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 farinosus (Kaulf.) Ching (1940: 283) Mertensia farinosa Kaulfuss (1827: 37) . Gleichenia farinosa (Kaulf.) Hooker (1844: 9) . Type (designated by Christenhusz 2009: 234 ):— GUADELOUPE . Basse Terre: La Soufrière, Christenhusz 3937 ( neotype K, isotypes NY, P, TUR). Mertensia subtrisperma Fée (1866: 122 , t. 32. f. 2). Type: — GUADELOUPE . Fée (1866 : t. 32, f. 2); lectotype designated by Christenhusz (2009: 234) . Distribution and ecology: —Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Lesser Antilles. At 900–1500 m in wet forests and sometimes on boggy ground with Sphagnum .