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 Pleopeltis fraseri (Mett. ex Kuhn) A.R.Sm., Candollea 60(1): 281. 2005 . = Polypodium fraseri Mett. ex Kuhn, Linnaea 36: 137. 1869 . Range: — Ecuador to Bolivia (BE, CO, LP, SC). Ecology: —Common; epiphytic in humid forests; 1000–2300 m . Notes: —This species tends to have broader, more crispate, pale borders on the rhizome scales than P. remota . Tryon and Stolze (1993) subsumed this under P.remota , but we believe P. fraseri is adequately distinct by the generally winged petioles and fewer, smaller scales on the blades abaxially. It is variable, with free or areolate venation and acute to broadly rounded pinna apices, but the taxonomic significance of this variation is unknown.