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Type: Article
Published: 2012-08-13
Page range: 25–30
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A new local variety of Crepidomanes minutum (Hymenophyllaceae) in the Mascarene Archipelago (Indian Ocean) and a new record for Mauritius

The Mauritius Herbarium, Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute, Mauritius Cane Industry Authority, Réduit, Mauritius
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, UMR 7207 CNRS-MNHN-UPMC “Centre de Recherches en Paléobiodiversité et Paléoenvironnements”, 57 rue Cuvier, CP48, 75005 Paris, France.
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, UMR 7207 CNRS-MNHN-UPMC “Centre de Recherches en Paléobiodiversité et Paléoenvironnements”, 57 rue Cuvier, CP48, 75005 Paris, France. Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Botânica, Laboratório de Sistemática Vegetal. Rua do Matão 277, Cidade Universitária, Butantã, CEP – 05508-090, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, UMR 7207 CNRS-MNHN-UPMC “Centre de Recherches en Paléobiodiversité et Paléoenvironnements”, 57 rue Cuvier, CP48, 75005 Paris, France
Crepidomanes minutum Hymenophyllaceae Indian Ocean Pteridophytes

Abstract

Crepidomanes minutum (Hymenophyllaceae) is here identified and recorded from Mauritius for the first time. The Mauritian specimens, in addition to those of La Réunion observed at low to middle elevations, are easily distinguished from populations observed outside the Mascarene Archipelago by their dwarfed size and rarity of the stipe proliferation that usually characterizes this species. We thus describe a new variety in this species for the Mascarene Islands.