Elaphoglossum hickenii (Sodiro) C.Chr., Index Filic., Suppl.

Kessler, Michael, Moran, Robbin C., Mickel, John T., Matos, Fernando B. & Smith, Alan R., 2018, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XXXV. Dryopteridaceae, Phytotaxa 353 (1), pp. 448-450 : 448-450

Elaphoglossum hickenii (Sodiro) C.Chr., Index Filic., Suppl. 1: 42. 1913. ( Fig. 37G–L )

Range: — Ecuador to Bolivia (LP).

Ecology: —Locally fairly common; terrestrial and saxicolous on steep, rocky slopes, in humid forests; 1800–3200 m.

Notes: —Some Bolivian specimens have fertile leaves much longer and narrower than the sterile ones and narrowly ovate (vs. usually linear-lanceolate) blades, but the taxonomic significance of this variation is unknown.

Elaphoglossum huacsaro (Ruiz) Christ, Neue Denkschr. Allg. Schweiz. Ges. Gesammten Naturwiss. 36(1): 96. 1899. ( Fig. 29K–N )

= Elaphoglossum angustissimum (Fée) C.Chr. var. minus C.Chr., Ark. Bot. 20 A: 25. 1926.

Range: —Antilles; mountains from southern Mexico to Venezuela and Bolivia (CO, LP); southeastern Brazil. Ecology: —Fairly common; terrestrial and saxicolous in Bolivia, but also epiphytic elsewhere in its range, on roadsides, cliffs, and rocks, in humid forests; 2050–3800 m.

Figures

FIGURE 29. A–C. Elaphoglossum nigrescens (Kessler et al. 7842, NY). A. Habit. B. Sterile blade, abaxial surface. C. Blade margin scale. D–J. Elaphoglossum burchellii (Solomon & Stein 11748, MO). D. Habit. E. Fertile blade detail. F. Rhizome scales. G. Petiolar scales. H. Sterile blade, adaxial surface. J. Sterile blade, abaxial surface. K–N. Elaphoglossum huacsaro (Kessler 6993, NY). K. Habit. L. Rhizome scale. M. Sterile blade, adaxial surface. N. Sterile blade, abaxial surface.—Scale bars for habit = 5 cm, all other scale bars = 1 mm.

FIGURE 37. A–F. Elaphoglossum orbignyanum (Kessler 6443, NY). A. Habit. B. Rhizome scales, C, Sterile balde, abaxial surface. D, F. Rachis scales. E. Blade scale. G–L. Elaphoglossum hickenii (Solomon 16374, NY). G. Habit. H. Rhizome scale. J. Sterile blade, adaxial surface. K. Sterile blade, abaxial surface. L. Blade scale.—Scale bars for habit = 5 cm, all other scale bars = 1 mm.