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 text 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 poeppigianum (Fée) T.Moore, Index Fil. 13. 1857. ( Fig. 36A–E ) Range: — Peru and Bolivia (CO, LP, SC, TA). Ecology: —Uncommon; epiphytic in humid forests; 1000–2200(–3200) m. Notes: —The sterile leaves with narrowly oblanceolate blades, long-decurrent blade bases, and petioles nearly lacking are similar to those of E. brachyneuron (Fée) T.Moore , a species from the Antilles and northern South America. That species differs from E . poeppigianum , however, by having long, piliform scales on the petioles and blades (vs. broad, lanceolate scales in E. brachyneuron ). The fertile leaves are also distinct, with elliptic blades totally covered by sporangia, cuneate blade bases, and long petioles in E. poeppigianum (vs. linear-oblanceolate blades with sporangia often limited to the distal half of blades, long-decurrent blade bases, and petioles nearly lacking in E. brachyneuron ).