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<mods:title>Taxonomic revision of the Asplenium wrightii complex (Aspleniaceae) with reinstatement of A. alatulum and A. subcrenatum</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Zhang, Li-Bing</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName LSID="230A5D19-1A5F-5651-8C54-2771D1A5F30F" authority="Ching, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 9 (4): 359. 1964." authorityName="Ching, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 9 (4): 359. 1964." class="Polypodiopsida" family="Aspleniaceae" genus="Asplenium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Asplenium alatulum" order="Polypodiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="alatulum">Asplenium alatulum Ching, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 9(4): 359. 1964.</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Type.</paragraph>
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China.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Hainan</emphasis>
: Five-Finger Mountain, 19 May 1922,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">F.A.McClure 9713</emphasis>
(holotype: PE (PE00059412 [image!])). Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Type of Asplenium alatulum Ching (A barcode PE 00059412), A. subcrenatum Ching ex S. H. Wu (B barcode PE 00059494), A. wrightii Eaton ex Hooker (C barcode NY 00128031) and isotype of A. wrightii GH (D barcode GH 00020612)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.172.62511.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/509068" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">3A</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Description.</paragraph>
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Plants up to 50 cm tall. Rhizomes erect to decumbent, densely scaly; scales dark brown, narrowly lanceolate or lanceolate-ovate, 5-9
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.4-0.8 mm, denticulate glandular margin or long fibrillose (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Scales of A. alatulum, A. subcrenatum and A. wrightii. A, D, G A. wrightii B, E, H A. subcrenatum C, F, I A. alatulum." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.172.62511.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/509067" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">2C, F, I</figureCitation>
). Fronds tufted; stipe dull to semi-shiny, greyish-green to brown or stramineous-green, 12-25 cm, sparsely scaly, scales similar to those on rhizome; lamina triangular-ovate to elliptic, (15-)18-25(-30)
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
(10-)12-18(-22) cm, base truncate, apex acute, 1-pinnate (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Asplenium alatulum A Habitat and habit B Portion of lamina showing adaxial view of pinna C Portion of lamina showing abaxial view of pinna D Adaxial view of upper portion of lamina E Lower portion of rachis showing wide lateral wings." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.172.62511.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/509069" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">4A</figureCitation>
); pinnae 10-15 pairs, basal pinnae subopposite, others alternate, at an angle of ca. 60°-70° to rachis, with stalks (1-)2-4 mm, lower pinnae not reduced, suprabasal pinnae falcate-lanceolate, (5-)6-10(-12)
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
(0.8-)1.2-1.8(-2.0) cm, base asymmetrical, acroscopic side truncate at an angle of (55°-)65°-75(-85°) to costa, basiscopic side cuneate, becoming decurrent on rachis in apical part of lamina, margin serrate to dentate, apex acuminate (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Asplenium alatulum A Habitat and habit B Portion of lamina showing adaxial view of pinna C Portion of lamina showing abaxial view of pinna D Adaxial view of upper portion of lamina E Lower portion of rachis showing wide lateral wings." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.172.62511.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/509069" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">4B, C, D</figureCitation>
). Veins (1 or) 2-forked, with terminal hydathode. Fronds papery, brownish-green when dry, subglabrous; rachis brown to greyish-green or stramineous-green, subglabrous, terete abaxially, with greyish-green lateral wings (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Asplenium alatulum A Habitat and habit B Portion of lamina showing adaxial view of pinna C Portion of lamina showing abaxial view of pinna D Adaxial view of upper portion of lamina E Lower portion of rachis showing wide lateral wings." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.172.62511.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/509069" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">4E</figureCitation>
). Sori linear, (2-)5-9(-12) mm, on acroscopic veinlets, medial to supramedial (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Asplenium alatulum A Habitat and habit B Portion of lamina showing adaxial view of pinna C Portion of lamina showing abaxial view of pinna D Adaxial view of upper portion of lamina E Lower portion of rachis showing wide lateral wings." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.172.62511.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/509069" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">4C</figureCitation>
); indusia greyish-brown to dark brown, linear, papery, margin entire, opening towards costa, persistent. Spores with average exospore length 40-45
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, perispore cristato-alate (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Scanning electron micrographs of spore and stomata of A. alatulum, A. subcrenatum and A. wrightii A-F A. wrightii G-I A. subcrenatum J-L A. alatulum." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.172.62511.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/509066" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">1G</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Figure 1.</emphasis>
Scanning electron micrographs of spore and stomata of
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,
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and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A. wrightii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A-F</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A. wrightii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">G-I</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A. subcrenatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">J-L</emphasis>
<taxonomicName class="Filicopsida" family="Aspleniaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="A. alatulum" order="Polypodiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" phylum="Pteridophyta" rank="species" species="alatulum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A. alatulum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Figure 2.</emphasis>
Scales of
<taxonomicName class="Filicopsida" family="Aspleniaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="A. alatulum" order="Polypodiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" phylum="Pteridophyta" rank="species" species="alatulum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A. alatulum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A. subcrenatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName class="Filicopsida" family="Aspleniaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="A. wrightii" order="Polypodiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" phylum="Pteridophyta" rank="species" species="wrightii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A. wrightii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A, D, G</emphasis>
<taxonomicName class="Filicopsida" family="Aspleniaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="A. wrightii" order="Polypodiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" phylum="Pteridophyta" rank="species" species="wrightii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A. wrightii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">B, E, H</emphasis>
<taxonomicName class="Filicopsida" family="Aspleniaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="A. subcrenatum" order="Polypodiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" phylum="Pteridophyta" rank="species" species="subcrenatum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A. subcrenatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">C, F, I</emphasis>
<taxonomicName class="Filicopsida" family="Aspleniaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="A. alatulum" order="Polypodiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" phylum="Pteridophyta" rank="species" species="alatulum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A. alatulum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Distribution and habitat.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Asplenium alatulum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is apparently restricted to China. It grows on rocks in ravines of broad-leaved forests at an elevation of ca. 500-1600 m. (Fig.
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).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Additional specimens examined.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">China. Hainan</emphasis>
: Wuzhishan, Shuiman Village, elev. 870 m,
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,
<geoCoordinate degrees="109" direction="east" minutes="41" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="15.6" value="109.68767">109°41'15.6&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
, 7 Apr 2016,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">K.W.Xu 107</emphasis>
(SYS!); the same locality, elev. 1550 m, 20 Dec 2010,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">X.P.Wei &amp; R.Wei WXP113</emphasis>
(PE-2286681!).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Note.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
Though
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Asplenium alatulum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was thought to be an endemic species to the Hainan Island before its synonymisation with
<taxonomicName class="Filicopsida" family="Aspleniaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="A. wrightii" order="Polypodiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" phylum="Pteridophyta" rank="species" species="wrightii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A. wrightii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
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, the morphological distinction between
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A. alatulum</emphasis>
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and its closely-related species was obscure due to the insufficient field investigations. In the protologue,
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emphasised its small size, the short pinnae, the crenate-serrate pinna margins and whole rachis with lateral wings and stated that
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A. alatulum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is markedly different from
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A. wrightii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However,
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recognised that the plant and pinna size and margin shape are variable in the
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A. wrightii</emphasis>
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complex and included
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A. alatulum</emphasis>
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in the synonymy of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A. wrightii</emphasis>
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. Recently, our study, based on specimen examination and recent field observations of the two species, supports their distinction.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Asplenium alatulum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is distinct from
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A. wrightii</emphasis>
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in having erect to decumbent rhizome (vs. erect rhizome), oblong cells of scales (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Scales of A. alatulum, A. subcrenatum and A. wrightii. A, D, G A. wrightii B, E, H A. subcrenatum C, F, I A. alatulum." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.172.62511.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/509067" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">2C, F, I</figureCitation>
) (vs. quadrangle cells of scales, Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Scales of A. alatulum, A. subcrenatum and A. wrightii. A, D, G A. wrightii B, E, H A. subcrenatum C, F, I A. alatulum." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.172.62511.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/509067" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">2A, D, G</figureCitation>
), winged rachis (vs. winged towards apex) and fewer pinna pairs. Phylogenetically, our earlier molecular work resolved
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A. alatulum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in a distinct clade, sister to the clade containing
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A. wrightii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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A.
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shikokianum
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12384" author="Xu, KW" journalOrPublisher="Cladistics" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" pagination="22 - 71" refId="B24" refString="Xu, KW, Zhang, L, Rothfels, CJ, Smith, AR, Viane, R, Lorence, D, Wood, KR, Chen, CW, Knapp, R, Zhou, L, Lu, NT, Zhou, X-M, Wei, H-J, Fan, Q, Chen, S-F, Cicuzza, D, Gao, X-F, Liao, W-B, Zhang, L-B, 2020. A global plastid phylogeny of the fern genus Asplenium (Aspleniaceae). Cladistics 36 (1): 22 - 71, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12384" title="A global plastid phylogeny of the fern genus Asplenium (Aspleniaceae)." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12384" volume="36" year="2020">Xu et al. 2020</bibRefCitation>
). One accession from the Taiwan Island was nested within
<taxonomicName class="Filicopsida" family="Aspleniaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="A. alatulum" order="Polypodiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" phylum="Pteridophyta" rank="species" species="alatulum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A. alatulum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, indicating that this species should also be distributed in Taiwan.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/phytokeys.172.62511.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/509068" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" start="Figure 3" startId="F3">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Figure 3.</emphasis>
Type of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Asplenium alatulum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Ching (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A</emphasis>
barcode PE00059412),
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A. subcrenatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Ching ex S.H.Wu (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">B</emphasis>
barcode PE00059494),
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A. wrightii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Eaton ex Hooker (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">C</emphasis>
barcode NY00128031) and isotype of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A. wrightii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
GH (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">D</emphasis>
barcode GH00020612).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/phytokeys.172.62511.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/509069" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" start="Figure 4" startId="F4">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Figure 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Asplenium alatulum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A</emphasis>
Habitat and habit
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">B</emphasis>
Portion of lamina showing adaxial view of pinna
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">C</emphasis>
Portion of lamina showing abaxial view of pinna
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">D</emphasis>
Adaxial view of upper portion of lamina
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">E</emphasis>
Lower portion of rachis showing wide lateral wings.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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