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
Polytaenium cajenense
(Desv.) Benedict, Bull. Torrey Bot.
Club 38(4): 169. 1911
.
=
Antrophyum cajenense
(Desv.) Spreng., Syst. Veg.
[Sprengel] 4(1): 67. 1827
.
Range:
—Greater Antilles; southern
Mexico
to
Bolivia
(BE, CO, LP, PA, SC), and
Brazil
.
Ecology:
—Common; pendent epiphyte in humid forests;
150–2050 m
. The species has been observed to host ants below and around the rhizome and root mat (
León & Young 2010
). This may benefit the fern by providing nutrients carried in by the ants.