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<treatmentCitation id="0ABF10F1FFA29B0060527B61FD81F986" author="Plesioneuron Holttum" box="[121,550,1576,1597]" journal="Blumea" page="232" pageId="75" pageNumber="65" score="3.24319811522761" volume="22" year="1975">
<taxonomicName id="4C1E4D63FFA29B0060527B61FE01F986" ID-CoL="6SM3" authority="Holttum, Blumea" authorityName="Holttum, Blumea" box="[121,422,1576,1597]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Thelypteridaceae" genus="Plesioneuron" kingdom="Plantae" order="Polypodiales" pageId="75" pageNumber="65" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA29B0060527B61FF5AF986" bold="true" box="[121,253,1576,1597]" pageId="75" pageNumber="65">Plesioneuron</emphasis>
Holttum, Blumea
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22:232. 1975
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.
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA29B0062497B63FC8DF980" box="[610,810,1578,1595]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="65">Plesioneuron tuberculatum</emphasis>
(Ces.) Holttum
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[=
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA29B0063997B63FBD3F980" box="[946,1140,1578,1595]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="65">Nephrodium tuberculatum</emphasis>
Ces.
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<taxonomicName id="4C1E4D63FFA29B0060B27B19FE6BF9DA" ID-CoL="8R5X7" authority="Holttum" box="[153,460,1616,1633]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Thelypteridaceae" genus="Mesophlebion" kingdom="Plantae" order="Polypodiales" pageId="75" pageNumber="65" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Plesioneuron">
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA29B0060B27B19FF5BF9DA" box="[153,252,1616,1633]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="65">Mesophlebion</emphasis>
subg.
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Holttum
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For additional generic synonymy, see
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,
<bibRefCitation id="EF8F4B11FFA29B0062017B22FDF6F9C7" author="Holttum" box="[554,593,1643,1660]" firstAuthor="Holttum" journalOrPublisher="Flora Malesiana" pageId="75" pageNumber="65" pagination="334 - 560" part="1" refId="ref109955" refString="HOLTTUM, R. E. 1982. Thelypteridaceae. Flora Malesiana, Ser. II, 1 (5): 334 - 560." title="Thelypteridaceae" type="journal article" year="1982">1982</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EF8F4B11FFA29B0062737B22FD2FF9C7" author="Holttum" box="[600,648,1643,1660]" firstAuthor="Holttum" journalOrPublisher="Allertonia" pageId="75" pageNumber="65" pagination="169 - 234" part="1" refId="ref109882" refString="HOLTTUM, R. E. 1977 b. The family Thelypteridaceae in the Pacific and Australasia. Allertonia 1: 169 - 234." title="The family Thelypteridaceae in the Pacific and Australasia" type="journal article" year="1977" yearSuffix="b">1977b</bibRefCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA29B0060527BD8FF5FF91D" box="[121,248,1681,1702]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="65">Etymology.—</emphasis>
Gr.
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, near +
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, vein, the genus was segregated from
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA29B0063177BD8FC1EF91D" box="[828,953,1681,1702]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="65">Mesophlebion</emphasis>
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, from which it is distinguished by the basal basiscopic vein never arising far from its costule (
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA29B0062E97BFBFCA0F97C" bold="true" box="[706,775,1714,1735]" pageId="75" pageNumber="65">Fig. 6A</emphasis>
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).
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Plants terrestrial or epilithic, small to large (
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);
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA29B0062E17B9BFC8FF95C" bold="true" box="[714,808,1746,1767]" pageId="75" pageNumber="65">rhizomes</emphasis>
creeping to erect;
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA29B0063FC7B9BFBBDF95C" bold="true" box="[983,1050,1746,1767]" pageId="75" pageNumber="65">fronds</emphasis>
monomorphic, erect to pendent;
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA29B0060C57BBBFE8DF8BC" bold="true" box="[238,298,1778,1799]" pageId="75" pageNumber="65">stipes</emphasis>
stramineous to dull brown, with ovate-lanceolate to linear, medium- to dark brown scales, these typically thin, sometimes thickened (e.g.,
<taxonomicName id="4C1E4D63FFA59B0761DA7DEBFDDCFF0D" box="[497,635,161,183]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Thelypteridaceae" genus="Plesioneuron" kingdom="Plantae" order="Polypodiales" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="costulisorum">
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0761DA7DEBFDDCFF0D" box="[497,635,161,183]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">P. costulisorum</emphasis>
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) at the base of stipe and rhizome apex, sometimes essentially lacking; dark projecting spines sometimes present along stipes (e.g.,
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0762D17D8BFC06FF6D" box="[762,929,193,215]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">P. dryopteroideum</emphasis>
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);
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B07639D7D88FC5FFF6D" bold="true" box="[950,1016,193,214]" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">blades</emphasis>
chartaceous to stiffly coriaceous, often drying dull-green or sometimes pale grayish, typically pinnate-pinnatisect, less often pinnate-pinnatifid, rarely pinnatifid (
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0761177C4BFE34FEAD" box="[316,403,257,279]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">P. fulgens</emphasis>
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), proximal pinnae generally abruptly or subabruptly reduced, often deflexed, rarely gradually reduced (e.g.,
<taxonomicName id="4C1E4D63FFA59B0761697C6BFE66FE8D" box="[322,449,289,311]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Thelypteridaceae" genus="Plesioneuron" kingdom="Plantae" order="Polypodiales" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="imbricatum">
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0761697C6BFE66FE8D" box="[322,449,289,311]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">P. imbricatum</emphasis>
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), apex conform or gradually reduced, proliferous buds lacking;
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0764377C6BFBC5FE8C" bold="true" box="[1052,1122,290,311]" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">pinnae</emphasis>
straight or falcate, sessile or petiolulate, typically strongly asymmetrical at the base, excavate basiscopically (e.g.,
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B07647F7C0BFB1CFEEC" box="[1108,1211,322,343]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">P. prenticei</emphasis>
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), cuneate, rounded, or truncate, often with free basal lobe, but lacking expanded auricles; pinna apices frequently acuminate or caudate; sinus membranes often thickened, raised, and bearing hairs, forming a hairy ridge;
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B07641D7CCBFBCCFE2C" bold="true" box="[1078,1131,386,407]" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">veins</emphasis>
generally free, running to the margin above the sinus or alongside sinus ridges, not forming areoles, basal basiscopic vein arising from or near costule;
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0761047C88FE07FE6D" bold="true" box="[303,416,449,470]" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">aerophores</emphasis>
present as swollen discoloration, elongate in a few species (e.g.,
<taxonomicName id="4C1E4D63FFA59B0764237C8BFBF4FE6D" box="[1032,1107,449,471]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Thelypteridaceae" genus="Plesioneuron" kingdom="Plantae" order="Polypodiales" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="croftii">
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0764237C8BFBF4FE6D" box="[1032,1107,449,471]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">P. croftii</emphasis>
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);
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B07644D7C8BFF67FE4C" bold="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">indument abaxially</emphasis>
of short, unicellular, hyaline acicular hairs, usually restricted to veins and costae, sometimes also on laminar tissue, rarely lacking (e.g.,
<taxonomicName id="4C1E4D63FFA59B0761497F4BFE54FDAD" box="[354,499,513,535]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Thelypteridaceae" genus="Nephrodium" kingdom="Plantae" order="Polypodiales" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="tuberculatum">
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0761497F4BFE54FDAD" box="[354,499,513,535]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">P. tuberculatum</emphasis>
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), glands sometimes present, these yellow and spherical, sessile, or stipitate (e.g.,
<taxonomicName id="4C1E4D63FFA59B0760B97F6BFEB4FD8D" box="[146,275,545,567]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Thelypteridaceae" genus="Plesioneuron" kingdom="Plantae" order="Polypodiales" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="subglabrum">
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0760B97F6BFEB4FD8D" box="[146,275,545,567]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">P. subglabrum</emphasis>
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), scales occasionally present on costae;
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0762A77F6BFCF5FD8C" bold="true" box="[652,850,546,567]" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">indument adaxially</emphasis>
typically restricted to veins and costae, of hyaline acicular hairs and/or antrorsely arching reddish hairs along rachises and costae;
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0763907F08FBB5FDED" bold="true" box="[955,1042,577,598]" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">pustules</emphasis>
sometimes present on laminar tissue adaxially or abaxially (
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0761CA7F2BFDE4FDCC" box="[481,579,610,631]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">P.prenticei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
);
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B07627E7F2BFDDAFDCC" bold="true" box="[597,637,610,631]" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">sori</emphasis>
round, discrete, typically medial or inframedial, usually indusiate, indusia typically large, dark, and persistent, glabrous or with hairs or glands;
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0763B07FCBFBA5FD2C" bold="true" box="[923,1026,642,663]" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">sporangia</emphasis>
unadorned, or with spherical amber or yellow glands (e.g.,
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0761E77FEBFD69FD0D" box="[460,718,673,695]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">
<taxonomicName id="4C1E4D63FFA59B0761E77FEBFDE5FD0D" box="[460,578,673,695]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Thelypteridaceae" genus="Plesioneuron" kingdom="Plantae" order="Polypodiales" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="hopeanum">P.hopeanum</taxonomicName>
,
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,
</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0762FA7FEBFCA8FD0C" bold="true" box="[721,783,674,695]" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Fig. 2I</emphasis>
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), or setulae;
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0763AE7FE8FC60FD0D" bold="true" box="[901,967,673,694]" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">spores</emphasis>
often black, often minutely spinulose (echinate) or occasionally winged;
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= 36, all spp. diploid based on counts from four species,
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0764087F8BFBDFFD6D" box="[1059,1144,705,727]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">P.fulgens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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=36),
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B07604A7FABFF76FD4D" box="[97,209,737,759]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">P.caudatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(2
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= 72),
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0761187FABFE60FD4D" box="[307,455,737,759]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">P. keysserianum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0761F87FABFE78FD4C" box="[467,479,738,759]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">n</emphasis>
= 36),
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0762367FABFD3EFD4C" box="[541,665,738,759]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">P.wantotense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B07628E7FABFD16FD4C" box="[677,689,738,759]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">n</emphasis>
= 36). No hybrids are known.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C304656BFFA59B0760BA7E4BFD5CFBAC" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8BA136E0FFA59B0760BA7E4BFD5CFBAC" blockId="76.[97,1228,161,1815]" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0760BA7E4BFF4CFCAC" box="[145,235,770,791]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Diagnosis</emphasis>
.—
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0761227E48FED9FCAD" box="[265,382,769,790]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Plesioneuron</emphasis>
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, which is predominantly found in New
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and the western Pacific, differs from the strictly Malesian
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0761217E68FE2FFC8D" box="[266,392,801,822]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Mesophlebion</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the proximity of the origin of the basal basiscopic vein to the costule (
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) (vs. arising far from it;
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), the presence of glandular or setulose sporangia (but never a reddish gland on sporangial stalks), and stiff, terete, spine-like scales along the stipe and rachis. These spines are often black and are also borne by species of
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0760EB7EC8FEAEFC2D" box="[192,265,897,918]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Chingia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which differ from
<taxonomicName id="4C1E4D63FFA59B0761957EC8FD94FC2D" box="[446,563,897,918]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Thelypteridaceae" genus="Plesioneuron" kingdom="Plantae" order="Polypodiales" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0761957EC8FD94FC2D" box="[446,563,897,918]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Plesioneuron</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having less divided pinnae, veins generally anastomosing (vs. free), and by sori often inframedial or along costules (vs. medial to inframarginal;
<bibRefCitation id="EF8F4B11FFA59B07631F7EEBFC1CFC0C" author="Holttum" box="[820,955,930,951]" firstAuthor="Holttum" journalOrPublisher="Blumea" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" pagination="223 - 250" part="22" refId="ref109741" refString="HOLTTUM, R. E. 1975. Studies in the family Thelypteridaceae VIII. The genera Mesophlebion and Plesioneuron. Blumea 22: 223 - 250." title="Studies in the family Thelypteridaceae VIII. The genera Mesophlebion and Plesioneuron" type="journal article" year="1975">Holttum 1975</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C1E4D63FFA59B0763E27EE8FB99FC0D" box="[969,1086,929,950]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Thelypteridaceae" genus="Plesioneuron" kingdom="Plantae" order="Polypodiales" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0763E27EE8FB99FC0D" box="[969,1086,929,950]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Plesioneuron</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may generally be distinguished from
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0761127E8BFE6DFC6C" box="[313,458,962,983]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Pneumatopteris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0761E47E8BFE42FC6C" box="[463,485,962,983]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">s.s</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0761DE7E88FDC2FC6D" box="[501,613,961,982]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Reholttumia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0762B27E88FC9AFC6D" box="[665,829,961,982]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Sphaerostephanos</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by its pinnate-pinnatisect frond division, frequently asymmetrical pinna-bases, and free veins. Its larger stature and coarser laminae distinguish it from
<taxonomicName id="4C1E4D63FFA59B07604A7948FF42FBAD" box="[97,229,1025,1046]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Thelypteridaceae" genus="Coryphopteris" kingdom="Plantae" order="Polypodiales" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B07604A7948FF42FBAD" box="[97,229,1025,1046]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Coryphopteris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and Old World
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0761507948FE56FBAD" box="[379,497,1025,1046]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Amauropelta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which also have free veins.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C304656BFFA59B0760BA7968FF61FAAC" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="8BA136E0FFA59B0760BA7968FF61FAAC" blockId="76.[97,1228,161,1815]" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0760BA7968FE39FB8D" box="[145,414,1057,1078]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Biogeography and ecology.—</emphasis>
Totalling 60 species,
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0762467968FD43FB8D" box="[621,740,1057,1078]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Plesioneuron</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
reaches its greatest diversity in the mountains of
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.
<collectionCode id="ED0FAE25FFA59B076101790BFE9DFBEC" box="[298,314,1090,1111]" country="USA" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15406" name="Harvard University - Arnold Arboretum" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" type="Herbarium">A</collectionCode>
few species extend north and west in
<collectingCountry id="F3097670FFA59B07629F790BFCA6FBEC" box="[692,769,1090,1111]" name="Malaysia" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Malesia</collectingCountry>
, and ca. 12 spp. (
<bibRefCitation id="EF8F4B11FFA59B076387790BFBE3FBEC" author="Holttum" box="[940,1092,1090,1111]" firstAuthor="Holttum" journalOrPublisher="Allertonia" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" pagination="169 - 234" part="1" refId="ref109882" refString="HOLTTUM, R. E. 1977 b. The family Thelypteridaceae in the Pacific and Australasia. Allertonia 1: 169 - 234." title="The family Thelypteridaceae in the Pacific and Australasia" type="journal article" year="1977" yearSuffix="b">Holttum 1977b</bibRefCitation>
) occur in the
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,
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, and northern Queensland to Melanesia (
<collectingCountry id="F3097670FFA59B0762F7792BFD58FBCC" box="[732,767,1122,1143]" name="Fiji" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Fiji</collectingCountry>
) and Polynesia from
<collectingCountry id="F3097670FFA59B0763EC792BFBAEFBCC" box="[967,1033,1122,1143]" name="Samoa" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Samoa</collectingCountry>
, the Society Islands, and the Marquesas Islands. The genus appears to be absent from mainland Asia (including
<collectingCountry id="F3097670FFA59B0763EB79CBFC52FB2C" box="[960,1013,1154,1175]" name="India" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">India</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3097670FFA59B0763D679CBFB9CFB2C" box="[1021,1083,1154,1175]" name="China" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">China</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3097670FFA59B07646879CBFB3AFB2C" box="[1091,1181,1154,1175]" name="Thailand" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Thailand</collectingCountry>
, and
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), as well as from peninsular
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, and western
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(Sumatra, Java), and has only a single widespread species in the
<collectingCountry id="F3097670FFA59B0760C0798BFEFFFB6C" box="[235,344,1218,1239]" name="Philippines" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Philippines</collectingCountry>
(
<taxonomicName id="4C1E4D63FFA59B07614D798BFE75FB6C" box="[358,466,1218,1239]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Thelypteridaceae" genus="Plesioneuron" kingdom="Plantae" order="Polypodiales" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="savaiense">
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B07614D798BFE75FB6C" box="[358,466,1218,1239]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">P. savaiense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Species are epipetric or terrestrial and occur at low to middle elevations, but occasionally reach ~
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EF8F4B11FFA59B07615F79ABFE59FB4C" author="Holttum" box="[372,510,1250,1271]" firstAuthor="Holttum" journalOrPublisher="Flora Malesiana" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" pagination="334 - 560" part="1" refId="ref109955" refString="HOLTTUM, R. E. 1982. Thelypteridaceae. Flora Malesiana, Ser. II, 1 (5): 334 - 560." title="Thelypteridaceae" type="journal article" year="1982">Holttum 1982</bibRefCitation>
). They are found in forests, often along streams, and many species occur on limestone.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C304656BFFA59B0660BA786BFB74FEEC" lastPageId="77" lastPageNumber="67" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BA136E0FFA59B0760BA786BFEB1F9EC" blockId="76.[97,1228,161,1815]" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0760BA786BFE56FA8D" box="[145,497,1313,1335]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Taxonomic and phylogenetic studies</emphasis>
.—Originally described as a subgenus of
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0763B17868FBB9FA8D" box="[922,1054,1313,1334]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Mesophlebion</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF8F4B11FFA59B076407786BFB1AFA8C" author="Holttum" box="[1068,1213,1314,1335]" firstAuthor="Holttum" journalOrPublisher="Blumea" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" pagination="17 - 52" part="19" refId="ref109463" refString="HOLTTUM, R. E. 1971. Studies in the family Thelypteridaceae III. A new system of genera in the Old World. Blumea 19: 17 - 52." title="Studies in the family Thelypteridaceae III. A new system of genera in the Old World" type="journal article" year="1971">Holttum 1971</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B07604A7808FF71FAED" box="[97,214,1345,1366]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Plesioneuron</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was later elevated to generic status by
<bibRefCitation id="EF8F4B11FFA59B07626E780BFD7DFAEC" author="Holttum" box="[581,730,1346,1367]" firstAuthor="Holttum" journalOrPublisher="Blumea" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" pagination="223 - 250" part="22" refId="ref109741" refString="HOLTTUM, R. E. 1975. Studies in the family Thelypteridaceae VIII. The genera Mesophlebion and Plesioneuron. Blumea 22: 223 - 250." title="Studies in the family Thelypteridaceae VIII. The genera Mesophlebion and Plesioneuron" type="journal article" year="1975">Holttum (1975)</bibRefCitation>
, who noted that it seemed to be most closely related to
<taxonomicName id="4C1E4D63FFA59B07605C7828FF67FACD" box="[119,192,1377,1398]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Thelypteridaceae" genus="Chingia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Polypodiales" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B07605C7828FF67FACD" box="[119,192,1377,1398]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Chingia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, an idea supported by morphological data and, now, molecular data.As treated by
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,
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0764787828FB6FFACD" box="[1107,1224,1377,1398]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Plesioneuron</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
comprised 49 species. We transfer one unusual species with bipinnate fronds,
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B07634C78C8FBFFFA2D" box="[871,1112,1409,1430]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Plesioneuron marattioides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, to
<taxonomicName id="4C1E4D63FFA59B07645478C8FB6EFA2D" box="[1151,1225,1409,1430]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Thelypteridaceae" genus="Chingia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Polypodiales" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B07645478C8FB6EFA2D" box="[1151,1225,1409,1430]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Chingia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on morphology and molecular data (Fawcett et al. in press) and expand the genus to 60 by transferring thirteen species treated in
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B076122788BFE3DFA6C" box="[265,410,1474,1495]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Pneumatopteris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation id="EF8F4B11FFA59B076190788BFDF2FA6C" author="Holttum" box="[443,597,1474,1495]" firstAuthor="Holttum" journalOrPublisher="Allertonia" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" pagination="169 - 234" part="1" refId="ref109882" refString="HOLTTUM, R. E. 1977 b. The family Thelypteridaceae in the Pacific and Australasia. Allertonia 1: 169 - 234." title="The family Thelypteridaceae in the Pacific and Australasia" type="journal article" year="1977" yearSuffix="b">Holttum (1977b</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EF8F4B11FFA59B076276788BFD29FA6C" author="Holttum" box="[605,654,1474,1495]" firstAuthor="Holttum" journalOrPublisher="Flora Malesiana" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" pagination="334 - 560" part="1" refId="ref109955" refString="HOLTTUM, R. E. 1982. Thelypteridaceae. Flora Malesiana, Ser. II, 1 (5): 334 - 560." title="Thelypteridaceae" type="journal article" year="1982">1982</bibRefCitation>
), and one by
<bibRefCitation id="EF8F4B11FFA59B076322788BFC0FFA6C" author="Takeuchi" box="[777,936,1474,1495]" firstAuthor="Takeuchi" journalOrPublisher="Blumea" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" pagination="153 - 158" part="52" refId="ref115124" refString="TAKEUCHI, W. 2007. Notes on Pneumatopteris (Thelypteridaceae) from Papua New Guinea, with the description of a new calciphilous species. Blumea 52: 153 - 158." title="Notes on Pneumatopteris (Thelypteridaceae) from Papua New Guinea, with the description of a new calciphilous species" type="journal article" year="2007">Takeuchi (2007)</bibRefCitation>
, to
<taxonomicName id="4C1E4D63FFA59B0763E37888FB9AFA6D" box="[968,1085,1473,1494]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Thelypteridaceae" genus="Plesioneuron" kingdom="Plantae" order="Polypodiales" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0763E37888FB9AFA6D" box="[968,1085,1473,1494]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Plesioneuron</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(listed below). These are almost entirely free-veined species,keyed by
<bibRefCitation id="EF8F4B11FFA59B07627578ABFCBFFA4C" author="Holttum" box="[606,792,1506,1527]" firstAuthor="Holttum" journalOrPublisher="Flora Malesiana" page="418" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" pagination="334 - 560" part="1" refId="ref109955" refString="HOLTTUM, R. E. 1982. Thelypteridaceae. Flora Malesiana, Ser. II, 1 (5): 334 - 560." title="Thelypteridaceae" type="journal article" year="1982">Holttum(1982:418)</bibRefCitation>
in the second half of his key to
<taxonomicName id="4C1E4D63FFA59B07641978ABFB65FA4C" authorityName="sensu Holttum. In" authorityYear="1982" box="[1074,1218,1506,1527]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Thelypteridaceae" genus="Pneumatopteris" kingdom="Plantae" order="Polypodiales" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B07641978ABFB65FA4C" box="[1074,1218,1506,1527]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Pneumatopteris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, couplet 1, and also in the second half of his key to
<taxonomicName id="4C1E4D63FFA59B0762167B4BFCD3F9AC" authority="(Holttum 1973 a)" baseAuthorityName="Holttum" baseAuthorityYear="1973" box="[573,884,1538,1559]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Thelypteridaceae" genus="Pneumatopteris" kingdom="Plantae" order="Polypodiales" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0762167B4BFD69F9AC" box="[573,718,1538,1559]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Pneumatopteris</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF8F4B11FFA59B0762F27B4BFCC9F9AC" author="Holttum" box="[729,878,1538,1559]" firstAuthor="Holttum" journalOrPublisher="Blumea" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" pagination="293 - 325" part="21" refId="ref109522" refString="HOLTTUM, R. E. 1973 a. Studies in the family Thelypteridaceae V. The genus Pneumatopteris Nakai. Blumea 21: 293 - 325." title="Studies in the family Thelypteridaceae V. The genus Pneumatopteris Nakai" type="journal article" year="1973" yearSuffix="a">Holttum 1973a</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
.
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study of the pteridophyte flora of the east Indonesian islands of
<collectingCountry id="F3097670FFA59B0761A87B6BFE6CF98C" box="[387,459,1570,1591]" name="Indonesia" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Ambon</collectingCountry>
and Seram in the mid-1980s yielded two additional species and a variety to the genus (
<bibRefCitation id="EF8F4B11FFA59B07608F7B0BFEABF9EC" author="Kato" box="[164,268,1602,1623]" firstAuthor="Kato" journalOrPublisher="Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci, Ser. B" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" pagination="13 - 27" part="33" refId="ref110592" refString="KATO, M. 2007. Taxonomic studies of pteridophytes of Ambon and Seram (Moluccas) collected on Indonesian-Japanese expeditions XII *, Coryphopteris and Plesioneuron (Thelypteridaceae). Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci, Ser. B, 33: 13 - 27." title="Taxonomic studies of pteridophytes of Ambon and Seram (Moluccas) collected on Indonesian-Japanese expeditions XII *, Coryphopteris and Plesioneuron (Thelypteridaceae)" type="journal article" year="2007">Kato 2007</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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The eighteen samples, representing 15 of the 60 species of
<taxonomicName id="4C1E4D63FFA59B0762907B28FC97F9CD" box="[699,816,1633,1654]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Thelypteridaceae" genus="Plesioneuron" kingdom="Plantae" order="Polypodiales" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0762907B28FC97F9CD" box="[699,816,1633,1654]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Plesioneuron</emphasis>
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(Fawcett et al. in press) are well-supported as monophyletic, and weakly supported as sister to
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0762607BC8FD3CF92D" box="[587,667,1665,1686]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">
<taxonomicName id="4C1E4D63FFA59B0762607BC8FD30F92D" box="[587,663,1665,1686]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Thelypteridaceae" genus="Chingia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Polypodiales" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Chingia</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
Together, these two genera form a clade with
<taxonomicName id="4C1E4D63FFA59B0764647BCBFB64F92C" box="[1103,1219,1666,1687]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Thelypteridaceae" genus="Menisciopsis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Polypodiales" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0764647BCBFB64F92C" box="[1103,1219,1666,1687]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Menisciopsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1E4D63FFA59B07604A7BE8FF6EF90D" box="[97,201,1697,1718]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Thelypteridaceae" genus="Grypothrix" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Polypodiales" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B07604A7BE8FF6EF90D" box="[97,201,1697,1718]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Grypothrix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C1E4D63FFA59B0760D77BEBFEC7F90C" box="[252,352,1698,1719]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Thelypteridaceae" genus="Mesopteris" kingdom="Plantae" order="Polypodiales" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus" sensu="lato">
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0760D77BEBFEC7F90C" box="[252,352,1698,1719]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Mesopteris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B07614F7BE8FEDFF90D" box="[356,376,1697,1718]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">s.l</emphasis>
.
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While each of these genera is well-supported as monophyletic, backbone support among these genera is weak.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA59B0760BA7BA8FEF0F94D" box="[145,343,1761,1782]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">
Notes.—
<taxonomicName id="4C1E4D63FFA59B0760F47BA8FEF0F94D" box="[223,343,1761,1782]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Thelypteridaceae" genus="Plesioneuron" kingdom="Plantae" order="Polypodiales" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Plesioneuron</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
is one of the least-studied genera of
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, with many species known only from the
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or a few collections. New
<collectingCountry id="F3097670FFA59B07618D7A4BFE48F8AC" box="[422,495,1794,1815]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="76" pageNumber="66">Guinea</collectingCountry>
, the center of diversity for the genus, remains poorly collected.
<collectionCode id="ED0FAE25FFA59B07646C7A4BFBF0F8AC" box="[1095,1111,1794,1815]" country="USA" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15406" name="Harvard University - Arnold Arboretum" pageId="76" pageNumber="66" type="Herbarium">A</collectionCode>
diverse and unusual group of diminutive epilithic calciphiles occurs at higher elevation karst terrains in
<collectingCountry id="F3097670FFA49B0663D77DEBFB11FF0C" box="[1020,1206,162,183]" name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="77" pageNumber="67">Papua New Guinea</collectingCountry>
and were treated within
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA49B0661107D8BFE6BFF6C" box="[315,460,194,215]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="67">Pneumatopteris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation id="EF8F4B11FFA49B0661C57D8BFD23FF6C" author="Holttum" box="[494,644,194,215]" firstAuthor="Holttum" journalOrPublisher="Flora Malesiana" pageId="77" pageNumber="67" pagination="334 - 560" part="1" refId="ref109955" refString="HOLTTUM, R. E. 1982. Thelypteridaceae. Flora Malesiana, Ser. II, 1 (5): 334 - 560." title="Thelypteridaceae" type="journal article" year="1982">Holttum (1982)</bibRefCitation>
(see
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA49B06629F7D8BFC97FF6D" box="[692,816,193,215]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="67">incertae sedis</emphasis>
under
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<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA49B06635F7D8BFBA2FF6C" box="[884,1029,194,215]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="67">Pneumatopteris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
for further discussion, and an enumeration of these taxa), but may be most closely allied with
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA49B0663017DA8FC00FF4D" box="[810,935,225,246]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="67">
<taxonomicName id="4C1E4D63FFA49B0663017DA8FC05FF4D" box="[810,930,225,246]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Thelypteridaceae" genus="Plesioneuron" kingdom="Plantae" order="Polypodiales" pageId="77" pageNumber="67" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Plesioneuron</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
We refrain from assigning these species to a genus, due to lack of material for both morphological and molecular study. Although several of these taxa share the asymmetrical pinna-bases, pinnatisect laminae, and free veins, some differ from typical
<taxonomicName id="4C1E4D63FFA49B0664337C68FB2AFE8D" box="[1048,1165,289,310]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Thelypteridaceae" genus="Plesioneuron" kingdom="Plantae" order="Polypodiales" pageId="77" pageNumber="67" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96AEAF2FFA49B0664337C68FB2AFE8D" box="[1048,1165,289,310]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="67">Plesioneuron</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by proximal pinnae gradually reduced, and pinnae shallowly lobed, with a few anastomosing pairs of veins (vs. all veins free).
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