We describe and illustrate a new species, Asplenium pifongia., currently known only from Taiwan. Although superficially similar to A. monanthe., this species is a sexual diploid and has little perforation on its spore surfaces. Phylogenetic analyses demonstrate that A. pifongia. is not closely related to A. monanthe., and is instead sister to the A. normal. complex. Asplenium pifongia. differs from A. normal. in having sori mostly only on, and parallel to, the basiscopic side of pinnae, a common feature in A. monanthes.
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11 February 2016
Asplenium pifongiae (Aspleniaceae: Polypodiales), a New Species from Taiwan
Fay-Wei Li,
Li-Yaung Kuo,
Yi-Han Chang,
Tian-Chuan Hsu,
Hsin-Chie Hung,
Wen-Liang Chiou,
Carl J. Rothfels,
Yao-Moan Huang
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Systematic Botany
Vol. 41 • No. 1
February 2016
Vol. 41 • No. 1
February 2016
Asplenium monanthes
Asplenium normale
diploid
flow cytometry
spore