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 gnidioides (Mett.) Nakai (1950: 18) Gleichenia gnidioides Mettenius (1864: 226) . Type: — COLOMBIA . Chocó : Acostadero , Triana 659 ( holotype BM !) . Distribution and ecology: —Western Andean slopes and adjacent lowlands in Colombia and Ecuador . Rheophytic along rivers on rocks and sand. Shows rheophytic adaptations such as the narrow angles of the forking branches, the thick petioles, and the robust rhizomes. It is rare and local at 0–600 m , but possibly also higher. Notes: —A specimen from Panama ( Coclé : East side to Atlantic, 200–400 m , Hamilton & Davidse 2608 , BM, MO, U) appears to be a hybrid between S gnidioides and S. pteridellus . It resembles S. gnidioides but has ovate bud scales as in S. pteridellus .