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 intermedius (Baker) Chrysler (1944: 483) Gleichenia intermedia Baker (1887: 24) . Dicranopteris intermedia (Baker) Underw. ( Underwood 1907: 258 ) . Type: — COSTA RICA . Cooper 17 ( holotype K !) . Gleichenia axialis Christ (1905a: 14) . Type : — COSTA RICA . Wercklé s.n. ( holotype P!, photo BM!). Gleichenia trachyrhizoma Christ (1906: 280) . Type : — COSTA RICA . Wercklé s.n. ( holotype P!, photo BM!). Distribution and ecology: —Endemic to the mountains of Costa Rica and adjacent Panama . It is locally distributed in humid montane forests at 1500–2200 m , growing in open thickets on hillsides, on roadbanks, and on eroded slopes. Often co-occurs with S. retroflexus .