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Issue: Vol. 392 No. 1: 12 February 2019
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2019-02-12
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.392.1.9
Page range: 84–86
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 1

Arachniodes hehaii (Dryopteridaceae), a new fern from Guizhou, China

CAS 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 Biology, Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
CAS 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
CAS 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 Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri 63110, U.S.A.
Arachniodes chinensis Asia limestone caves taxonomy Pteridophytes

Abstract

A new fern of the genus Arachniodes (Dryopteridaceae), A. hehaii, is described and illustrated from a cave entrance in southwestern China’s Guizhou Province. The new species is similar to A. chinensis, but differs in the color of stipe scales, lamina width and shape, the morphology of lamina apex, and indusium thickness.