Plant Diversity ›› 2015, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (06): 737-740.DOI: 10.7677/ynzwyj201515068

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Polystichum mulunense (Dryopteridaceae), a New Species from Karst Caves in Guangxi, China

 CHEN  Xiao-Lin-1, LIU  Jing-1, JIANG  Ri-Hong-2   

  1. 1 Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences,
    Guilin, Guangxi 541006, China; 2 Guangxi Forestry Group, Nanning 530022, China
  • Received:2015-04-22 Online:2015-11-25 Published:2015-08-04
  • Supported by:

    National Natural Science Foundation of China (41161011); Fundamental Research Fund of Guangxi Institute of Botany (GZY 12004); Traditional Chinese Medicine Public Health Special Project ([2011]76) and Traditional Chinese Medicine Industry Research Special Project (201207002)

Abstract:

Polystichum mulunense XL. Shen & RH. Jiang, a new species from karst caves in Guangxi, China, is described and illustrated. This new species is morphologically similar to Polystichum guangxiense and Pfengshanense, but can be easily distinguished from the latter by rhizome scales lanceolate, margins sparsely serrulate and pinnules coriaceous, attached at ca. 60-75 degree angles to rachis and rhomboidal to trapeziform.

Key words: Polystichum, Polystichum mulunense, Guangxi, Karst cave, New species

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