Abstract
The fern genusAnemia is represented in Mexico by 21 species and hybrids, of which five are here described as new:A. familiaris, A. multiplex. A. ×paraphyllitidis. A.×recondita andA. semihirsuta. Hybridization is frequent, resulting in both sterile and fertile hybrids, and has probably led to much recent speciation in the genus, including presumably sexual polyploids up to possibly the tetrakaidecaploid level.
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Mickel, J.T. The genus anemia (Schizaeaceae) in Mexico. Brittonia 34, 388–413 (1982). https://doi.org/10.2307/2806495
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