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 jamaicensis (Underw.) Nakai (1950: 31) Dicranopteris jamaicensis Underwood (1907: 258) . Type: JAMAICA . Blue Mountains , Underwood 1511 ( holotype NY !) . Distribution and ecology: —Endemic to the Greater Antilles ( Cuba , Jamaica , Hispaniola) where it is common in open habitats in humid montane forests at 1400–2000 m .