Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XXXII. Athyriaceae Author Kessler, Michael Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH- 8008 Zurich, Switzerland Author Smith, Alan R. University Herbarium, 1001 Valley Life Sciences Bldg. # 2465, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 - 2465 text Phytotaxa 2018 2018-01-16 334 2 141 151 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.334.2.4 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.334.2.4 1179-3163 13721358 Diplazium expansum Willd., Sp. Pl. , ed. 4 [Willdenow] 5(1): 354. 1810. Range: —Greater Antilles; southern Mexico to Bolivia (BE, CO, LP, SC, TA) and Brazil . Ecology: —Uncommon; terrestrial in humid forests, often in ravines and near streams; 500–1200(–2200) m. Notes: —The only Bolivian species of Diplazium with abundant minute hairs abaxially on the blade tissue between the veins. Similar to D. hians , which has wider ( 0.3–0.5 mm vs. 0.1–0.2 mm wide), erose ( vs . ciliolate) indusia, and lacks the minute hairs abaxially on the costae.