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 pallescens (Mett.) Vareschi, Fl. Venezuela 1: 180. 1969 . = Gleichenia pallescens Mett., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 5, 2: 267. 1864 . Range: —Mountains of Costa Rica , Panama , Colombia , and Venezuela ; Bolivia (LP). Ecology: —Local and uncommon; inside forest, on bluffs, and along roadsides, in humid forests; 1200–1850 m , to 2200 m elsewhere. Notes: —The few Bolivian collections are sterile and differ in numerous scale details from specimens from the main range of the species; they may represent a different species.