Dryopteris leiboensis Li Bing Zhang, 2012

Zhang, Li-Bing, 2012, Reducing the fern genus Dryopsis to Dryopteris and the systematics and nomenclature of Dryopteris subgenus Erythrovariae section Dryopsis (Dryopteridaceae), Phytotaxa 71 (1), pp. 17-27 : 22

9. Dryopteris leiboensis Li Bing Zhang , nom. nov.

Replaced synonym:— Ctenitis crenata Ching (1981: 120) .

Type: CHINA. Sichuan: Leibo, Daliang Shan, in Abies forest, 2800 m, T. T. Yü 4022 (holotype PE-00044712!). Homotypic synonym:— Dryopsis crenata (Ching) Holttum & Edwards (1986: 193) .

Note:—When this species transferred to Dryopteris , the original epithet crenata is blocked by Dryopteris crenata (Forssk.) Kuntze (1891: 811) .

This species is synonymized by Dong & Christenhusz (in press) with Dryopteris nidus .

This species occurs in southern Sichuan but not in Emei Shan ( Mt. Omei ) as reported by Holttum & Edwards (1986) .