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Bolbitis moranii (Dryopteridaceae), a new species from southern Guatemala

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A new species, Bolbitis moranii, is described and illustrated. It is known only from two localities in the forests of southern Guatemala. It can be distinguished from its congeners in Mesoamerica principally by being an epipetric fern with mostly simple leaves (occasionally ternate) that bear subapical buds and lack prominent lateral secondary veins.

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Una nueva especie, Bolbitis moranii, es descrita e ilustrada. Se conoce solamente de dos localidades en los bosques del sur de Guatemala. Se distingue de sus congéneres en Mesoamérica principalmente por ser un helecho epipétrico con hojas generalmente simples (a veces ternadas) que portan yemas subapicales y carece de venas secundarias laterales prominentes.

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Acknowledgments

I thank Gustavo Herman and his collaborators for allowing Rosario Rodas and me to work at Finca Nueva Granada, and Elfriede de Pöll for allowing me to consult the fern collections at UVAL. I am grateful to two anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments on the manuscript.

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  1. Herbario BIGU, Escuela de Biología, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, C.P. 01012, Edificio T-10, Ciudad Universitaria, zona 12, Ciudad Guatemala, Guatemala

    Jorge B. Jiménez

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Jiménez, J.B. Bolbitis moranii (Dryopteridaceae), a new species from southern Guatemala. Brittonia 64, 149–152 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-011-9222-0

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