A new Dryopteris (Pteropsida: Dryopteridaceae) species from south-central Africa |
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| Authors: | J. P. ROUX FLS |
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| Affiliation: | Compton Herbarium, National Botanical Institute, Private Bag X7, Claremont 7735, South Africa |
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| Abstract: | Dryopteris katangaensis , a new species endemic to the Katango–Zambian centre of endemism (Congo-Zambezi watershed) in Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo is described and illustrated. The morphological differences between the new species and D. schimperiana are discussed, and the ferns endemic to the Katango–Zambian Centre are reviewed. © 2003 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2003, 142 , 237–242. |
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| Keywords: | biogeography Congo-Zambezi watershed Dryopteris schimperiana endemism Katango Zambezian centre |
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