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Issue: Vol. 344 No. 2: 14 March 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-03-14
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.344.2.8
Page range: 191–197
Abstract views: 32
PDF downloaded: 2

Cyathea leoniae (Cyatheaceae), a new pinnate-pinnatifid tree fern species from Northern Peru

Red de Ecología Funcional, Instituto de Ecología A. C., Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya, 91070, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. Museo de Historia Natural, Av. Arenales 1256, Jesús María, Peru.
Museo de Historia Natural, Av. Arenales 1256, Jesús María, Peru.
Red de Ecología Funcional, Instituto de Ecología A. C., Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya, 91070, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
Red de Ecología Funcional, Instituto de Ecología A. C., Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya, 91070, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
Elfin forest northern Andes Neotropical region taxonomic description tree fern Pteridophytes

Abstract

The new tree fern species Cyathea leoniae from Northern Peru is described, illustrated and differential characteristics from most similar species are provided.