Selaginella wuyishanensis (sect. Tetragonostachyae, Selaginellaceae), a new species from East China and its phylogenetic position based on molecular data

By

Xu, Ke-Wang
Chen, Shui-Fei
Song, Qiang
Zheng, Xiao
Li, Meng
Fang, Yanming
Wei, Hongjin
Ding, Hui
Zhou, Xin-Mao
Duan, Yi-Fan

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

202

Pages

107--119

Subjects

Danxia landform , Selaginella albociliata , Selaginella subg. Heterostachys , Species diversity

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.202.85410

 

Abstract

A new spikemoss species, Selaginella wuyishanensis, is described and illustrated based on materials collected from Fujian Province, East China. The new species can be distinguished from S. lutchuensis Koidzumi and S. albociliata P. S. Wang by its leaves with extremely long cilia (up to 8 mm) and distinctly white margins, ovate ventral sporophylls, and sporophyll-pteryx completely inverted on dorsal sporophylls. In the present work, a molecular phylogeny, taxonomic description, distribution information, line drawing, and photographs of this new species are presented. A morphological comparison is also given to distinguish it from morphologically similar species in Selaginella sect. Tetragonostachyae (Hook. & Grev.) Hieron. & Sadeb.