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Issue: Vol. 234 No. 2: 13 November 2015
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2015-11-13
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.234.2.11
Page range: 195–198
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 1

Leptochilus oblongus (Polypodiaceae), a new fern species from northern Vietnam

Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 416, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China.
Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 416, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China. Department of Botany, Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18th Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Cau Giay, Ha Noi, Việt Nam. University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China.
Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-0299, U.S.A.
Leptochilus limestone sori Vietnam Pteridophytes

Abstract

A new fern species, Leptochilus oblongus of Polypodiaceae is described and illustrated from Hoa Binh Province, northern Vietnam. Leptochilus oblongus is most similar to L. ellipticus, but the sori of the former are oblong, close to the lobe margins, and parallel with costule. In contrast, those of the latter are linear, located on main lateral veins, and forming a ca. 45 degree angle with costule.