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 Melpomene allosuroides (Rosenst.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran, Novon 2(4): 429. 1992 . = Grammitis allosuroides (Rosenst.) Lellinger, Amer. Fern J. 74(2): 58. 1984 . = Polypodium allosuroides Rosenst., Meded. Rijks-Herb. 19: 16. 1913. Range: —Endemic to Bolivia (LP). Ecology: —Rare, known from five Bolivian collections; forming dense mats in crevices of cliff faces, in punas; (2600) 3600–4500 m . Notes: —This species is characterized by its small stature, with fronds to 14 cm long, and coriaceous segments with revolute margins. It is most closely related to M. gracilis from the northern and central Andes, both species agreeing in lacking setiform hairs and having thick-textured fronds. Melpomene gracilis differs chiefly in having the segment margins more deeply lobed and not revolute.