A new hybrid Serpocaulon × sessilipinnum A. Rojas & J.M. Chaves is described. The new taxon has characters intermediate between S. fraxinifolium (Jacq.) A.R. Sm. and S. ptilorhizon (Christ) A.R. Sm., which are related mainly with leaf size, rhizome scales, shape and division of blade, shape and width of pinnae, number of areolae and sori series, and shape and color of spores.
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1 July 2013
A New Hybrid of Serpocaulon (Polypodiaceae) from Costa Rica
Alexander Fco. Rojas-Alvarado
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American Fern Journal
Vol. 103 • No. 3
July 2013
Vol. 103 • No. 3
July 2013
ferns
hybridization
Neotropics
taxonomy