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
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Almeida, Thaís Elias
Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará - Herbário HSTM, Avenida Marechal Rondon, s. n. - Santarém, 68040 - 070, Brazil
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Jiménez-Pérez, Iván
Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Correo Central 10077, La Paz, Bolivia
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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
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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 divaricata
(E.Fourn.) Mickel & Beitel, Mem.
New York
Bot. Gard. 46: 269. 1988
.
=
Polypodium divaricatum
E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl.
1: 180. 1872
.
=
Polypodium bolivianum
Rosenst., Repert.
Spec. Nov.
Regni Veg. 5: 236. 1908
.
=
Polypodium bolivianum
Rosenst. var.
brevipes
Rosenst., Repert.
Spec. Nov.
Regni Veg. 12: 473. 1913
.
Range:
—Southern Mexico to
Panama
;
Venezuela
to
Bolivia
(
CH
, CO, LP, SC).
Ecology:
—Common; epiphytic and less commonly saxicolous in humid forests;
1100–3050 m
.
Notes:
—This species may be confused with
P. eurybasis
, which is generally smaller and has more strongly reduced basal pinnae, and
P. robusta
, which has a gradually reduced laminar base and patches of erect hairs around the sori. In
Bolivia
,
P. divaricata
is variable, with glabrous or hairy sporangia, rachises, and blade surfaces, and entire to setose rhizome scales. It may comprise a species complex.