Disentangling the diversity and taxonomy of Hymenophyllaceae (Hymenophyllales, Polypodiidae) in the Mascarene archipelago, with ecological implications

Autor: Sabine Hennequin, Catherine Reeb, Lucie Bauret, Yannis Robert, Kersley Bruno Pynee, Marc-André Selosse, Timothée Le Pechon, Isabelle Dajoz, Germinal Rouhan, Jean-Maurice Tamon, Edmond Grangaud, Elodie Boucheron-Dubuisson, Jean-Yves Dubuisson, Cécile Chaussidon
Přispěvatelé: Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB ), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Meise Botanic Garden, Partenaires INRAE, Department of Plant Taxonomy and Nature Conservation, University of Gdańsk (UG), Institut d'écologie et des sciences de l'environnement de Paris (iEES), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Ministry of Agro Industry and Food Security, Auteur indépendant, Association Des Naturalistes De Bourbon, ATM MNHN 'Biodiversite Actuelle et Fossile', ATM MNHN 'Genomique Collections', ATM MNHN 'ALTIBIODIV', Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Meise Botanic Garden [Belgium] (Plantentuin), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Phytotaxa
Phytotaxa, Magnolia Press 2018, 375 (1), pp.1-58. ⟨10.11646/phytotaxa.375.1.1⟩
Phytotaxa, 2018, 375 (1), pp.1-58. ⟨10.11646/phytotaxa.375.1.1⟩
ISSN: 1179-3155
1179-3163
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.375.1.1⟩
Popis: International audience; We here explore the diversity and ecology, and update the taxonomy of the fern family Hymenophyllaceae, which forms one of the most diverse and emblematic fern assemblages in rainforests of the Mascarene archipelago in western Indian Ocean. Since 1999, we extracted data from floras, literature, and field investigations conducted, and from an exhaustive examination of the collections at P, REU, and MAU. Our checklist recognizes 26 taxa involving 23 species, 2 local varieties and 1 new forma. We reconsider area of distribution in Mascarene Hymenophyllaceae and at least 3 species appear to be restricted to the archipelago. We discuss the updated taxonomy and discrimination of each taxon (including a new nomenclatural proposition for Hymenophyllum tenellum here renamed as H. fumarioides) and provide a dichotomous key. We present and discuss the ecology and elevational distribution of each species, in addition to the local endemicity. Finally, we emphasize the importance of threatened lowland rainforests and of wet ravines in semi-dry forests, which host a high level of diversity in the context of local conservation of habitats.
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