Mankyua chejuensis
Also known as mankyua
Mankyua is a monotypic genus and fern in the Ophioglossales. Its only species, M. chejuense, grows only on Jeju Island of South Korea. While this plant is clearly ophioglossoid in the broad sense, its precise cladistic position is uncertain. It has a fused sporangial structure similar to Ophioglossum, but a vegetative structure, with palmately-radiating pinnae, reminiscent of Helminthostachys. It may be a basal offshoot of the ophioglossoid clade sensu stricto.
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SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassPolypodiopsida
- OrderOphioglossales
- FamilyOphioglossaceae
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Mankyua is a monotypic genus and fern in the Ophioglossales. Its only species, M. chejuense, grows only on Jeju Island of South Korea. While this plant is clearly ophioglossoid in the broad sense, its precise cladistic position is uncertain. It has a fused sporangial structure similar to Ophioglossum, but a vegetative structure, with palmately-radiating pinnae, reminiscent of Helminthostachys. It may be a basal offshoot of the ophioglossoid clade sensu stricto.
==Taxonomy== The genus name of Mankyua is in honour of Man Kyu Pak (1906-1988), who was a South Korean researcher and botanist (Pteridology).
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