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 Lellingeria subsessilis (Baker) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran, Amer. Fern J. 81(3): 87. 1991 . = Polypodium pendulum Sw. var. boliviense Rosenst., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 60. 1928 . = Ctenopteris subsessilis (Baker) Copel., Philipp. J. Sci. 84: 411. 1956 . = Ctenopteris obovata Copel., Philipp. J. Sci. 84: 442. 1956 . = Grammitis subsessilis (Baker) C.V.Morton, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 38: 107. 1967. = Lellingeria obovata (Copel.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran, Amer. Fern J. 81(3): 85. 1991 . Range: — Costa Rica , Panama ; Colombia to Guyana and Bolivia (CO, LP, SC). Ecology: —Common; pendent epiphyte in montane rain forests; 800–1800(2450) m. Notes: —This species is highly variable over its broad range, but is generally recognized by its broadly elliptic blades, widely spaced segments, and proximal segments that are abruptly reduced to a long-decurrent sinuate wing. It is most similar to L. flagellipinnata in Bolivia , but that species has longer segments (usually> 4 cm ), more strongly ascending segments that are gradually tapered and attenuate at the tip, and rachises with dark sclerenchyma visible on both sides of the blades ( Labiak 2013 ). Lellingeria obovata , type from Bolivia , has been considered distinct by having shorter, relatively broader blades 6–10(13) cm long, but this proves to be an unreliable character.