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Ecological and genetic notes on Lindsaea digitata (Lindsaeaceae), a new fern species from western Amazonia
Author(s) -
Lehtonen Samuli,
Tuomisto Hanna
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
nordic journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1756-1051
pISSN - 0107-055X
DOI - 10.1111/j.0107-055x.2007.00109.x
Subject(s) - biology , sympatric speciation , amazon rainforest , fern , ecology , sympatry , botany
Morphological, ecological and genetic evidence have revealed the existence of two sympatric species in what has previously been recognised as Lindsaea divaricata Klotzsch. The new species, Lindsaea digitata Lehtonen & Tuomisto, is described here, and its ecological and genetic differences from the apparently closely related L. divaricata are documented.