Selaginella subchaetoloma (Sect. Heterostachys; Selaginellaceae), a new species from Southwest China
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Published:2023-07-20
Issue:3
Volume:603
Page:224-234
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ISSN:1179-3163
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Container-title:Phytotaxa
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language:
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Short-container-title:Phytotaxa
Author:
FANG SHAO-LIORCID,
LI YU-XINORCID,
ZHANG LI-BINGORCID,
HE ZHAO-RONGORCID,
ZHOU XIN-MAOORCID
Abstract
A new lycophyte species, Selaginella subchaetoloma, is described. This species is relatively abundant in Southwest China. Materials of this species were previously identified as S. chaetoloma, but a detailed morphological study shows that the new species differs by plants with creeping sterile part and ascending fertile part and dorsal leaves with abruptly short-acuminate apex. Molecular phylogenetic results indicate that S. subchaetoloma and S. chaetoloma are not closely related.
Subject
Plant Science,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics