Adiantumshastense, a new species of maidenhair fern from California.
Abstract
A new species of Adiantum is described from California. This species is endemic to
northern California and is currently known only from Shasta County. We describe its
discovery after first being collected over a century ago and distinguish it from Adiantumjordanii
and Adiantumcapillus-veneris. It is evergreen and is sometimes, but not always, associated
with limestone. The range of Adiantumshastense Huiet & A.R.Sm., sp. nov., is similar
to several other Shasta County endemics that occur in the mesic forests of the Eastern
Klamath Range, close to Shasta Lake, on limestone and metasedimentary substrates.
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10.3897/phytokeys.53.5151Publication Info
(2015). Adiantumshastense, a new species of maidenhair fern from California. PhytoKeys(53). pp. 73-81. 10.3897/phytokeys.53.5151. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10161/10799.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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Kathleen M. Pryer
Professor of Biology
My research focuses on understanding the evolutionary
relationships of ancient land plants, especially ferns and
horsetails, by integrating evidence from morphology,
molecules (DNA sequence data from multiple genes), and
the fossil record. I use an explicit phylogenetic framework
to examine the morphological evolution of various
sporophytic and gametophytic characters within vascular
plants, and to gain insight into the evolution of various life
history traits and the body plans that typ
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