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 Pteris podophylla Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800 (2): 67. 1802 . Range: — Mexico , Mesoamerica, Haiti , Dominican Republic , Jamaica , Colombia , Venezuela , Suriname , Ecuador , Peru , Bolivia (CO, LP, SC), and southern Brazil . Ecology: —Common; in wet montane forests, often on steep slopes; 1200–3250 m . Notes: —Fronds 80–400 cm long; venation with one costal areole parallel to the costa between adjacent costules; segments falcate with serrate margins at apices; rust-colored or tan hairs on the blade surfaces and veins abaxially; awns present on costae adaxially.