Chinese researchers have discovered a new species of fern in southern China, named Cyrtomium adenotrichum. The scientists found about 100 specimens of the species on a cliff in Nandan County, Hechi City, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the Guangxi Institute of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy Sciences said.
The findings, recently published in PhytoKeys, an international plant taxonomy journal, revealed that the new species belongs to the Dryopteridaceae family and the Cyrtomium genus, with a plant height ranging from 5 to 15 cm.
The species has a sparsely glandular leaf axis, a unique structure that easily distinguishes it from other species of the genus Cyrtomium.
Source: https://www.chinahoje.net/nova-especie-de-planta-e-descoberta-no-sul-da-china/
