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- - A new filmy fern species called T.C.Hsu & Z.X.Chang has been identified and described from Taiwan, using morphological and genetic analysis as evidence! - While the species appears similar to others in the subgenus Mecodium, genetic testing shows it is actually separate and belongs to the subgenus Hymenophyllum! - This fern is characterized by tiny spathulate hairs on its rachis and veins, and it is endemic to a small region in northern Taiwan!
Article Abstract
T.C.Hsu & Z.X.Chang, a new filmy fern species (Hymenophyllaceae) has been described from Taiwan and illustrated based on morphological and phylogenetic evidence. Although the new species resembles members in the subgenus Mecodium, namely , our plastid phylogeny has revealed that it is genetically distant from and forms a clade nested within subg. Hymenophyllum. The most notable characteristic to differentiate from related species is the presence of minute spathulate hairs on the surface of the rachis and veins. is currently only known from a small area in northern Taiwan, and endemic to that country.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9848887 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.204.86045 | DOI Listing |
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