A synopsis of the Neotropical species of Sticherus (Gleicheniaceae), with descriptions of nine new species Author Gonzales, Jasivia Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Casilla 10077, La Paz, Bolivia. Systematic Botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH- 8008 Zurich, Switzerland. E-mail: michael. kessler @ systbot. uzh. ch Author Kessler, Michael text Phytotaxa 2011 2011-12-31 31 1 54 journal article 6085 10.11646/phytotaxa.31.1.1 2185a8cf-c15c-448b-b8c0-6055976408ed 1179-3163 4894648 Sticherus gracilis (Mart.) Copeland (1947: 27) Mertensia gracilis Martius (1834: 107 , tab. 59). Gleichenia gracilis (Mart.) Moore (1862: 378) . Type: — BRAZIL . Santa Catarina , Martius s.n. ( holotype M ?, not located). Distribution and ecology: — Endemic to central and southeastern Brazil ( Distrito Federal , Minas Gerais , Rio de Janeiro , São Paulo , Paraná , Santa Catarina ). Grows in semihumid forests and along forest margins in the cerrado region, at ca. 1100–1300 m .