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—Forms mixed colonies with
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along forest edges and roadsides at
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, mainly in the northern mountain range of
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. Also known from scattered specimens from
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,
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,
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, and to be looked for elsewhere where the parental species grow together, i.e., in Central America, northern South America, and the Caribbean Islands.
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—This species was described by
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based on a survey of the caryology of the
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complex in
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. They recognized
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as a tetraploid of allopolyploid origin with
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and
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<emphasis id="B95D9E78FFD97F309854E3E7D6FAFF1B" box="[357,488,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">S. remotus</emphasis>
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as parental taxa. Accordingly, morphologically this species is intermediate between
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and
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<emphasis id="B95D9E78FFD97F3098D3E3C0D54CFF72" box="[482,606,191,216]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">S. remotus</emphasis>
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. It can be distinguished from
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by its robust growth with visibly thicker branches, longer and overlapping aphlebiae, more chartaceous blades, longer and often somewhat curved segments, and more remote segments on the 1
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branch. Relative to
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branch), is larger and more robust, has generally larger scales, more and paler scales on the fiddleheads, and sometimes bears arachnoid scales on the abaxial segment surfaces. Further diagnostic characters are found among the scales. Typically,
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<emphasis id="B95D9E78FFD97F309D02E2F9D3DFFE35" box="[1075,1229,390,415]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">S. interjectus</emphasis>
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has scales on the buds and abaxially on the branches that are bicolorous with almost black scale bodies and whitish margins. The bud scales have widened bases and long-acuminate apices whereas
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<emphasis id="B95D9E78FFD97F309D1EE2ACD3F3FE46" box="[1071,1249,467,492]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">S. ferrugineus</emphasis>
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has uniformly lanceolate scales with square bases and
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<emphasis id="B95D9E78FFD97F309B5BE285D5F7FDB9" box="[618,741,506,531]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">S. remotus</emphasis>
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has short, triangular scales. The abaxial midvein scales are stellate, usually whitish, and sometimes have darkened cilia.
<taxonomicName id="4C2939E9FFD97F309A48E15ED35CFD90" authorityName="Chrysler" authorityYear="1944" baseAuthorityName="Kaulf." box="[889,1102,545,570]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Gleicheniaceae" genus="Sticherus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Gleicheniales" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="remotus">
<emphasis id="B95D9E78FFD97F309A48E15ED35CFD90" box="[889,1102,545,570]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Sticherus remotus</emphasis>
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has similar scales, whereas those of
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<emphasis id="B95D9E78FFD97F3099CDE138D6B2FDCA" box="[252,416,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">S. ferrugineus</emphasis>
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are larger and lax.
<taxonomicName id="4C2939E9FFD97F309BB3E138D463FDCA" authorityName="J. Gonzales" authorityYear="2011" baseAuthorityName="Jermy &amp; T. G. Walker" baseAuthorityYear="2011" box="[642,881,583,608]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Gleicheniaceae" genus="Sticherus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Gleicheniales" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="interjectus">
<emphasis id="B95D9E78FFD97F309BB3E138D463FDCA" box="[642,881,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Sticherus interjectus</emphasis>
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is also very similar to and possibly conspecific with
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<emphasis id="B95D9E78FFD97F3099E3E111D6B1FD2D" box="[210,419,622,647]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">S. nigropaleaceus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(for further details see notes under that species).
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<taxonomicName id="4C2939E9FFD97F3099F7E1EBD6A9FD07" authorityName="J. Gonzales" authorityYear="2011" baseAuthorityName="Jermy &amp; T. G. Walker" baseAuthorityYear="2011" box="[198,443,660,685]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Gleicheniaceae" genus="Sticherus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Gleicheniales" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="interjectus">
<emphasis id="B95D9E78FFD97F3099F7E1EBD6A9FD07" box="[198,443,660,685]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Sticherus interjectus</emphasis>
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may also be confused with the triploid hybrid taxa occurring in
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,
<emphasis id="B95D9E78FFD97F309C59E1EBD26CFD07" box="[1384,1406,660,685]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">S.</emphasis>
×
<emphasis id="B95D9E78FFD97F3099A6E1C4D632FD7E" box="[151,288,699,724]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">subremotus</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="B95D9E78FFD97F30986CE1C4D661FD7E" box="[349,371,699,724]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">S.</emphasis>
×
<emphasis id="B95D9E78FFD97F3098A4E1C4D52EFD7E" box="[405,572,699,724]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">pseudobifidus</emphasis>
. This is especially due to the fact that the hybrids are morphologically quite variable. Usually, they have branches of unequal length with somewhat irregularly placed segments. However, the main characters distinguishing
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<emphasis id="B95D9E78FFD97F309B9AE076D457FC88" box="[683,837,777,802]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">S. interjectus</emphasis>
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from these hybrids are the bud and adaxial branch scales that have more regularly defined outlines, cell patterns, and color patterns. In
<emphasis id="B95D9E78FFD97F309D49E050D39CFCE2" box="[1144,1166,815,840]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">S.</emphasis>
×
<emphasis id="B95D9E78FFD97F309D9FE050D226FCE2" box="[1198,1332,815,840]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">subremotus</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="B95D9E78FFD97F309C5CE050D291FCE2" box="[1389,1411,815,840]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">S.</emphasis>
×
<emphasis id="B95D9E78FFD97F3099A6E029D62CFCC5" box="[151,318,854,879]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">pseudobifidus</emphasis>
adjacent scales on a given bud are highly variable with respect to shape and color and have irregular cell patterns.
<bibRefCitation id="EFB83F9BFFD97F30989AE003D5CDFC3C" author="Jermy, A. C. &amp; Walker, T. G." box="[427,735,892,918]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="258 - 264" refId="ref31812" refString="Jermy, A. C. &amp; Walker, T. G. (1985) Cytotaxonomic studies of the ferns of Trinidad. Bulletin of the British Museum Natural History Botany 13: 185 - 191, 258 - 264." type="journal article" year="1985">Jermy and Walker (1985)</bibRefCitation>
also described differences in the indument density on the abaxial segment surfaces between these three taxa, but closer examination of more specimens has convinced us that this is not a reliable character.
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