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Antrophyum solomonense (Pteridaceae), a New Species from the Solomon Islands, and Its Systematic Position Based on Phylogenetic Analysis
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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 and Wen Liang Chiou
Systematic Botany, Vol.40(3), pp.645-651
01/09/2015

Abstract

Chloroplast DNA fern flora morphology South Pacific
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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