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 text 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 ).