 An Introduction to the Trees from the North of the Republic of Congo, by David Harris, Jean-Marie Moutsambote´, Emile Kami, Jacques Florence, Samuel Bridgewater & Alexandra Wortley 369 VOL. 69, NO. 3, NOVEMBER 2012 Memecylon wayanadense (Melastomataceae), a new species from the Western Ghats, India. A. R. SIVU, M. K. RATHEESH NARAYANAN, N. S. PRADEEP, N. ANIL KUMAR & A. G. PANDURANGAN 371 Two new species of Neottia (Orchidaceae) from India. M. BHAUMIK 379 FiveraregeneraofEuphorbiaceae(sensulato)intheMalayArchipelago: Alphandia,Ashtonia,Borneodendron,CladogynosandTapo¨ides.P.C.VAN WELZEN 389 VOLUME CONTENTS v Phylogeny,biogeographyandcharacterevolutionofDorstenia(Moraceae). T. M. MISIEWICZ & N. C. ZEREGA 413 Murdannia assamica, a new species of Commelinaceae from India. A. A. ANNA ANCY & S. NAMPY 441 A revision of Berberis s.s. (Berberidaceae) in Nepal. B. ADHIKARI, C. A. PENDRY, R. T. PENNINGTON & R. I. 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