Leptochilus sarawakensis Li Bing Zhang & Liang Zhang, 2018

Zhang, Liang & Zhang, Li-Bing, 2018, Leptochilus sarawakensis nom. nov. (Polypodiaceae) from Malaysia, Phytotaxa 379 (3), pp. 269-270 : 269

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.379.3.6
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scientific name	Leptochilus sarawakensis Li Bing Zhang & Liang Zhang
status	nom. nov.

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Leptochilus sarawakensis Li Bing Zhang & Liang Zhang View in CoL , nom. nov.

Basionym: Polypodium fluviatile Lauterbach View in CoL in Winkler (1910: 507).

≡ Colysis fluviatilis (Lauterb.) Ching (1933: 319) View in CoL , Leptochilus macrophyllus var. fluviatilis (Lauterb.) Nooteboom (1997: 289) View in CoL , Pleopeltis fluviatilis (Lauterb.) Alderwerelt (1917: 403) View in CoL , L. fluviatili s (Lauterb.) Liang Zhang & Li Bing Zhang (2018: 173), not L. fluviatilis ( Hooker 1864: 274) C. Christensen (1905: 10 View in CoL , 385). (basionym: Acrostichum fluviatile Hooker (1864: 274) .

Type:— MALAYSIA. Sarawak: Borneo. Zwischen Batu Babi und Lumowia , 10 July 1908, Winkler 2830 (holotype B-200087499!; isotype L-0051793!) .

Distribution:— Malaysia.

Etymology:—From the type locality, Sarawak, Malaysia, and the Latin suffix -ensis, of geographical origin.

Notes:—This species is recognized based on morphology ( Zhang et al. 2018) and presumably it is a member of the Leptochilus macrophyllus clade (Zhang et al. in press) based on the distinctly dimorphic leaves and the distribution of the species.