Mankyua
Mankyua is a recently discovered plant, a single species in its own genus. It is a fern in the Ophioglossales. Its only species, M. chejuense,[1] grows only on Jeju Island of South Korea. While this plant is clearly ophioglossoid in the broad sense, its precise cladistic position is uncertain. It has a fused sporangial structure similar to Ophioglossum, but a vegetative structure, with palmately-radiating pinnae, reminiscent of Helminthostachys. It may be a basal offshoot of the ophioglossoid clade sensu stricto.
Mankyua | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Ophioglossales |
Family: | Ophioglossaceae |
Subfamily: | Mankyuoideae J.R.Grant & B.Dauphin |
Genus: | Mankyua B.Y.Sun, M.H.Kim & C.H.Kim |
Species: | M. chejuense |
Binomial name | |
Mankyua chejuense B.Y.Sun, M.H.Kim & C.H.Kim | |
References
Sun, B.-Y., M.H. Kim, C.H. Kim, and C.-W. Park. 2001. Mankyua (Ophioglossaceae): a new fern genus from Cheju Island, Korea. Taxon 50: 1019-1024.
Line Notes
- Sun et al. 2001.
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