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Hymenophyllum filmenofilicum (Hymenophyllaceae, Pteridophyta): a new epipetric filmy fern from Paraná, southern Brazil

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Field work in the state of Paraná, southern Brazil, has resulted in the discovery of a new epipetric filmy fern, Hymenophyllum filmenofilicum Christenh. & Schwartsb. (Hymenophyllaceae), which is described and illustrated here.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Marcus Castilho, Ana Carolina Hatschbach Cardon, Samuli Lehtonen, and Miodelli Nogueira Jr. for assisting in the field, CAPES and CNPq for providing the scholarship to the second author, Dr William Rodrigues for correcting the Latin diagnosis, and Dr Jefferson Prado and Dr Hanna Tuomisto who provided the first author with the opportunity to carry out field work in Brazil.

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  1. Department of Botany, The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

    Maarten J. M. Christenhusz

  2. Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Pedro Bond Schwartsburd

  3. Departamento de Botânica, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil

    Paulo H. Labiak

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Christenhusz, M.J.M., Schwartsburd, P.B. & Labiak, P.H. Hymenophyllum filmenofilicum (Hymenophyllaceae, Pteridophyta): a new epipetric filmy fern from Paraná, southern Brazil. Kew Bull 64, 175–178 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-008-9088-9

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