Christella, Rajapaksha, Ranil, 2021

Rajapaksha, Ranil, 2021, Six new combinations and one new natural hybrid of ferns from Sri Lanka, Phytotaxa 511 (2), pp. 183-186 : 185

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.511.2.6
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038587EB-FFE6-5552-18B8-422445EAFD52
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Christella
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

6. Christella View in CoL × parahispidula (Fraser-Jenk.) Ranil, comb. nov.

Basionym:— Thelypteris View in CoL × parahispidula Fraser-Jenk. (1997:263).

Type:— SRI LANKA, Central Province, Kandy District, Lady Horton’s walk, 600 m, Dec 1950, I . Manton P93 (43) , (holotype BM) .

Hybrid parentage:— Christella hispidula (Decne.) Holttum × Christella parasitica ( L.) H.Lév.

Distribution:— Sri Lanka (endemic).

Note:— Sledge (1981) described this taxon under a hybrid formula and later Fraser-Jenkins (1997) named it as Thelypteris × parahispidula Fraser-Jenk. This taxon is only known by its type. Though its parents are commonly distributed in forests in central highlands, it has not been recorded apart from its type collection.