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Issue: Vol. 327 No. 1: 3 Novemeber 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-11-03
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.327.1.3
Page range: 57–89
Abstract views: 82
PDF downloaded: 3

Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. I. General introduction and key to families

Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH-8008 Zurich, Switzerland
University Herbarium, 1001 Valley Life Sciences Bldg., #2465, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-2465
Bolivia Andes ferns lycophytes monilophytes Pteridophytes

Abstract

We introduce the concept of a prodromus for a flora to the ferns and lycophytes of Bolivia, describe the natural setting of Bolivia (topography, climate, vegetation), briefly review the history of pteridological knowledge in the country, present a taxonomic synopsis as well as a key to the fern and lycophyte families of Bolivia, and provide a list of all fern and lycophyte names with Bolivian type material. A new combination is proposed for Polyphlebium herzogii (Rosenst.) A.R.Sm. & Kessler.

How to Cite

KESSLER, MICHAEL, and ALAN R. SMITH. 2017. “Prodromus of a Fern Flora for Bolivia. I. General Introduction and Key to Families”. Phytotaxa 327 (1):57–89. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.327.1.3.