AMERICAN FERN JOURNAL QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN FERN SOCIETY Revealing a Cryptic Fern Distribution Through DNA Sequencing: Pityrogramma trifoliata in the Western Andes of Peru BLANCA LEO´ N Departamento de Bota´nica, Museo de Historia Natural, Av. Arenales 1256, Aptdo. 14-0434, Lima- 14, Peru, and Plant Resources Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA, e-mail:
[email protected] CARL J. ROTHFELS Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA, e-mail:
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[email protected] American Fern Journal 103(1):40–48 (2013) Revealing a Cryptic Fern Distribution Through DNA Sequencing: Pityrogramma trifoliata in the Western Andes of Peru BLANCA LEO´ N Departamento de Bota´nica, Museo de Historia Natural, Av. Arenales 1256, Aptdo. 14-0434, Lima- 14, Peru, and Plant Resources Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA, e-mail:
[email protected] CARL J. ROTHFELS Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA, e-mail:
[email protected] MO´ NICA ARAKAKI Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA, and Departamento de Bota´nica, Museo de Historia Natural, Av.