Taxonomic update, distribution and conservation status of grammitid ferns (Polypodiaceae, Polypodiopsida) in Veracruz State, Mexico
Author
Krömer, Thorsten
Centro de Investigaciones Tropicales. Universidad Veracruzana. Xalapa. Ver. Interior de la Hacienda Lucas Martín. Privada de Araucarias s / n, Col. 21 de Marzo, C. P. 91019, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
Author
Acebey, Amparo R.
Centro de Investigaciones Tropicales. Universidad Veracruzana. Xalapa. Ver. Interior de la Hacienda Lucas Martín. Privada de Araucarias s / n, Col. 21 de Marzo, C. P. 91019, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
Author
Smith, Alan R.
University Herbarium, 1001 Valley Life Sciences Building # 2465, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 - 2465, USA
text
Phytotaxa
2013
2013-02-22
82
1
29
44
http://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.82.1.3
journal article
10.11646/phytotaxa.82.1.3
1179-3163
5071593
8.
Melpomene moniliformis
(Lagasca ex
Swartz 1806: 33
)
Smith & Moran (1992: 430)
Distribution:
—
Mexico
(Chis, DF, Gro, Hgo, Jal, Mor, Mich, Oax, Tlax, Ver),
Guatemala
,
Honduras
,
El Salvador
,
Nicaragua
,
Costa Rica
,
Panama
,
Cuba
,
Jamaica
,
Haiti
,
Dominican Republic
,
Puerto Rico
,
Colombia
,
Venezuela
,
Ecuador
,
Peru
, S
Brazil
,
Bolivia
.
Representative specimens from
Veracruz
:
—Calcahualco:
J.L. Martínez & F. Vázquez 820
(XAL). Las Vigas de Ramírez:
H. Narave F. & R. Ortega O. 599
(XAL). Orizaba?:
F.Mueller29
(NY). Xico:
M. Palacios R. 2746
(XAL). Zacualpan:
R. Ortega O. et al. 2669
(XAL).
Ecology:
—
Terrestrial
and saxicolous on mossy rocks; in central
Veracruz
in fir (
Abies
), pine, and pineoak forests between
2150–2950 m
.
Conservation status:
—
Endangered (
EN
)
B2
ab(ii,iii) in
Veracruz
.
Known
from
10 specimens
(AOO: 158.9 km
2
), however, the most recent was made in 1998 and six others between 1981 and 1986 at only five different localities in fir, pine, and pine-oak forests of central
Veracruz
, which are still under high anthropogenic pressure and not included inside
Veracruz’
protected areas network.
Specimens
examined: 10; TK collections: 0
.