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 melanoblastus (Alston) Østergaard & B.Øllg., Fl. Ecuador 66: 144, f. 31a, 43. 2001. = Gleichenia melanoblastus Alston, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 48: 230. 1958 . Range: —Disjunct in Guyana , western Colombia , Ecuador , Peru ( van der Werff 17622 , UC), and Bolivia (CO, LP). Ecology: —Rare; on road banks and landslides, in humid forests; 1950–2950 m . Notes: —May be confused with S. rubiginosus , which has pseudostipules, proximate segments, naked sori, denser lanceolate scales on costae, and marginally dark bud scales.