Leucostegia amplissima, the Third Species of the Genus (Hypodematiaceae)
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.
Keywords: Fern; Malesia; flora; morphology; phylogeny; taxonomy
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1: 1Independent researcher, Keelung 202, Taiwan;, Email: [email protected] 2: 2Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan;, Email: [email protected] 3: 3Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN, Paris, France), Steigestrasse 78, 69412 Eberbach, Germany;, Email: [email protected] 4: 4Systematic Botany Section, Forest Research Centre, Sabah Forestry Department, 90715 Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia;, Email: [email protected] 5: 5Taiwan Society of Plant Systematics, Taipei 106, Taiwan;, Email: [email protected] 6: 6Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland;, Email: [email protected] 7: 7Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, 53 Nan-Hai Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan;, Email: [email protected]
Publication date: 25 October 2021
This article was made available online on 25 October 2021 as a Fast Track article with title: "Leucostegia amplissima, the Third Species of the Genus (Hypodematiaceae)".
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