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 Myriopteris aurea ( Poir.) Grusz & Windham, PhytoKeys 32: 55. 2013 . = Notholaena aurea (Poir.) Desv., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 219. 1827 . = Cheilanthes bonariensis (Willd.) Proctor, Bull. Inst. Jamaica , Sci. Ser. 5: 15. 1953 . = Notholaena bonariensis (Willd.) C.Chr., Index Filic. 6. 1905. Range: —Southwestern U.S.A. to Bolivia ( CH , CO, LP, SC, TA), Chile , and Argentina ; Antilles. Ecology: —Very common; terrestrial on open soil banks, rocky slopes, shrubby hillsides, and cliffs in semihumid regions; 1200–3500(–4100) m. Notes: —Blades 1-pinnate-pinnatifid; segments abaxially with short, matted, whitish hairs that don’t extend beyond the segment margins (creating a contrast between the pale surfaces and the dark margins). This species is most easily confused with Astrolepis sinuata in blade dissection and heavy indument, but that species has the blades abaxially with pectinate or stellate scales rather than matted hairs.