Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XXVII. Pteridaceae Author Kessler, Michael Systematic 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 Author Prado, Jefferson Instituto de Botânica, Av. Miguel Estéfano, 3687, CEP 04301 - 902, São Paulo, SP, Brasil text Phytotaxa 2017 2017-12-22 332 3 201 250 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.332.3.1 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.332.3.1 1179-3163 Hecistopteris pumila (Spreng.) J.Sm., London J. Bot. 1: 193. 1842 . Range: —Antilles; southern Mexico to Bolivia (CO, LP, SC), and Brazil . Ecology: —Rarely collected, but certainly overlooked; epiphytic in humid forests; 300–1200 m . Notes: —A tiny fern with leaves 1–2(–4) cm long. Some Bolivian specimens are unusual in having narrow, almost unforked blades.