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 hastulatus (Rosenst.) Nakai (1950: 18) Gleichenia hastulata Rosenstock (1912: 274) . Type: — COSTA RICA . La Palma , 1400 m , 1910, Brade 502 ( holotype S !, photo BM !) . Distribution and ecology: —Endemic to the mountains of Costa Rica and Panama , in montane forests at 1100–1500 m . Local and uncommon on steep banks below waterfalls, in windswept places with shrubby vegetation, or on rocky surfaces.