Three New Species and New Records of Dennstaedtia Bernh. from Mesoamerica - Open Access Library Journal

OALibJ > Vol.5 No.12, December 2018

Three New Species and New Records of Dennstaedtia Bernh. from Mesoamerica ()

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1105020 301 Downloads 765 Views Citations

Author(s)

Alexander Francisco Rojas-Alvarado^1*, Federico Villalobos-Brenes²

Affiliation(s)

¹Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Heredia, Costa Rica.
²Laboratory of Systematic, Genetic and Evolution (LabSGE), Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica.

ABSTRACT

Navarrete & Ollgaard [1] indicated the presence of a “C” group within Dennstaedtia Bernh. that contains D. obtusifolia (Willd.) T. Moore, which is the type material of the genus Patania C. Presl and indicated that it could require taxonomic recognition. They also discussed the situation generated by other authors including D. cornuta (Kaulf.) Mett. and D. obtusifolia as synonyms for D. dissecta (Sw.) T. Moore and then separated them as valid species; however, they insist on mentioning variables within the mentioned species and indicated that other species could be included. As a result of this group’s review from Costa Rica, it was found that there are three easily distinguishable new species: D. axillaris A. Rojas, D. rectangularis A. Rojas and D. riparia A. Rojas. Also, D. cornuta is registered from Mexico and Guatemala, and D. sprucei T. Moore is registered from Costa Rica.

KEYWORDS

Dennstaedtia Bernh., D. dissecta Complex, Ferns, New Taxa, Patania C. Presl

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Rojas-Alvarado, A. and Villalobos-Brenes, F. (2018) Three New Species and New Records of Dennstaedtia Bernh. from Mesoamerica. Open Access Library Journal, 5, 1-8. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1105020.

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