Cheilanthes ecuadorensis: A New Species of Cheilanthes s. s. (Pteridaceae) from Northern South America

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Sosa, Karla, Pryer, Kathleen M., Huiet, Layne, Yatskievych, George, Windham, Michael D. (2021): Cheilanthes ecuadorensis: A New Species of Cheilanthes s. s. (Pteridaceae) from Northern South America. Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 46 (2): 249-259, DOI: 10.1600/036364421X16231782047280, URL: doi.org/10.1600/036364421x16231782047280 Abstract —Ongoing research on the taxonomically complex genus Cheilanthes (Pteridaceae; Cheilanthoideae) has resulted in the identification of a new species from Loja Province in Ecuador, Cheilanthes ecuadorensis, described and illustrated herein.

Originally collected in 1988 and identified as C. cf. rufopunctata, C. ecuadorensis is clearly distinct from that species in having pubescent adaxial blade surfaces and narrow, poorlydifferentiated false indusia (rather than the glabrous adaxial surfaces and wide false indusia of C. rufopunctata). Among the South American species currently included in Cheilanthes, C. ecuadorensis is superficially most similar to C. pilosa.