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 Pecluma curvans (Mett.) M.G.Price, Amer. Fern J. 73(3): 114. 1983 . = Polypodium curvans Mett., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 5, 2: 253. 1864 . Range: — Ecuador to Bolivia (LP). Ecology: —Locally uncommon; epiphytic, saxicolous, rarely terrestrial in semihumid forests and scrub; 3000– 3500 m . Notes: —May be confused with P. choquetangensis , which has more deeply incised pinnae, and P. absidata , which has broader, less strongly ascending segments, rachis hairs < 0.5 mm long, and fully expanded blades at maturity. Like P. choquetangensis , P. curvans may also be confused with some large grammitids, particularly species of Terpsichore or Mycopteris .