Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XXVII. Pteridaceae Author Kessler, Michael Systematic Botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH- 8008 Zurich, Switzerland Author Smith, Alan R. University Herbarium, 1001 Valley Life Sciences Bldg. # 2465, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 - 2465 Author Prado, Jefferson Instituto de Botânica, Av. Miguel Estéfano, 3687, CEP 04301 - 902, São Paulo, SP, Brasil text Phytotaxa 2017 2017-12-22 332 3 201 250 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.332.3.1 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.332.3.1 1179-3163 Adiantum latifolium Lam., Encycl. 1: 43. 1783. Range: — Mexico to Panama ; Antilles, Colombia to Trinidad , Guianas, and Bolivia (BE, CO, LP, PA, SC); Paraguay , Argentina , and Brazil . Ecology: —Common, terrestrial in wet and semideciduous lowland forests; 150–650(–1000) m. Notes: —A widespread, variable species, together with Adiantum petiolatum (1-pinnate), A. terminatum , A. humile , and probably A. incertum all closely related. Rhizomes long-creeping (cord-like); blades with 1–4 pairs of lateral pinnae; pinnules 10–16 pairs per pinna, apices rounded to acute; pinnules glabrous on both surfaces, abaxially glaucous, margins of sterile pinnules finely serrate.