Danaea (Marattiaceae) revisited: Biodiversity, a new classification and ten new species of a neotropical fern genus

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 360-385

  Christenhusz, Maarten J M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Distribution; Key; Marattioid ferns; Speciation; Subgenera

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; FERN; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

DANAEA; FILICOPHYTA; MARATTIACEAE;

EID: 77954706978     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01061.x     Document Type: Article

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