Abstract
Microlepia boluoensis Y. Yuan & L. Fu, a new species of the genus Microlepia from Luofu mountain, Boluo county, Guangdong province, China, is described and illustrated. Its gametophytic chromosome number is n =47. Microlepia boluoensis has a similar morphology to M. scyphoformis, M. speluncae and M. hancei, such as creeping rhizomes, bipinnate‐tripinnatified laminas, intramarginal sori, cup‐shaped indusium and trilete spores, but it has a shorter creeping rhizome, larger frond (up to 351 cm), dry chartaceous, longer stipe (up to 139 cm), 23 pairs of primary pinnae, 1–13 sori, and spores with a distinct and raised laesurae.
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