Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XXXV. Dryopteridaceae
Author
Kessler, Michael
Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH- 8008 Zurich, Switzerland
Author
Moran, Robbin C.
New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Blvd., Bronx, New York, 10458 - 5126, USA
Author
Mickel, John T.
New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Blvd., Bronx, New York, 10458 - 5126, USA
Author
Matos, Fernando B.
Universidade Federal do Paraná, Departamento de Botânica, Caixa Postal 19031, 81531 - 980, Curitiba, PR, Brasil
Author
Smith, Alan R.
Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH- 8008 Zurich, Switzerland & University Herbarium, 1001 Valley Life Sciences Bldg. # 2465, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 - 2465, USA & Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH- 8008 Zurich, Switzerland
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Phytotaxa
2018
2018-06-11
353
1
448
450
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.353.1.1
journal article
10.11646/phytotaxa.353.1.1
1179-3163
13706233
Elaphoglossum rosettum
R.C.Moran & Mickel, Brittonia
56(3): 201. 2004
. (
Fig. 50A–E
)
Range:
—
Endemic
to
Bolivia
(
LP
); known only from the
type
collection, made in 1926
.
Ecology:
—Rare; saxicolous in humid forests;
2400 m
.
Notes:
—Resembling
E. beaurepairei
but differing by shorter leaves, blades widest below the middle, shorter fertile fronds, and the abaxial blade surfaces with at least a few subulate scales mixed with flattish, circular ones only about
0.2 mm
wide. Probably has a rosette-like growth habit, with the sterile fronds spreading and forming a loose rosette around the centrally attached erect fertile ones.