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Issue: Vol. 362 No. 3: 31 July 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-07-31
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.362.3.1
Page range: 245–262
Abstract views: 24
PDF downloaded: 1

The fern genera Lomaria, Lomariocycas, and Parablechnum (Blechnaceae, Polypodiopsida) in southern and southeastern Brazil

Part of the senior author’s doctoral dissertation, carried out at the Curso de pós-graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, campus de Rio Claro, SP, Brazil Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Rua José Lourenço Kelmer, s/n - Campus Universitário, Bairro São Pedro, 36036-900, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil
Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Caixa Postal 486, 30123-970, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Av. 24A, 1515, Bela Vista, Caixa Postal 199, 13506-900, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
Departamento de Ciências Naturais, Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Rua Antônio da Veiga, 140, Itoupava Seca, 89030-903, Blumenau, SC, Brazil
Pteridophytes Aspleniineae eupolypods II ferns pteridophytes taxonomy

Abstract

We conducted a taxonomic study of the fern genera Lomaria, Lomariocycas, and Parablechnum (Blechnaceae, Polypodiopsida) in southern and southeastern Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul). We recognized six species (one of Lomaria, one of Lomariocycas, and four of Parablechnum), three of which have a broad neotropical distribution and three that are endemic to Brazil. Four new records are reported for four species in different regions or states from Brazil, and a new record for Guyana. Taxonomic descriptions, synonymies, lectotypifications, a neotypification (Parablechnum usterianum), geographical distributions, and comments are given for all species occurring in the study region, as well as a key for the identification of the Brazilian species of Parablechnum.