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<mods:title>New pteridophyte species and combinations from the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Lorence, David H.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Wagner, Warren L.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Wood, Kenneth R.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:date>2011</mods:date>
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8. 
<taxonomicName LSID="581D5308-2B91-6D76-0EEF-A05A4D0B8EBF" authority="Lorence &amp; K. R. Wood" authorityName="Lorence &amp; K. R. Wood" authorityYear="2011" class="Pteridopsida" family="Pteridaceae" genus="Pteris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Pteris tahuataensis" order="Filicales" pageId="15" pageNumber="20" phylum="Polypodiophyta" rank="species" species="tahuataensis" status="sp. nov.">Pteris tahuataensis Lorence &amp; K. R. Wood</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Pteris tahuataensis Lorence &amp; K. R. Wood. A habit B blade C fertile pinna distal part D lower surface of fertile pinnule showing marginal sori E rhizome scale. Drawn from the type collection (Wood 10083) and field images." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/9906" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Figs 10</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. A Polystichum uahukaense, frond (Ua Huka, Wood 10518) B Pteris hivaoaensis (Hiva Oa, Wood 4374) C, D Pteris marquesensis C frond D rhizome and stipe bases (both Hiva Oa, Wood 10871) E Pteris tahuataensis (Tahuata, Wood 10083) F Thelypteris marquesensis, habit, colony on wet rock face (Hiva Oa, Wood 4408)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/9912" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">15E</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Latin.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="20">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Ab aliis Marquesas speciebus laminis 1-pinnatis usque ad 1-pinnato-pinnatifidis, distalibus pinnis non alatis, et glabris ver glabrescentibus stipitibus differt.</emphasis>
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Type.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="20">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Marquesas Islands:</emphasis>
Tahuata: Hanatetena, main valley, first deep gulch to the north, general UTM 0710938 - 8899189, 518 m, 2 Feb 2003,K. R. Wood 10083 (Holotype: PTBG-04297!; Isotypes P!, PAP!, UC!, US!).
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="20">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Terrestrial or lithophytic ferns</emphasis>
; 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">rhizomes</emphasis>
creeping to suberect, 2-5 cm long, 1-3 cm in diameter, clothed in fine, golden-brown acicular hairs 1-2.5 mm long; 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">fronds</emphasis>
15-20 per rhizome, pendent, 35-125 cm long; stipes ca. 
<normalizedToken originalValue="½">1/2</normalizedToken>
length of frond, up to 4 mm in diameter, atrocastaneous to stramineous, grooved adaxially, sparsely pustulate, glabrous except for a sparse cover of linear to linear-lanceoate, tan-brown scales 3-5 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.3-0.5 mm at base of stipes; blades chartaceous, glabrous, ovate, 18-65 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
12-35 cm, ovate. with 5-7 pairs of pinnae; proximal 1-3 pinnaepairs 1 
<normalizedToken originalValue="–(2–">-(2-</normalizedToken>
) pinnate-pinnatifid, up to 34 cm long, sessile or stalked up to 9 mm, base obtuse to truncate, uniauriculate or bearing 2-3 pair of falcate lobes or with proximal pair occasionally dividing into falcate pinnules 5-13 cm 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
1.4-1.7 mm, reaching maximum length basiscopically on lowest pinnae, apices acute to cuneate, or attenuate, margins crenate to dentate; distal part of blade composed of 3-5 pinnae pairs, these simple, falcate, subopposite, up to 23 cm long, the bases sessile, obtuse to truncate, sometimes uniauriculate acroscopically, tapering gradually to cuneate or attenuate apices with crenate-dentate margins, the single terminal pinna free or sometimes adnate basally to the distal pinnae pair, 6.5-23 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
1.0-2.5 cm, apex attenuate, crenate; costaeand costules grooved adaxially, rounded abaxially, similar to stipe in color; veins netted with 2-3 rows of areoles. 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Sori</emphasis>
with indusia 0.5-0.9 mm wide, olivaceous; sori usually absent at apices of pinnae, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Spores</emphasis>
castaneous.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Figure 10.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lorence &amp; K. R. Wood" authorityYear="2011" class="Pteridopsida" family="Pteridaceae" genus="Pteris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Filicales" pageId="15" pageNumber="20" phylum="Polypodiophyta" rank="species" species="tahuataensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Pteris tahuataensis</emphasis>
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Lorence &amp; K. R. Wood. 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">A</emphasis>
habit 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">B</emphasis>
blade 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">C</emphasis>
fertile pinna distal part 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">D</emphasis>
lower surface of fertile pinnule showing marginal sori 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">E</emphasis>
rhizome scale. Drawn from the type collection (Wood 10083) and field images.
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Known only from Tahuata, Marquesas Islands.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Ecology.</paragraph>
<paragraph lastPageId="16" lastPageNumber="21" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">
This new terrestrial or lithophytic species occurs in wet forests and shrublands from about 418 to 914 m elevation, usually on windswept vertical cliffs in water seepage. A population of approximately 50-70 plants was observed at 914 m on windswept vertical cliffs around a natural spring on saturated basalt walls with 
<taxonomicName authorityName="P. M. Peterson &amp; Judz" authorityYear="1990" baseAuthorityName="F. Br." class="Monocotyledoneae" family="Poaceae" genus="Leptochloa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Graminales" pageId="15" pageNumber="20" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="marquisensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Leptochloa marquisensis</emphasis>
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(F. Br.) P. M. Peterson &amp; Judz. and 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Selliguea feeioides</emphasis>
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Copel., mosses, and lichens in wet forest of 
<taxonomicName authorityName="J. R. Forster &amp; G. Forster" authorityYear="1775" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rhizophoraceae" genus="Crossostylis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Malpighiales" pageId="15" pageNumber="20" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="biflora">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Crossostylis biflora</emphasis>
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, 
<taxonomicName class="Monocotyledoneae" family="Pandanaceae" genus="Freycinetia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Pandanales" pageId="15" pageNumber="20" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Freycinetia</emphasis>
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sp., 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" genus="Metrosideros" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Myrtales" pageId="15" pageNumber="20" phylum="Magnoliophyta" rank="species" species="collina">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Metrosideros collina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName class="Clitellata" family="Lumbricidae" genus="Reynoldsia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Crassiclitellata" pageId="15" pageNumber="20" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="marchionensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Reynoldsia marchionensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Forest Brown" authorityYear="1935" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Cunoniaceae" genus="Weinmannia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Oxalidales" pageId="15" pageNumber="20" phylum="Magnoliophyta" rank="species" species="marquesana">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Weinmannia marquesana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
var. 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">marquesana</emphasis>
, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Fosberg &amp; Sachet" authorityYear="1975" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Myrsinaceae" genus="Myrsine" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Primulales" pageId="15" pageNumber="20" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="grantii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Myrsine grantii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName class="Monocotyledoneae" family="Pandanaceae" genus="Pandanus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Pandanales" pageId="15" pageNumber="20" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="tectorius">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Pandanus tectorius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. A second population occurs at 518 m in mesic forest with 
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Apocynaceae" genus="Cerbera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Gentianales" pageId="15" pageNumber="20" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="manghas">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Cerbera manghas</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L., 
<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" family="Aulophyllidae" genus="Cyclophyllum" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Rugosa" pageId="15" pageNumber="20" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="barbatum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Cyclophyllum barbatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Malvaceae" genus="Hibiscus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Malvales" pageId="15" pageNumber="20" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="tiliaceus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Hibiscus tiliaceus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName class="Monocotyledoneae" family="Pandanaceae" genus="Pandanus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Pandanales" pageId="15" pageNumber="20" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="tectorius">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Pandanus tectorius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Sapindaceae" genus="Sapindus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Sapindales" pageId="15" pageNumber="20" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="saponaria">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Sapindus saponaria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L. and 
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Flacourtiaceae" genus="Xylosma" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Violales" pageId="15" pageNumber="20" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="suaveolens">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Xylosma suaveolens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
subsp. 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">pubigerum</emphasis>
. A third population is from lowland degraded mesic forest at 418 m elevation with 
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Apocynaceae" genus="Cerbera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Gentianales" pageId="15" pageNumber="20" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="manghas">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Cerbera manghas</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" family="Aulophyllidae" genus="Cyclophyllum" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Rugosa" pageId="15" pageNumber="20" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="barbatum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Cyclophyllum barbatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName class="Gastropoda" family="Ficidae" genus="Ficus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Littorinimorpha" pageId="15" pageNumber="20" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="prolixa">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Ficus prolixa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
var. 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">prolixa</emphasis>
, 
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Malvaceae" genus="Hibiscus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Malvales" pageId="15" pageNumber="20" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="tiliaceus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Hibiscus tiliaceus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName class="Monocotyledoneae" family="Pandanaceae" genus="Pandanus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Pandanales" pageId="15" pageNumber="20" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="tectorius">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="20">Pandanus tectorius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<pageBreakToken pageId="16" pageNumber="21" start="start">and</pageBreakToken>
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Flacourtiaceae" genus="Xylosma" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Violales" pageId="16" pageNumber="21" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="suaveolens">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="21">Xylosma suaveolens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
subsp. 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="21">pubigerum, Sapindus saponaria</emphasis>
. The main threats to this species include competition from invasive alien plant species and habitat destruction by feral goats and fire at lower elevations. Known only from three collections, the one population at 418 m having an estimated 50-70 plants (Wood 10085), the others were isolated plants.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="16" pageNumber="21">Conservation status.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="16" pageNumber="21">
Proposed IUCN Red List Category 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="21">Critically Endangered</emphasis>
(CR): B2a, B2b 
<normalizedToken originalValue="i–iii">i-iii</normalizedToken>
; D): B2: total area of occupancy less than 10 km2 (ca. 5 km2); B2a, three populations known; b (
<normalizedToken originalValue="i–iii">i-iii</normalizedToken>
), habitat continuing decline inferred; D, population estimated to number fewer than 250 mature individuals. The suitable habitat for 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lorence &amp; K. R. Wood" authorityYear="2011" class="Pteridopsida" family="Pteridaceae" genus="Pteris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Filicales" pageId="16" pageNumber="21" phylum="Polypodiophyta" rank="species" species="tahuataensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="21">Pteris tahuataensis</emphasis>
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on Tahuata (ca. 61 km2) is indicated as an endangered environment, threatened by human activity (deforestation, fire), feral animals, and invasive plants, reducing the extent of the forest. D, the rarity of this species is supported by the lack of collections and the small extant area, i.e. with only three known collections and an estimated total population size of fewer than 250 plants.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="16" pageNumber="21">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="16" pageNumber="21">This new species is named for its only known island of occurrence.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="16" pageNumber="21">Specimens examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="16" pageNumber="21">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="21">Marquesas Islands: Tahuata:</emphasis>
Hapatoni, village to the south of Vaitahu, ridge to summit above Patikoea point, UTM 0706136-8897872, 418 m, Wood 10085 (BISH, K, MO, NY, P, PAP, PTBG, UC, US); Amatea region, locations around Haaoiputeomo satellite dish, 
<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-10.533333">9°92'S</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="139" direction="west" minutes="8" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="-139.13333">139°8'W</geoCoordinate>
, 914 m, Wood 10250 (PTBG, US).
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