Open AccessA new Dryopteris (Pteropsida: Dryopteridaceae) species from south‐central Africa
Author(s) -
ROUX J. P.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
botanical journal of the linnean society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.872
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1095-8339
pISSN - 0024-4074
DOI - 10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.00146.x
Subject(s) - dryopteridaceae , dryopteris , endemism , biology , ecology , genus , fern
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.