Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XL. Polypodiaceae
Author
Smith, Alan R.
University Herbarium, 1001 Valley Life Sciences Bldg. # 2465, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 - 2465
Author
Kessler, Michael
Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH- 8008 Zurich, Switzerland
Author
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
Author
Almeida, Thaís Elias
Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará - Herbário HSTM, Avenida Marechal Rondon, s. n. - Santarém, 68040 - 070, Brazil
Author
Jiménez-Pérez, Iván
Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Correo Central 10077, La Paz, Bolivia
Author
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
Alansmia elastica
(Bory ex Willd.) Moguel & M.Kessler, Brittonia
63(2): 240. 2011
.
=
Ctenopteris elastica
(Bory ex Willd.) Copel., Philipp. J. Sci.
84: 426. 1956
.
=
Ctenopteris mollissima
(Fée) Copel., Philipp. J. Sci.
84: 423. 1956
.
=
Grammitis mollissima
(Fée) Proctor, Rhodora
63: 35. 1961
.
=
Terpsichore mollissima
(Fée) A.R.Sm., Novon
3(4): 487. 1993
.
=
Terpsichore elastica
(Fée) A.R.Sm., Novon
5(1): 21. 1995
.
Range:
—Antilles; southern
Mexico
to
Panama
;
Colombia
to Guianas,
Ecuador
and
Bolivia
(CO, LP);
Cameroon
,
Equatorial Guinea
,
Madagascar
,
Mauritius
,
Seychelles
(
Moguel Velázquez & Kessler 2013
).
Ecology:
—Rare, known from two Bolivian collections; pendent epiphyte in humid forests;
1100–1300 m
.
Notes:
—Most easily confused with
Alansmia senilis
, which has rhizome scales. Like many other species of
Alansmia
, the spores are ellipsoid, monolete, and binucleate when shed (
Smith 1995b
).