Abstract
This paper presents an up-to-date list of the ferns and lycophytes of Cuba. The list contains 599 species in 131 genera and 37 families. In total, Cuba harbors 93 endemic species (17 lycophytes and 76 ferns) that represent a 15.5% of the total species of ferns and lycophytes. For each taxon the distribution in Cuba is given according to three phytogeographical subprovinces: Western Cuba, Central Cuba, and Eastern Cuba. The following new combinations are made: Amauropelta balbisii var. longipilosa, Amauropelta piedrensis var. heterotricha, Amauropelta scalpturoides var. glabriuscula, Christella hispidula var. inconstans, Cyathea × acunae, Didymoglossum caluffii, Didymoglossum micropubescens, Goniopteris alata var. subpinnata, Goniopteris sclerophylla var. latifolia, Pteris hexagona var. multifida. A new name, Goniopteris moranii, is given for Thelypteris guadalupensis. New records reported herein for Cuba are Megalastrum macrotheca, Polystichopsis argillicola, and Pteris propinqua.
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