New records of Megalastrum in the northeastern Atlantic Forest

By

Farias, Rafael De Paiva
Santiago, Augusto César Pessôa
Pereira, Anna Flora de Novaes
Araújo Da Silva, Ivo Abraão
Barros, Iva Carneiro Leão.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015-3-14

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

11

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

1604--3

Subjects

Atlantic forest , Brazil , Dryopteridaceae , Ferns , Megalastrum.

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/11.2.1604

 

Abstract

Megalastrum indusiatum R. C. Moran et al. and Megalastrum umbrinum (C. Chr.) A. R. Sm. & R. C. Moran are reported for the first time in the Northeastern Atlantic Forest, extending the distribution of species in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest in about 680 and 1080 km to the north, respectively. Information on taxonomy and species distribution are provided.