Cystopteris chinensis (Ching) X.C.Zhang & R.Wei (2014:454)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Cystoathyrium chinense Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 11: 23, t. 4 (1966)

Conservation Status

Extinct in the Wild (Chen et al., 2023)

Last record: 1982 (Wei & Zhang, 2014) or 1984 (China Plant Specialist Group, 2004)

Since rediscovered (Wei & Zhang, 2014)

Since disappeared from the wild [by implication] (Chen et al., 2023)

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered

Distribution

China

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Ching, R‐C. (1966). Three new fern genera. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 11: 17-30.

Other references:

Chen, Ronglian, Zhang, Faqi, Chen, Shilong and Chi, Xiaofeng. (2023). Checklist of national key protected wild plants on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e103289. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e103289

China Plant Specialist Group. (2004). Cystoathyrium chinense. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T46606A11069200. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T46606A11069200.en. Accessed on 21 October 2023.

Dong, S., Zuo, Z., Yan, Y. and Xiang, J. (2017). Red list assessment of lycophytes and ferns in China. Biodiversity Science 25(7): 765-773.

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 21 October 2023]

Wang, M.‐L., Hsieh, Y.‐T. and Zhao, G.‐F. (2004). A revised subdivision of the Athyriaceae. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 42: 524-527.

Wang, Z.‐R. (1997). A subdivision of the family Athyriaceae Alston. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 35: 32-36.

Wang, Z.‐R. (1999). Acystopteris–Gymnocarpium. In: Flora Republicae Popularis Sinicae. Beijing: Science Press. 3: 38-74.

Wei, Ran and Zhang, Xian-Chun. (2014). Rediscovery of Cystoathyrium chinense Ching (Cystopteridaceae): Phylogenetic placement of the critically endangered fern species endemic to China. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 52(4): 450-457. [Abstract]

Zhang, X.‐C. (2012). Lycophytes and ferns of China. Beijing: Peking University Press.

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