A new fern species of Christella (Thelypteridaceae) from India

Autor: Saroj Kanta Barik, Prem Behari Khare, Sandip Kumar Behera, Arun Kumar Kushwaha
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Phytotaxa. 397:246
ISSN: 1179-3163
1179-3155
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.397.3.4
Popis: A new fern species Christella kendujharensis (family Thelypteridaceae) from Odisha, India is described and illustrated. It shows morphological resemblance with Christella clarkei (Bedd.) C.F. Reed. While C. kendujharensis has ascending rhizome, reduced lower pinnae and irregular shaped pinnules, C. clarkei has creeping rhizome, non-reduced lower pinnae and regular shaped pinnules. Based on IUCN criteria (ver3.1), the new species is assessed as Critically Endangered (CR) B2abC2a(i)D.
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