Ctenitis microlepigera (Nakai) Ching (1938:280)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Dryopteris microlepigera Nakai in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 43: 5 (1929)

Conservation Status

Rediscovered (Mizunashi et al., 2011)

Distribution

Hahajima, Ogasawara Islands (=Bonin Islands), Japan (contra Holltum, 1985; see Mizunashi et al., 2011)

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Nakai, T. (1929). Notes on Japanese Ferns VIII. Polypodiaceae II. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 43: 1-12.

Other references:

Ching, R. C. (1938). A revision of the Chinese and Sikkim Himalayan Dryopteris with reference to some species in the neighboring regions. Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. 8: 275-553.

Ebihara, Atsushi, Fraser-Jenkins, Christopher Roy, Parris, Barbara S., Zhang, Xian-Chun, Yang, Yue-Hong, Chiou, Wen-Liang, Chang, Ho-Ming, Lindsay, Stuart, Middleton, David, Kato, Masahiro, Praptosuwiryo, Titien Ngatinem, Amoroso, Victor B., Barcelona, Julie F., Ranil, Rajapaksha Haddokara Gedara, Park, Chan-Ho, Murakami, Noriaki and Hoya, Akihiko (2012). Rare and Threatened Pteridophytes of Asia 1. An Enumeration of Narrowly Distributed Taxa. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series B. 38(3): 93-119.

Hassler, Michael. (2004-2023). World Ferns. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 17.2; last update Oct. 18th, 2023. Available at: https://www.worldplants.de/ferns/ [Accessed 22 October 2023]

Holltum, R. E. (1985). Studies in the fern genera allied to Tectaria Cav. IV. The genus Ctenitis in Asia, Malesia and the Western Pacific. Blumea: Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants 31(1): 1-38 [32]. [automatic download]

H. Ito in Nakai & Honda, Nov. Fl. Jap. 4 (1939) 85

Mizunashi, K., Ideno, T., Murata, J. and Ohi-Toma, T. (2011). Discovery of a new population of an endangered fern, Ctenitis microlepigera (Dryopteridaceae), endemic to Hahajima Island of the Bonin Islands. Journal of Japanese Botany 86(3): 165-168. https://doi.org/10.51033/jjapbot.86_3_10292 (in Japanese with English summary)

Nakaike, New Fl. Jap. Pterid. (1982) 332

Nakato, Narumi et al. (2020). New Cytotaxonomic Records on Threatened Fern Species in Japan. Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Ser. B, 46(1): 17-27.

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