Thirteen new records of ferns from Brazil Author Almeida, Thais Elias Author Salino, Alexandre text Biodiversity Data Journal 2015 3 4421 4421 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e4421 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e4421 1314-2828-3-4421 Tectaria heracleifolia (Willd.) Underw. 1906 Tectariaceae Tectaria heracleifolia (Willd.) Underw., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 200. 1906. Aspidium heracleifolium Willd., Sp. Pl. 5: 217. 1810. Type: Plumier, Traite Foug. Amer . T. 126. 1705. Fig. 18. Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: BHCB 136597 ; recordNumber: T.E. Almeida 2246; recordedBy: T.E. Almeida et al. ; Taxon: taxonID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17360470-1; scientificName: Tectariaheracleifolia (Willd.) Underw.; kingdom: Plantae; class: Polypodiopsida; order: Polypodiales; family: Tectariaceae; genus: Tectaria; specificEpithet: heracleifolia; scientificNameAuthorship: (Willd.) Underw.; Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil ; countryCode: BR; stateProvince: Para ; municipality: Canaa dos Carajas ; locality: Floresta Nacional de Carajas , Serra Sul ; verbatimElevation: 530 m; minimumElevationInMeters: 530; verbatimCoordinates: 06°19'58"S, 50°24'46"W; verbatimLatitude: 06°19'58"S; verbatimLongitude: 50°24'46"W; decimalLatitude: -6.332778 ; decimalLongitude: -50.412778 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: A. Salino; Event: eventDate: 2010-02-17 ; year: 2010; month: 2; day: 17; Record Level: type: specimen; language: Portuguese; collectionCode: BHCB Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: BHCB 139524 ; recordNumber: T.E. Almeida 2332; recordedBy: T.E. Almeida et al. ; Taxon: taxonID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17360470-1; scientificName: Tectariaheracleifolia (Willd.) Underw.; kingdom: Plantae; class: Polypodiopsida; order: Polypodiales; family: Tectariaceae; genus: Tectaria; specificEpithet: heracleifolia; scientificNameAuthorship: (Willd.) Underw.; Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil ; countryCode: BR; stateProvince: Para ; municipality: Canaa dos Carajas ; locality: Floresta Nacional de Carajas , Serra Sul, Corrego da Cachoeira ; verbatimElevation: 377 m; minimumElevationInMeters: 377; verbatimCoordinates: 06°24'25"S, 50°14'57"W; verbatimLatitude: 06°24'25"S; verbatimLongitude: 50°14'57"W; decimalLatitude: -6.406944 ; decimalLongitude: -50.249167 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: T.E. Almeida & A. Salino; dateIdentified: 2010-05-17; Event: eventDate: 2010-04-27 ; year: 2010; month: 4; day: 27; Record Level: type: specimen; language: Portuguese; collectionCode: BHCB Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: BHCB 139520 ; recordNumber: T.E. Almeida 2328; recordedBy: T.E. Almeida et al. ; Taxon: taxonID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17360470-1; scientificName: Tectariaheracleifolia (Willd.) Underw.; kingdom: Plantae; class: Polypodiopsida; order: Polypodiales; family: Tectariaceae; genus: Tectaria; specificEpithet: heracleifolia; scientificNameAuthorship: (Willd.) Underw.; Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil ; countryCode: BR; stateProvince: Para ; municipality: Canaa dos Carajas ; locality: Para : Canaa dos Carajas , Floresta Nacional de Carajas , Serra Sul, Corrego da Cachoeira ; verbatimElevation: 377 m; minimumElevationInMeters: 377; verbatimCoordinates: 06°24'25"S, 50°14'57"W; verbatimLatitude: 06°24'25"S; verbatimLongitude: 50°14'57"W; decimalLatitude: -6.406944 ; decimalLongitude: -50.249167 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: T.E. Almeida & A. Salino; dateIdentified: 2010-05-17; Event: eventDate: 2010-04-27 ; year: 2010; month: 4; day: 27; Record Level: type: specimen; language: Portuguese; collectionCode: BHCB Distribution Known distribution: Antilles, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, United States of America and Venezuela ( Moran 1995b ). Fig. 19. Ecology Occurs as terrestrial or rupestrial in montane wet and seasonal forests. Taxon discussion This is a very common species in Central America, also occurring in northern South America. It can be recognized by peltate indusia and entire pinnae or lobes ( Moran 1995b ). The closest species is Tectaria incisa Cav., from which T. heracleifolia can be distinguished by peltate indusia, cordiform bases of pinnae and apical segment and smaller number of pinnae ( Moran 1995b ).