Wei Hong-Jin, Zuo Zheng-Yu
Eastern China Conservation Centre for Wild Endangered Plant Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai, 201602, China Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden Shanghai China.
Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, 650201, China Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming China.
PhytoKeys. 2024 Dec 18;250:7-19. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.250.119803. eCollection 2024.
A new natural hybrid fern, Dryopteris×subdiffracta (Dryopteridaceae), is reported from Guangxi, China. Molecular phylogenetic analysis based on DNA sequences from the low-copy nuclear marker and plastid genome revealed respectively that and are parents of the new hybrid, with as the maternal parent. Cytometric analysis of the nuclear DNA content indicated that might be a diploid hybrid. Morphologically, shares a high degree of similarity with from Taiwan, especially in zigzag-shaped rachis and deflexed pinna stalks. However, is distinguishable in the degree of lamina division and shapes of lamina and pinnulets. A comprehensive taxonomic description accompanied by line drawings are provided.