Schizaeaceae

Amoroso, Victor B., Acola, Mescel S., Guiang, Maria Melanie M., Acma, Florfe M., Fritsch, Peter W. & Coritico, Fulgent P., 2023, A new species of grass fern, Schizaea erecta (Schizaeaceae), from Dinagat Island, Mindanao, Philippines, Phytotaxa 618 (3), pp. 265-273 : 272

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.618.3.4

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8411021

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD87CD-5347-0326-ABCC-FBD038E9C8DE

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Schizaeaceae
status

 

Key to the genera and species of grass ferns ( Schizaeaceae View in CoL ) in the Philippines

1. Sorophores pinnately arranged or comb-like ( Schizaea View in CoL )....................................................................................................................2

-. Sorophores digitate ( Actinostachys View in CoL ) ...................................................................................................................................................4

2. Fronds unbranched .............................................................................................................................................. Schizaea malaccana View in CoL

-. Fronds repeatedly dichotomously branched.......................................................................................................................................3

3. Laminae arching; segments ≥ 2 mm wide............................................................................................................ Schizaea dichotoma View in CoL

-. Laminae consistently erect; segments <2 mm wide................................................................................................... Schizaea erecta

4. Laminae ≥ 2 mm wide; stipes indistinct.............................................................................................................................................5

-. Laminae <2 mm wide; stipes distinct................................................................................................................................................6

5. Laminae (sterile portion) ≤ 5 mm wide; stomata in one row on each side of costa; sporangia in four rows on the sorophores ......... .......................................................................................................................................................................... Actinostachys digitata View in CoL

-. Laminae (sterile portion) ≤ 2.5 mm wide; stomata in two rows on each side of costa; sporangia in two rows on the sorophores ..... ....................................................................................................................................................................... Actinostachys inopinata View in CoL

6. Epiphytic; sorophores <6 mm long, 1 to 4 ....................................................................................................... Actinostachys minuta View in CoL

-. Terrestrial; sorophores ≥ 6 mm long, 1............................................................................................................. Actinostachys simplex View in CoL

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