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Issue: Vol. 693 No. 2: 12 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-12
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5
Page range: 166-172
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Toward a monophyletic Paragympteris (Cheilanthoideae, Pteridaceae): description of Sericopteris gen. nov.

School of Ecology and Environmental Science & School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, Yunnan, China
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
School of Ecology and Environmental Science & School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, Yunnan, China
School of Ecology and Environmental Science & School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, Yunnan, China
School of Ecology and Environmental Science & School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, Yunnan, China
arid ferns Cheilanthoideae phylogeny Cheilanthes Pellaea Pteridophytes

Abstract

Recent phylogenetic studies based on plastid, mitochondrial, and nuclear data supported that Paragymnopteris s.l. was paraphyletic and contained two fully supported clades. We here review the circumscription of Paragymnopteris s.l. and find that one of the clades has densely sericeous hairs on the abaxial surface and is described as the new genus Sericopteris Jing Zhao, X.M. Zhou & Z.R. He.

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How to Cite

Zhao, J., Liang, Z.-L., Yu, H., He, Z.-R. & Zhou, X.-M. (2025) Toward a monophyletic Paragympteris (Cheilanthoideae, Pteridaceae): description of Sericopteris gen. nov.. Phytotaxa 693: 166–172. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5