Leucostegia amplissima, the Third Species of the Genus (Hypodematiaceae)-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Leucostegia amplissima, the Third Species of the Genus (Hypodematiaceae)

Published:2021-10-25 Issue:3 Volume:46 Page:656-665
ISSN:0363-6445
Container-title:Systematic Botany
language:en
Short-container-title:Systematic Botany

Author:

Chen Cheng-Wei¹,Tang Sheng Kai²,Knapp Ralf³,Mustapeng Andi Maryani A.⁴,Lu Ping-Fong⁵,Kessler Michael⁶,Huang Yao-Moan⁷

Affiliation:

1. 1Independent researcher, Keelung 202, Taiwan;, Email: wade0504@gmail.com

2. 2Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan;, Email: kwz50902@gmail.com

3. 3Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN, Paris, France), Steigestrasse 78, 69412 Eberbach, Germany;, Email: ralf.knapp@gmail.com

4. 4Systematic Botany Section, Forest Research Centre, Sabah Forestry Department, 90715 Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia;, Email: andimaryani.mustapeng@gmail.com

5. 5Taiwan Society of Plant Systematics, Taipei 106, Taiwan;, Email: fernslu@gmail.com

6. 6Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland;, Email: michael.kessler@systbot.uzh.ch

7. 7Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, 53 Nan-Hai Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan;, Email: huangym@tfri.gov.tw

Abstract

Abstract— Leucostegia has been long recognized as a small fern genus with only two species, L. immersa and L. pallida. Here we elevate a variety of L. immersa to species level and make the new combination Leucostegia amplissima based on morphological and molecular phylogenetic evidence. Morphologically, Leucostegia amplissima differs from L. immersa by having larger evergreen fronds, smaller indusia, and glandular hairs on the basal stipes. The study of Taiwanese populations further suggested an ecological divergence between L. immersa and L. amplissima.

Publisher

American Society of Plant Taxonomists

Subject

Plant Science,Genetics,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics