New Combinations in Some Hawaiian Ferns

Abstract

New combinations are made for several ferns in the Hawaiian Islands in the genera Asplenium, Cystopteris, Dicranopteris, and Microlepia: Asplenium dielerectum f. alexandri comb. nov., Cystopteris douglasii var. sandwicensis, stat. and comb. nov., Dicranopteris linearis var. emarginata comb. nov., and Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis comb nov. A new nothogenus, 3Christelliopsis nothogen. nov. is named for hybrids between Christella and Menisciopsis and a new combination, 3Christelliopsis palmeri comb. nov. is made for the hybrid Christella dentata 3 Menisciopsis cyatheoides.