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A Revision of the Fern Genus Oleandra (Oleandraceae) in Asia 1 Doi: 10.3897/Phytokeys.11.2955 Monograph Launched to Accelerate Biodiversity Research
A peer-reviewed open-access journal PhytoKeys 11: 1–37 (2012)A revision of the fern genus Oleandra (Oleandraceae) in Asia 1 doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.11.2955 MONOGRAPH www.phytokeys.com Launched to accelerate biodiversity research A revision of the fern genus Oleandra (Oleandraceae) in Asia Peter H. Hovenkamp1, Boon-Chuan Ho2 1 Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis (section NHN), Leiden University, PO Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands 2 Nees-Institut für Biodiversität der Pflanzen, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms- Universität Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 170, D-53115 Bonn, Germany Corresponding author: Peter H. Hovenkamp ([email protected]) Academic editor: T. Ranker | Received 16 February 2011 | Accepted 29 March 2012 | Published 6 April 2012 Citation: Hovenkamp PH, Ho B-C (2012) A revision of the fern genus Oleandra (Oleandraceae) in Asia. PhytoKeys 11: 1–37. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.11.2955 Abstract The Asiatic species of Oleandra (Oleandraceae) are revised. We reduce a large number of species to O. neriiformis and O. sibbaldii, we provide a revised circumscription of O. cumingii and O. undulata and we establish the identity of O. vulpina. In total, we recognize 9 species, with full synonymy, descriptions and distribution maps. A list of identifications is appended. Keywords Oleandra, systematics Introduction Virtually all authors who have dealt with the genus Oleandra Cav. have commented on its distinctness or naturalness. The shrubby growth form, particularly distinct in O. neriiformis Cav., prompted Cavanilles (1799; 1802) not only to derive the genus name, but also the species name from Nerium oleander L. (Apocynaceae). From this it should be clear that he saw the aerial stems of Oleandra neriiformis, of which the forms with distinctly whorled fronds are indeed strongly reminiscent of branches of Nerium olean- der. -
Polystichum Perpusillum (Sect. Haplopolystichum, Dryopteridaceae), a New Fern Species from Guizhou, China
Ann. Bot. Fennici 49: 67–74 ISSN 0003-3847 (print) ISSN 1797-2442 (online) Helsinki 26 April 2012 © Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board 2012 Polystichum perpusillum (sect. Haplopolystichum, Dryopteridaceae), a new fern species from Guizhou, China Li-Bing Zhang1 & Hai He2,* 1) Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 416, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China; and Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-0299, USA 2) College of Life Sciences, Chongqing Normal University, Shapingba, Chongqing 400047, China (*corresponding author’s e-mail: [email protected]) Received 20 Dec. 2010, final version received 23 Mar. 2011, accepted 24 Mar. 2011 Zhang, L. B. & He, H. 2012: Polystichum perpusillum (sect. Haplopolystichum, Dryopteridaceae), a new fern species from Guizhou, China. — Ann. Bot. Fennici 49: 67–74. Polystichum perpusillum L.B. Zhang & H. He, a new fern species of Polystichum sect. Haplopolystichum (Dryopteridaceae), is described and illustrated from the entrance to a karst cave in southern Guizhou, China. A phylogenetic analysis based on the chlo- roplast trnL-F sequences shows that it is phylogenetically isolated in the section with no close relatives. Morphologically, it is similar to P. minutissimum, but P. perpusillum has an acute lamina apex, up to 12 pairs of pinnae per lamina, and deltoid-ovate or ovate-lanceolate rachis scales, while P. minutissimum has a round lamina apex, 5–8 pairs of pinnae per lamina, and subulate or linear rachis scales. Polystichum perpusil- lum has a granulate sculpture with verrucae on its perispore, a sculpture rare in the genus. The species is considered to be critically endangered. -
Native and Exotic “Boston Ferns” and “Sword Ferns” (Nephrolepis Spp.)
A Case of Mistaken Identity Native and Exotic “Boston Ferns” and “Sword Ferns” (Nephrolepis spp.) Figure 1. Florida’s native sword fern, also known as wild Boston fern, is a dominant feature of south Florida hammocks and a popular native landscape plant (Nephrolepis exaltata). Shown here in DuPuis Preserve (Palm Beach/Martin County). Ken Langeland desired plants of grow- University of Florida Center for ers and yearly sales Aquatic and Invasive Plants soared in the hundred Figure 2. st 7922 NW 71 Street, Gainesville, FL 32653 thousands.” In 1894, a Fronds of [email protected] cultivar of N. exaltata Florida’s was discovered in a native giant Introduction shipment from a Phil- sword fern Florida’s native sword fern, also adelphia grower to a (Nephrolepis know as wild Boston fern, (Nephrolepis Boston distributer and biserrata) are exaltata) (Figure 1) and giant sword fern named N. exaltata cv. often 2 m (Nephrolepis biserrata) (Figure 2), were ‘Bostoniensis’, hence the long. Shown highly admired by early botanists, commonly used name here in Fern naturalists, and horticulturists (Small Boston fern (Foster Forest, 1918a, 1918b, Simpson 1920, Foster 1984). Other derivatives Pompano 1984). Charles Torrey Simpson (1920) of N. exaltata cv. ‘Bosto- Beach wrote: “But the real glory of the ham- niensis’, ranging from (Broward mock is the two species of Nephrolepis, 1-5-pinnate, and with County). one being the well known “Boston“ such descriptive names fern.” According to Foster (1984) as N. exaltata cv. ‘Florida “—they [N. exaltata] could be seen in [Fluffy] Ruffles’ were homes and public buildings almost developed and are still known from native sword fern and giant sword everywhere. -
The Nephrolepis Boston Fern Complex Series Editors (Including Nephrolepis Exaltata [L.] Dan Blanchon Schott), Nephrolepidaceae, Naturalised in New Zealand
PERSPECTIVES IN Biosecurity RESEARCH SERIES 2/2016 The Nephrolepis Boston fern complex SERIES EDITORS (including Nephrolepis exaltata [L.] Dan Blanchon Schott), Nephrolepidaceae, naturalised in New Zealand. Mel Galbraith Mark Large and Lizzy Farrington PERSPECTIVES IN BIOSECURITY RESEARCH SERIES 2/2016 The Nephrolepis Boston fern complex (including Nephrolepis exaltata [L.] Schott), Nephrolepidaceae, naturalised in New Zealand. By Mark Large and Lizzy Farrington The Nephrolepis Boston fern complex (including Nephrolepis exaltata [L.] Schott), Nephrolepidaceae, naturalised in New Zealand by Mark Large and Lizzy Farrington is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. This publication may be cited as: Large, M., and Farrington, L. (2016). The Nephrolepis Boston fern complex (including Nephrolepis exaltata [L.] Schott), Nephrolepidaceae, naturalised in New Zealand. Unitec ePress Perspectives in Biosecurity Research Series (2). Retrieved from http://www.unitec.ac.nz/epress/ About this series: Perspectives in Biosecurity is an occasional, multi-disciplinary electronic series of research papers and other outputs covering all aspects of the field of biosecurity, including, but not restricted to: invasion biology and ecology, invasive species identification/ diagnostics, management and eradication/control, new invasive species records, modelling, biosecurity law and policy, relationships between human society and invasive species. Papers in Perspectives in Biosecurity are primarily the results of research carried out by staff, students, graduates, associates, and collaborators of Unitec Institute of Technology. All papers are subject to a double blind peer review process. For more papers in this series please visit: www.unitec.ac.nz/epress/index.php/category/publications/epress-series/perspectives-in-biosecurity/ Cover design by Penny Thomson Cover image by Mel Galbraith On the cover is the Australian tachinid fly (Trigonospila brevifacies), a parasitoid of other insects, specifically larvae of a number of Lepidoptera. -
Spores of Serpocaulon (Polypodiaceae): Morphometric and Phylogenetic Analyses
Grana, 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00173134.2016.1184307 Spores of Serpocaulon (Polypodiaceae): morphometric and phylogenetic analyses VALENTINA RAMÍREZ-VALENCIA1,2 & DAVID SANÍN 3 1Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Center of Tropical Paleocology and Arqueology, Grupo de Investigación en Agroecosistemas y Conservación de Bosques Amazonicos-GAIA, Ancón Panamá, Republic of Panama, 2Laboratorio de Palinología y Paleoecología Tropical, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, 3Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad de la Amazonia, Florencia Caquetá, Colombia Abstract The morphometry and sculpture pattern of Serpocaulon spores was studied in a phylogenetic context. The species studied were those used in a published phylogenetic analysis based on chloroplast DNA regions. Four additional Polypodiaceae species were examined for comparative purposes. We used scanning electron microscopy to image 580 specimens of spores from 29 species of the 48 recognised taxa. Four discrete and ten continuous characters were scored for each species and optimised on to the previously published molecular tree. Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) showed that verrucae width/verrucae length and verrucae width/spore length index and outline were the most important morphological characters. The first two axes explain, respectively, 56.3% and 20.5% of the total variance. Regular depressed and irregular prominent verrucae were present in derived species. However, the morphology does not support any molecular clades. According to our analyses, the evolutionary pathway of the ornamentation of the spores is represented by depressed irregularly verrucae to folded perispore to depressed regular verrucae to irregularly prominent verrucae. Keywords: character evolution, ferns, eupolypods I, canonical correspondence analysis useful in phylogenetic analyses of several other Serpocaulon is a fern genus restricted to the tropics groups of ferns (Wagner 1974; Pryer et al. -
Plant Life MagillS Encyclopedia of Science
MAGILLS ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE PLANT LIFE MAGILLS ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE PLANT LIFE Volume 4 Sustainable Forestry–Zygomycetes Indexes Editor Bryan D. Ness, Ph.D. Pacific Union College, Department of Biology Project Editor Christina J. Moose Salem Press, Inc. Pasadena, California Hackensack, New Jersey Editor in Chief: Dawn P. Dawson Managing Editor: Christina J. Moose Photograph Editor: Philip Bader Manuscript Editor: Elizabeth Ferry Slocum Production Editor: Joyce I. Buchea Assistant Editor: Andrea E. Miller Page Design and Graphics: James Hutson Research Supervisor: Jeffry Jensen Layout: William Zimmerman Acquisitions Editor: Mark Rehn Illustrator: Kimberly L. Dawson Kurnizki Copyright © 2003, by Salem Press, Inc. All rights in this book are reserved. No part of this work may be used or reproduced in any manner what- soever or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy,recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright owner except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information address the publisher, Salem Press, Inc., P.O. Box 50062, Pasadena, California 91115. Some of the updated and revised essays in this work originally appeared in Magill’s Survey of Science: Life Science (1991), Magill’s Survey of Science: Life Science, Supplement (1998), Natural Resources (1998), Encyclopedia of Genetics (1999), Encyclopedia of Environmental Issues (2000), World Geography (2001), and Earth Science (2001). ∞ The paper used in these volumes conforms to the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, Z39.48-1992 (R1997). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Magill’s encyclopedia of science : plant life / edited by Bryan D. -
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Phytotaxa 164 (1): 001–016 ISSN 1179-3155 (print edition) www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/ Article PHYTOTAXA Copyright © 2014 Magnolia Press ISSN 1179-3163 (online edition) http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.164.1.1 On the monophyly of subfamily Tectarioideae (Polypodiaceae) and the phylogenetic placement of some associated fern genera FA-GUO WANG1, SAM BARRATT2, WILFREDO FALCÓN3, MICHAEL F. FAY4, SAMULI LEHTONEN5, HANNA TUOMISTO5, FU-WU XING1 & MAARTEN J. M. CHRISTENHUSZ4 1Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China. E-mail: [email protected] 2School of Biological and Biomedical Science, Durham University, Stockton Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom. 3Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8075 Zurich, Switzerland. 4Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DS, United Kingdom. E-mail: [email protected] (author for correspondence) 5Department of Biology, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland. Abstract The fern genus Tectaria has generally been placed in the family Tectariaceae or in subfamily Tectarioideae (placed in Dennstaedtiaceae, Dryopteridaceae or Polypodiaceae), both of which have been variously circumscribed in the past. Here we study for the first time the phylogenetic relationships of the associated genera Hypoderris (endemic to the Caribbean), Cionidium (endemic to New Caledonia) and Pseudotectaria (endemic to Madagascar and Comoros) using DNA sequence data. Based on a broad sampling of 72 species of eupolypods I (= Polypodiaceae sensu lato) and three plastid DNA regions (atpA, rbcL and the trnL-F intergenic spacer) we were able to place the three previously unsampled genera. -
Ferns, Cycads, Conifers and Vascular Plants
Flora of Australia Glossary — Ferns, Cycads, Conifers and Vascular plants A main glossary for the Flora of Australia was published in Volume 1 of both printed editions (1981 and 1999). Other volumes contain supplementary glossaries, with specific terms needed for particular families. This electronic glossary is a synthesis of all hard-copy Flora of Australia glossaries and supplementary glossaries published to date. The first Flora of Australia glossary was compiled by Alison McCusker. Mary D. Tindale compiled most of the fern definitions, and the conifer definitions were provided by Ken D. Hill. Russell L. Barrett combined all of these to create the glossary presented here, incorporating additional terms from the printed version of Volume 37. This electronic glossary contains terms used in all volumes, but with particular reference to the flowering plants (Volumes 2–50). This glossary will be updated as future volumes are published. It is the standard to be used by authors compiling future taxon treatments for the Flora of Australia. It also comprises the terms used in Species Plantarum — Flora of the World. Alternative terms For some preferred terms (in bold), alternative terms are also highlighted (in parentheses). For example, apiculum is the preferred term, and (=apiculus) is an alternative. Preferred terms are those also used in Species Plantarum — Flora of the World. © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia, 2017. Flora of Australia Glossary — Ferns, Cycads, Conifers and Vascular plants is licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia for use under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence with the exception of the Coat of Arms of the Commonwealth of Australia, the logo of the agency responsible for publishing the report, content supplied by third parties, and any images depicting people. -
Rare Plants of Louisiana
Rare Plants of Louisiana Agalinis filicaulis - purple false-foxglove Figwort Family (Scrophulariaceae) Rarity Rank: S2/G3G4 Range: AL, FL, LA, MS Recognition: Photo by John Hays • Short annual, 10 to 50 cm tall, with stems finely wiry, spindly • Stems simple to few-branched • Leaves opposite, scale-like, about 1mm long, barely perceptible to the unaided eye • Flowers few in number, mostly born singly or in pairs from the highest node of a branchlet • Pedicels filiform, 5 to 10 mm long, subtending bracts minute • Calyx 2 mm long, lobes short-deltoid, with broad shallow sinuses between lobes • Corolla lavender-pink, without lines or spots within, 10 to 13 mm long, exterior glabrous • Capsule globe-like, nearly half exerted from calyx Flowering Time: September to November Light Requirement: Full sun to partial shade Wetland Indicator Status: FAC – similar likelihood of occurring in both wetlands and non-wetlands Habitat: Wet longleaf pine flatwoods savannahs and hillside seepage bogs. Threats: • Conversion of habitat to pine plantations (bedding, dense tree spacing, etc.) • Residential and commercial development • Fire exclusion, allowing invasion of habitat by woody species • Hydrologic alteration directly (e.g. ditching) and indirectly (fire suppression allowing higher tree density and more large-diameter trees) Beneficial Management Practices: • Thinning (during very dry periods), targeting off-site species such as loblolly and slash pines for removal • Prescribed burning, establishing a regime consisting of mostly growing season (May-June) burns Rare Plants of Louisiana LA River Basins: Pearl, Pontchartrain, Mermentau, Calcasieu, Sabine Side view of flower. Photo by John Hays References: Godfrey, R. K. and J. W. Wooten. -
The Development Op the Sorus in Some Species Of
THE DEVELOPMENT OP THE SORUS IN SOME SPECIES OF NEPHROLEPIS, TOGETHER WITH OBSERVATIONS ON POINTS OP ANATOMICAL INTEREST. * * * i|t * * ** * * * $ # $ ** * * * * ** * * * * * Thesis submitted by Isabella M. Case, M. A. , B. Sc. for The Degree of Ph.D. ProQuest Number: 13905578 All rights reserved INFORMATION TO ALL USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a com plete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. uest ProQuest 13905578 Published by ProQuest LLC(2019). Copyright of the Dissertation is held by the Author. All rights reserved. This work is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States C ode Microform Edition © ProQuest LLC. ProQuest LLC. 789 East Eisenhower Parkway P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, Ml 48106- 1346 Introduction, Systematic position etc. Materials used Dev. of sorus of N, bis errata External appearance and habit of plant Origin of stolons Operation of size factor Detailed anatomy of stolon Anatomy of stem Pinna trace N • acuminata N. exaltata, etc. Comparative Discussion Summary Bibliography Description of figures THE DEVELOPMENT OP THE SORUS IN SOME SPECIES OP NEPHROLEPIS, TOGETHER WITH OBSERVATIONS ON POINTS OP ANATOMICAL INTEREST . Hooker in his "Species Filicum" (Vol. IV) describes six species of Nephrolepis, viz. N. tuberosa (Pr.), N. exaltata (Schott), N. acuta (Pr.), N. obliterata (Hook), N. floccigera (Moore) and N. davallioides (Kze.), the nomenclature being upheld by Christensen (Index Pilicum) In only two cases, viz. N. -
Flora of South Australia 5Th Edition | Edited by Jürgen Kellermann
Flora of South Australia 5th Edition | Edited by Jürgen Kellermann KEY TO FAMILIES1 J.P. Jessop2 The sequence of families used in this Flora follows closely the one adopted by the Australian Plant Census (www.anbg.gov. au/chah/apc), which in turn is based on that of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG III 2009) and Mabberley’s Plant Book (Mabberley 2008). It differs from previous editions of the Flora, which were mainly based on the classification system of Engler & Gilg (1919). A list of all families recognised in this Flora is printed in the inside cover pages with families already published highlighted in bold. The up-take of this new system by the State Herbarium of South Australia is still in progress and the S.A. Census database (www.flora.sa.gov.au/census.shtml) still uses the old classification of families. The Australian Plant Census web-site presents comparison tables of the old and new systems on family and genus level. A good overview of all families can be found in Heywood et al. (2007) and Stevens (2001–), although these authors accept a slightly different family classification. A number of names with which people using this key may be familiar but are not employed in the system used in this work have been included for convenience and are enclosed on quotation marks. 1. Plants reproducing by spores and not producing flowers (“Ferns and lycopods”) 2. Aerial shoots either dichotomously branched, with scale leaves and 3-lobed sporophores or plants with fronds consisting of a simple or divided sterile blade and a simple or branched spikelike sporophore .................................................................................. -
TECTARIACEAE 1. ARTHROPTERIS J. Smith in J. D. Hooker, Fl. Nov.-Zel
This PDF version does not have an ISBN or ISSN and is not therefore effectively published (Melbourne Code, Art. 29.1). The printed version, however, was effectively published on 6 June 2013. Xing, F. W., Y. H. Yan, S. Y. Dong, F. G. Wang, M. J. M. Christenhusz & P. H. Hovenkamp. 2013. Tectariaceae. Pp. 730–746 in Z. Y. Wu, P. H. Raven & D. Y. Hong, eds., Flora of China, Vol. 2–3 (Pteridophytes). Beijing: Science Press; St. Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden Press. TECTARIACEAE 三叉蕨科 san cha jue ke Xing Fuwu (邢福武)1, Yan Yuehong (严岳鸿)2, Dong Shiyong (董仕勇)1, Wang Faguo (王发国)1; Maarten J. M. Christenhusz3, Peter H. Hovenkamp4 Plants terrestrial, 10–300 cm tall. Rhizome erect or ascending to creeping, short or long, stout or slender, scaly at apex; rhizome and basal stipe scales brown, linear or lanceolate, margins entire, finely toothed, or ciliate, membranous. Stipe yellow, brown, or black, scaly at base or sometimes throughout. Fronds tufted or approximate, monomorphic to strongly dimorphic, simple or pinnate to 4 times pinnate-pinnatifid, often triangular or pentagonal, usually decompound toward apices; rachises and costae usually (in most genera) covered with articulate multicellular (ctenitoid) hairs; veins free or variously anastomosing, included veinlets if present simple or forked. Sori terminal on included free veins, dorsal on veins or compital on (at intersection of) connected veins, usually orbicular, sometimes elongate, anastomosing in lines, in some species throughout abaxial surface of lamina when mature, indusiate or exindusiate; indusia if present orbicular-reniform, persistent or caducous. Spores ovoid or elliptic, monolete, perispore with winglike folds, cristate, echinate, verrucose, rugose, or spinose.