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Danaea (Arthrodanaea) geniculata Raddi, Opusc. Sci.

  • 1. Department of Biology, University of Turku, FI- 20014 Turku, Finland
  • 2. Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH- 8008 Zurich, Switzerland
  • 3. University Herbarium, 1001 Valley Life Sciences Bldg. # 2465, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 - 2465, USA

Description

Danaea (subg. Arthrodanaea) geniculata Raddi, Opusc. Sci. 3: 281. 1819.

Range: —Greater Antilles; southern Mexico to Bolivia (CO, SC) and southeastern Brazil.

Ecology: —Fairly common; terrestrial in humid forests, usually along streams or on steep slopes; 200–700 m in Bolivia, to 1300 m elsewhere.

Notes: —Specimens belonging to this species have traditionally been referred to Danaea elliptica Sm., together with most specimens of subg. Arthrodanaea (Smith et al. 1999, Tuomisto & Moran 2001). However, the type specimen of D. elliptica is a juvenile of D. nodosa (L.) Sm., which renders the former name a synonym of the latter (Christenhusz & Tuomisto 2006). Danaea geniculata is the oldest name that is available to replace D. elliptica for plants in this group, and is used here for the Bolivian material that is not referable to D. arbuscula or any of the other recently described segregate species. However, the type of D. geniculata is from the Atlantic forests of southeastern Brazil, and the species limits in this complex remain to be clarified. The possibility exists that there is an as yet undescribed species in Bolivia.

Notes

Published as part of Tuomisto, Hanna, Kessler, Michael & Smith, Alan R., 2018, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. VIII. Marattiaceae, pp. 64-68 in Phytotaxa 344 (1) on page 66, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.344.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/13720657

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Raddi, Opusc. Sci.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Marattiales
Family
Marattiaceae
Genus
Danaea
Species
geniculata
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Smith, A. R., Kessler, M. & Gonzalez, J. (1999) New records of pteridophytes from Bolivia. American Fern Journal 89 (4): 244 - 266. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1547234
  • Tuomisto, H. & Moran, R. C. (2001) Marattiaceae. Flora of Ecuador 66: 23 - 68.
  • Christenhusz, M. J. M. & Tuomisto, H. (2006) Five new species of Danaea (Marattiaceae) from Peru and a new status for D. elliptica. Kew Bulletin 61 (1): 17 - 30. Available from: https: // www. jstor. org / stable / 20443242? seq = 1 # page _ scan _ tab _ contents (accessed 1 March 2018)