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 consanguinea Mett. ex Kuhn, Linnaea 36: 89. 1869 . Range: — Colombia , Venezuela , Peru , and Bolivia (CO, LP). Ecology: —Rare (known from three collections); in montane forests; 1100–1650 m . Notes: —Blades with sparse whitish hairs or glabrate; apical pinna with conspicuous long-decurrent base onto the rachis; apices of segments varying from obtuse to acute; awns absent on costae adaxially. Pteris decurrens C.Presl , endemic to Brazil , is similar in having the apical pinna with a long-decurrent base onto the rachis.