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Issue: Vol. 716 No. 2: 28 Aug. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-08-28
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.716.2.5
Page range: 128-136
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Leptochilus phanerophlebius (Polypodiaceae), a new species from Fenshuiling National Nature Reserve, southeastern Yunnan, China

Yunnan Jinping Fenshuiling National Nature Reserve, Honghe, Yunnan 661500, China
Mountain Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610213, China
Yunnan Jinping Fenshuiling National Nature Reserve, Honghe, Yunnan 661500, China
Yunnan Jinping Fenshuiling National Nature Reserve, Honghe, Yunnan 661500, China
Yunnan Jinping Fenshuiling National Nature Reserve, Honghe, Yunnan 661500, China
Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China
Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China
Pteridophytes Colysis clade Leptochilus decurrens Venation Xilongshan

Abstract

Leptochilus phanerophlebius, a new fern species from Xilongshan in southeastern Yunnan, China, is described as the third new species of Leptochilus discovered in Fenshuiling National Nature Reserve. Morphologically, the new species is intermediate between L. decurrens and L. brevipes, but differs from both by its distinct venation on both surfaces of the sterile lamina. Cytological evidence indicates that the species is a diploid. Phylogenetic analysis based on plastid data resolves it as a sister species to L. hemionitideus.

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How to Cite

Yu, Z.-Y., Liang, Z.-L., Liang, Z.-L., He, H.-L., Li, J.-H., Zhang, Q.-W. & Zhang, L. (2025) Leptochilus phanerophlebius (Polypodiaceae), a new species from Fenshuiling National Nature Reserve, southeastern Yunnan, China. Phytotaxa 716 (2): 128–136. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.716.2.5