New records of Megalastrum in the northeastern Atlantic Forest

Rafael Farias; Ivo Araújo da Silva; Augusto Santiago; Anna Flora Pereira; Iva Barros

doi:10.15560/11.2.1604

Check List 11(2): e19202, doi: 10.15560/11.2.1604

New records of Megalastrum in the northeastern Atlantic Forest

Rafael de Paiva Farias^‡, Augusto César Pessôa Santiago^‡, Anna Flora de Novaes Pereira^§, Ivo Abraão Araújo da Silva^|, Iva Carneiro Leão Barros^‡

‡ Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil§ Federal University of Vale do São Francisco, Brazil| Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Corresponding author: Rafael Farias ( rafaelpfarias@hotmail.com )

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Citation: Farias R, Araújo da Silva I, Santiago A, Pereira A, Barros I (2015) New records of Megalastrum in the northeastern Atlantic Forest. Check List 11(2): 1604. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.2.1604

Abstract

Megalastrum indusiatum R. C. Moran et al. and Megalastrum umbrinum (C. Chr.) A. R. Sm. & R. C. Moran are reported for the first time in the Northeastern Atlantic Forest, extending the distribution of species in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest in about 680 and 1080 km to the north, respectively. Information on taxonomy and species distribution are provided.

Keywords

Atlantic Forest; Brazil; Dryopteridaceae; Ferns; Megalastrum.