Sticherus brevitomentosus Østergaard & Øllgaard (2001: 132)

Type:— ECUADOR. Zamora-Chinchipe: Km 29 Yangana–Valladolid, 2580 m, Østergaard 10728 (holotype QCA!, isotype AAU!) .

Distribution and ecology:— Venezuelan tepuis and Andes of Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador. Apparently rather uncommon and local, it is found along forest edges and roadbanks in humid montane forests at 600–2900 m.