new_hymenophyllum_from_taiwan

Li-Yaung Kuo

doi:10.15468/dcv5gh

new_hymenophyllum_from_taiwan

Citation

Kuo L (2023). new_hymenophyllum_from_taiwan. Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility (TaiBIF). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/dcv5gh accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.

Description

Hymenophyllum chamaecyparicola T.C.Hsu & Z.X.Chang, a new filmy fern species (Hymenophyllaceae) has been described from Taiwan and illustrated based on morphological and phylogenetic evidence. Although the new species resembles members in the subgenus Mecodium, namely H. wrightii, our plastid phylogeny has revealed that it is genetically distant from H. wrightii and forms a clade nested within subg. Hymenophyllum. The most notable characteristic to differentiate H. chamaecyparicola from related species is the presence of minute spathulate hairs on the surface of the rachis and veins. Hymenophyllum chamaecyparicola is currently only known from a small area in northern Taiwan, and endemic to that country.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Hymenophyllum specimen collections from Asia

Sampling

Field collection, and survey historical collections in herbaria

Method steps

Morphological and phylogenetic analyses, and re-identification of previous collections in herbaria.

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Asia

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Li-Yaung Kuo
originator
position: Assistant professor
Institute of Molecular & Cellular Biology, National Tsing Hua University
Hsinchu
TW

Li-Yaung Kuo
metadata author
position: Assistant professor
Institute of Molecular & Cellular Biology, National Tsing Hua University
Hsinchu
TW

Li-Yaung Kuo
user
email: lykuo@life.nthu.edu.tw

Li-Yaung Kuo
administrative point of contact
position: Assistant professor
Institute of Molecular & Cellular Biology, National Tsing Hua University
Hsinchu
TW