Sticherus pteridellus (Christ) Copeland (1947: 28)

Gleichenia pteridella Christ (1906: 284) . Dicranopteris pteridella (Christ) Underwood (1907: 260) .

Type:— COSTA RICA. Wercklé s.n. (holotype P, photo BM) .

Distribution and ecology:— Mountains of Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. It is locally common in open habitats in humid montane forests at 1100–2100 m.