Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XI. Gleicheniaceae 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 2018-03-13 344 1 53 63 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.344.1.7 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.344.1.7 1179-3163 13720573 Sticherus brevitomentosus Østergaard & B.Øllg., Fl. Ecuador 66: 132, f. 37. 2001. Range: —Venezuelan tepuis and Andes of Colombia , Venezuela , Ecuador , and Bolivia (LP). Ecology: —Rare; throughout its range apparently rather uncommon and local, found along forest edges and road banks in humid montane forests; 1570–2750 m , 600–2900 m elsewhere. Notes: —Not mentioned for Bolivia by Gonzales & Kessler (2011) , but we have reevaluated some specimens ( Fuentes 6041 UC; Kessler 11972 GOET, UC) as belonging to this species.