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Issue: Vol. 379 No. 2: 28 November 2018
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2018-11-28
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.379.2.8
Page range: 227–230
Abstract views: 23
PDF downloaded: 2

Diplazium thailandicum (Athyriaceae), a new fern from Thailand

Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University,Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University,Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University,Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Diplazium chioui D. lobatum D. yinchanianum Southeast Asia Pteridophytes

Abstract

A new fern species, Diplazium thailandicum (Athyriaceae), is described. It was discovered from the North of Thailand. It is distinguished from the most similar species, D. chioui and D. lobatum, in having a pinnatisect base of the terminal pinna, 5–8 pairs of oblong lateral pinnae with stalk < 5 mm, and sori curved, 0.5–0.7 cm long, and borne half way between midribs and margins.