Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XL. Polypodiaceae
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Smith, Alan R.
University Herbarium, 1001 Valley Life Sciences Bldg. # 2465, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 - 2465
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Kessler, Michael
Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH- 8008 Zurich, Switzerland
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León, Blanca
Museo de Historia Natural, Av. Arenales 1256, Aptdo. 14 - 0434, Lima 14, Peru & Plant Resources Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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Almeida, Thaís Elias
Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará - Herbário HSTM, Avenida Marechal Rondon, s. n. - Santarém, 68040 - 070, Brazil
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Jiménez-Pérez, Iván
Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Correo Central 10077, La Paz, Bolivia
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Lehnert, Marcus
University Herbarium, 1001 Valley Life Sciences Bldg. # 2465, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 - 2465 & Nees Institut für Biodiversität der Pflanzen, Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 170, 53115 Bonn, Germany & University Herbarium, 1001 Valley Life Sciences Bldg. # 2465, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 - 2465
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Phytotaxa
2018
2018-06-11
354
1
448
450
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.354.1.1
journal article
10.11646/phytotaxa.354.1.1
1179-3163
Melpomene allosuroides
(Rosenst.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran, Novon
2(4): 429. 1992
.
=
Grammitis allosuroides
(Rosenst.) Lellinger, Amer. Fern J.
74(2): 58. 1984
.
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Polypodium allosuroides
Rosenst., Meded. Rijks-Herb.
19: 16. 1913.
Range:
—Endemic to
Bolivia
(LP).
Ecology:
—Rare, known from five Bolivian collections; forming dense mats in crevices of cliff faces, in punas; (2600)
3600–4500 m
.
Notes:
—This species is characterized by its small stature, with fronds to
14 cm
long, and coriaceous segments with revolute margins. It is most closely related to
M. gracilis
from the northern and central Andes, both species agreeing in lacking setiform hairs and having thick-textured fronds.
Melpomene gracilis
differs chiefly in having the segment margins more deeply lobed and not revolute.