A new Aspleniutn hybrid from Valencia (Spain) related to A. majoricum Litard

PANGUA, E., PRADA, C, PAJARON, S. & SALVO, E., 1992. A new Aspleniutn hybrid from Valencia (Spain) related to A. majoricum Litard . A new diploid Asplenium hybrid, found in the Iberian Peninsula (Valencia, Benifairo de Valldigna), is described and the name Asplenium x protomajoricum proposed. The plants exhibit c. 72^I at meiosis. The cytology and morphology of the hybrid and its occurrence between the assumed parentals suggest that it originated from a cross between A. fontanum and A. petrarchae subsp. bivalens. The occurrence of A. petrarchae subsp. bivalens in eastern Spain is confirmed cytologically. The occurrence of A. majoricum on the mainland is also discussed.