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Issue: Vol. 706 No. 2: 24 Jun. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-06-24
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.706.2.4
Page range: 148-154
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Arachniodes mira (Dryopteridaceae), a new species from southeastern Yunnan, China

Eastern China Conservation Centre for Wild Endangered Plant Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai, 201602, China
Arachniodes neopodophylla IUCN Red List new taxon variable morphology Pteridophytes

Abstract

Arachniodes mira, a new sexual diploid species of Dryopteridaceae from southeastern Yunnan, China, is described and illustrated. This species is unique within the genus for its fronds transitioning from pinnate with a caudate-acuminate apex when young to either imparipinnate or to bipinnate with a terminal pinna when mature. This new species may have arisen from hybridization between A. neopodophylla and an unknown bipinnate species, displaying a combination of morphological features between these two species. The only found population is facing with extinction due to habitat destruction.

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How to Cite

Wei, H.-J. (2025) Arachniodes mira (Dryopteridaceae), a new species from southeastern Yunnan, China. Phytotaxa 706 (2): 148–154. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.706.2.4