Antrophyum solomonense (Pteridaceae), a New Species from the Solomon Islands, and Its Systematic Position Based on Phylogenetic Analysis

Cheng Wei Chen; Joel Hamilton Nitta; Moffat Fanerii; Tsung Yu Aleck Yang; Fred Pitisopa; Chia Wei Li; Wen Liang Chiou

doi:10.1600/036364415X689357

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Cheng Wei Chen,¹ Joel Hamilton Nitta,² Moffat Fanerii,³ Tsung Yu Aleck Yang,^4,5 Fred Pitisopa,⁶ Chia Wei Li,^1,* Wen Liang Chiou^7,*

¹1Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan.
²2Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 021
³3Kolombangara Island Biodiversity Conservation Association, Ringii, the Solomon Islands.
⁴4Department of Biology, National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung 40453, Taiwan.
⁵5Department of Life Science, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan.
⁶6Ministry of Forestry and Research, Honiara, the Solomon Islands.
⁷7Division of Botanical Garden, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei 10066, Taiwan.

^*Authors for correspondence: CWL: cwli@life.nthu.edu.tw, WLC: chiou@tfri.gov.tw

Abstract

A vittarioid fern from the Solomon Islands, which has long been treated as Antrophyum semicostatum, is described here as a new species, Antrophyum solomonense. A description, illustration, and distribution of the new species are presented. Boot-shaped paraphysal apical cells, rounded stipe in cross section, and thin rhizome scale cell walls are the diagnostic characteristics of A. solomonense. A molecular phylogeny inferred from four chloroplast markers further supports its systematic uniqueness.

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Cheng Wei Chen, Joel Hamilton Nitta, Moffat Fanerii, Tsung Yu Aleck Yang, Fred Pitisopa, Chia Wei Li, and Wen Liang Chiou "Antrophyum solomonense (Pteridaceae), a New Species from the Solomon Islands, and Its Systematic Position Based on Phylogenetic Analysis," Systematic Botany 40(3), 645-651, (22 September 2015). https://doi.org/10.1600/036364415X689357

Published: 22 September 2015

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