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Diagnosis:—
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in having the widest part of pinnae located in the middle and acroscopic margins of pinnae being repand, but the former has denser rachis scales, pinna pairs per lamina &lt;11, lower pinnae not fertile, up to 5 sori per fertile pinna, and sori closer to the midrib, whereas the latter has sparser rachis scales, pinna pairs per lamina up to 15, all pinnae fertile, up to 8 sori per fertile pinna. and sori closer to pinna margins.
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<emphasis id="E58EEA77A761FF864ADE6963FF1C719E" bold="true" box="[136,253,1648,1670]" pageId="1" pageNumber="96">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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—A. Outside view of the cave where the new species was found.— B. Habitat.—C. Habit.—D. Adaxial view of frond—E. Adaxial view of lower portions of fronds.—F. Portion of abaxial pinna showing sori.—G. Abaxial view of upper portion of lamina.—H. Polar views of spores.
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Plants perennial. Rhizome erect, short, apex densely scaly; scales loose, dark brown, lanceolate, membranous, with linear areoles, margins sparsely with shortly filiform teeth. Fronds
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:—The spores are monolete, suborbicular in polar view and equatorial view. The spore size is 4250 μm. The perispore sculpture is cristate with numerous granules (
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<emphasis id="E58EEA77A762FF854AEB6EACFE1276CC" bold="true" box="[189,499,447,471]" pageId="2" pageNumber="97">Geographical distribution:</emphasis>
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is known only from Jinjie Town, Tiandeng County in
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<emphasis id="E58EEA77A762FF854AEB6D14FEF67504" bold="true" box="[189,279,519,543]" pageId="2" pageNumber="97">Ecology</emphasis>
:—
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<emphasis id="E58EEA77A762FF854B6C6D14FD8B7504" box="[314,618,519,543]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="97">Polystichum neocavernicola</emphasis>
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was observed to grow on walls and stalactites in a limestone cave with dim light and humid conditions.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="E58EEA77A762FF854AEB6D5CFEA0757C" bold="true" box="[189,321,591,615]" pageId="2" pageNumber="97">Etymology:</emphasis>
—From the Latin
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, new, and
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<emphasis id="E58EEA77A762FF8548C86D5CFCFD757C" box="[670,796,591,615]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="97">cavernicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, referring to the similar morphology of the new species to that of
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<emphasis id="E58EEA77A762FF854AF36D60FE4C7590" box="[165,429,627,651]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="97">Polystichum cavernicola</emphasis>
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.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="9FE065EEA762FF854AEB6D84FD927400" pageId="2" pageNumber="97" type="conservation">
<paragraph id="D7453665A762FF854AEB6D84FD927400" blockId="2.[136,1452,159,1480]" pageId="2" pageNumber="97">
<emphasis id="E58EEA77A762FF854AEB6D84FE3475B4" bold="true" box="[189,469,663,687]" pageId="2" pageNumber="97">IUCN Red List category</emphasis>
:—CR-Critically Endangered (CR B1ab(iii) + B2 + D) following the
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criteria: Only one population scattering in an area of ca.
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with about 50100 plants in total was observed in the cave. It is not likely that the new species occurs in other caves as observed in a number of cave species of
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<emphasis id="E58EEA77A762FF854E0F6DCCFB3C75EC" box="[1113,1245,735,759]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="97">Polystichum</emphasis>
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(e.g.,
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,
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, 2011;
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, -
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="E58EEA77A762FF854AEB6C34FD507424" bold="true" box="[189,689,807,831]" pageId="2" pageNumber="97">
Additional specimens examined (
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):
</emphasis>
—The same place as the
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,
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,
<emphasis id="E58EEA77A762FF854EC86C3BFA4A7424" box="[1182,1451,807,831]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="97">Yong-Yan Liang LYY1688</emphasis>
(CSH!, MO!, PYU!).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="9FE065EEA762FF854AEB6C7CFC0F72DC" pageId="2" pageNumber="97" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="D7453665A762FF854AEB6C7CFCD77320" blockId="2.[136,1452,159,1480]" pageId="2" pageNumber="97">
<emphasis id="E58EEA77A762FF854AEB6C7CFE66749C" bold="true" box="[189,391,879,903]" pageId="2" pageNumber="97">Taxonomic notes:</emphasis>
—In addition to the differences between
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<emphasis id="E58EEA77A762FF85491E6C7CFB98749C" box="[840,1145,879,903]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="97">Polystichum neocavernicola</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="E58EEA77A762FF854EE76C63FAAA749C" box="[1201,1355,879,903]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="97">P. cavernicola</emphasis>
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outlined above, the former has shorter stipes, slightly larger ratio (ca. 1.5) of length to width of pinnae, auricles often overlapping the rachis (vs. not overlapping the rachis in
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<emphasis id="E58EEA77A762FF85487E6CABFD5F74D4" box="[552,702,951,975]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="97">P. cavernicola</emphasis>
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). Most importantly, the two species have different perispore sculptures. The perispores of
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<emphasis id="E58EEA77A762FF854B1F6CC8FD9674E8" box="[329,631,987,1011]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="97">Polystichum neocavernicola</emphasis>
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have cristate sculpture with numerous granules (
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: H), whereas those of
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<emphasis id="E58EEA77A762FF854ADE6B13FEC0730C" box="[136,289,1023,1047]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="97">P. cavernicola</emphasis>
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have verrucate sculpture (
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). In fact, perispore sculptures of both
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<emphasis id="E58EEA77A762FF854EF26B13FA83730C" box="[1188,1378,1023,1047]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="97">P. neocavernicola</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="E58EEA77A762FF854FCE6B13FEE77320" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="97">P. cavernicola</emphasis>
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are unique in
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<emphasis id="E58EEA77A762FF854BC86B30FDC37320" box="[414,546,1059,1083]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="97">Polystichum</emphasis>
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as far as we have known.
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<taxonomicName id="10FA4DE6A762FF854AEB6B54FE0C7344" box="[189,493,1095,1119]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Dryopteridaceae" genus="Polystichum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Polypodiales" pageId="2" pageNumber="97" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="neocavernicola">
<emphasis id="E58EEA77A762FF854AEB6B54FE0C7344" box="[189,493,1095,1119]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="97">Polystichum neocavernicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was initially considered being similar to
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<emphasis id="E58EEA77A762FF8549F96B5BFBBA7344" box="[943,1115,1095,1119]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="97">P. fengshanense</emphasis>
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in having sterile lower pinnae, a species occurring in nine caves of two neighboring counties, Bama and Fengshan, in northern
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,
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(
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;
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).
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<emphasis id="E58EEA77A762FF8548796B9CFCBE73BC" box="[559,863,1167,1191]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="97">Polystichum neocavernicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is also found in
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, and the localities of the two species are at a distance of approximately
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. Morphologically,
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<emphasis id="E58EEA77A762FF85493D6BA7FBCB73D0" box="[875,1066,1203,1227]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="97">P. neocavernicola</emphasis>
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has slightly larger ratio of length to width of pinnae and 23 teeth at the distal margins of pinnae, whereas
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<emphasis id="E58EEA77A762FF8549D76BCBFBCD73F4" box="[897,1068,1239,1263]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="97">P. fengshanense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has smaller ratio (ca. 1.2) of length to width of pinnae and nearly no teeth at the distal margins of pinnae.
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<taxonomicName id="10FA4DE6A762FF854AEB6A0CFE0D722C" box="[189,492,1311,1335]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Dryopteridaceae" genus="Polystichum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Polypodiales" pageId="2" pageNumber="97" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="neocavernicola">
<emphasis id="E58EEA77A762FF854AEB6A0CFE0D722C" box="[189,492,1311,1335]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="97">Polystichum neocavernicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is closely related to
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<emphasis id="E58EEA77A762FF85489E6A33FC8B722C" box="[712,874,1311,1335]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="97">P. speluncicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on our unpublished molecular data, but the two species have very different shapes of pinnae with the former being oblong-rectangular and the latter being deltoid-ovate (
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).
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="10FA4DE6A762FF854AEB6A98FE0C72B8" box="[189,493,1419,1443]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Dryopteridaceae" genus="Polystichum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Polypodiales" pageId="2" pageNumber="97" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="neocavernicola">
<emphasis id="E58EEA77A762FF854AEB6A98FE0C72B8" box="[189,493,1419,1443]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="97">Polystichum neocavernicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is an additional cave species of
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<emphasis id="E58EEA77A762FF8549186A98FC3372B8" box="[846,978,1419,1443]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="97">Polystichum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in southern
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endemic to a single cave with very limited number of individuals and it raises the concern of conservation.
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