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Issue: Vol. 449 No. 1: 16 June 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-06-16
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.449.1.3
Page range: 23–30
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 2

Ceratopteris shingii, a new species of Ceratopteris with creeping rhizomes from Hainan, China

Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201602, China. Eastern China Conservation Center for Wild Endangered Plant Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai 201602, China.
Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201602, China. College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China.
Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201602, China.
Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201602, China.
Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201602, China. Eastern China Conservation Center for Wild Endangered Plant Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai 201602, China.
School of Traditional Medicine Materials Resource, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Yunfu 527322, Guangdong, China. Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of Resources Conservation and Development of Southern Medicine, Hainan Branch of the Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Haikou 570311, Hainan, China.
Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201602, China. Eastern China Conservation Center for Wild Endangered Plant Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai 201602, China.
Ceratopteris taxonomy morphology characters molecular evidence Pteridophytes

Abstract

A new species of fern, Ceratopteris shingii (Pteridaceae), was identified and characterized. It is endemic to Hainan Province, China. Ceratopteris shingii shares similar morphological characters with C. thalictroides but can be easily distinguished by its creeping rhizomes. In addition, molecular evidence indicated that the new species is sister to other Ceratopteris species.