A synopsis of the Neotropical species of Sticherus (Gleicheniaceae), with descriptions of nine new species Author Gonzales, Jasivia Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Casilla 10077, La Paz, Bolivia. Systematic Botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH- 8008 Zurich, Switzerland. E-mail: michael. kessler @ systbot. uzh. ch Author Kessler, Michael text Phytotaxa 2011 2011-12-31 31 1 54 journal article 6085 10.11646/phytotaxa.31.1.1 2185a8cf-c15c-448b-b8c0-6055976408ed 1179-3163 4894648 Sticherus lanosus (Christ) J.Gonzales , comb. nov. Gleichenia lanosa Christ (in Schwacke 1900: 35 ). Type: — BRAZIL . Minas Gerais : Schwacke 12475 ( holotype P !, photo BM !, US !). Gleichenia buchtienii Christ & Rosenstock in Rosenstock 1908: 229 ). Sticherus buchtienii (Christ & Rosenst.) Copeland (1947: 28) . Type: — BOLIVIA . Sud Yungas: Sirupaya near Yanacachi, Buchtien 496 ( holotype not located, isotype US !). Distribution and ecology: —Local in mountains of Venezuela ( Amazonas , Aragua ), Ecuador ( Carchi ), Peru , Bolivia , and southeastern Brazil . It is locally common (especially in Bolivia ) along roadsides, stream banks, and on landslides in humid montane forests at 850–2450 m .