Sticherus squamosus (Fée) J.Gonzales, comb. nov.

Mertensia squamosa Fée (1869: 232, t. 72, f. 2). Gleichenia squamosa (Fée) Brade (1948: 33) .

Type:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais, 8 April 1868, Glaziou 2279 (holotype P) .

Gleichenia paulistana Rosenstock (1925: 343) . Sticherus paulistanus (Rosenst.) Copeland (1947: 28) . Type:— BRAZIL. São Paulo, Serra do Mar, 26 April 1914, Brade 6924 (holotype S, isotype US).

Distribution and ecology:— Locally common in humid forests from sea level to 900 m in southeastern Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina), and very local and uncommon in semihumid forests at 1900–2800 m in the Bolivian Andes.