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 intermedia M.Kessler & A.R.Sm., Candollea 60(1): 275(-277, 285), f. 2D-G. 2005. Range: —Known only from Bolivia (BE, CH , CO, LP, SC), but to be expected in southern Peru . Ecology: —Very common; epiphytic and rarely saxicolous in humid forests; at 400–2500 m . Notes: —Intermediate between P. astrolepis , from which it differs by its longer, terete petioles, less elongate sori, and broader sterile blades ( 0.8–2.8 cm vs . 0.6–2 cm wide), and P. macrocarpa , from which it differs by its dark, rounded, long-ciliate rhizome scales, sparser, rounded, smaller blade scales, darker costae, and somewhat smaller size (leaves 6–18 cm vs . 7–30 cm long).