Elaphoglossum sect. Squamipedia

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

Key to the Bolivian species of Elaphoglossum sect. Squamipedia

1 Rhizomes compact; sterile leaves 30–37 × 4–5 cm; phyllopodia present ..................................................................... E. nidiforme

– Rhizomes long-creeping; sterile leaves 1–15(–27.5) × 0.5–3(–4) cm; phyllopodia absent ............................................................. 2

2 Sterile blades divided ....................................................................................................................................................................... 3

– Sterile blades simple ......................................................................................................................................................................... 4

3 Sterile blades pinnately divided; fertile blades ovate, crenulate ....................................................................................... E. moorei

– Sterile blades flabellate; fertile blades orbicular to apically notched, entire ................................................................... E. peltatum

4 Phyllopodia present; rhizome scales red-brown ............................................................................ E. filipes (sect. Elaphoglossum )

– Phyllopodia lacking; rhizome scales tan or dark-centered ............................................................................................................... 5

5 Sterile blade apices attenuate, acute to acuminate ............................................................................................................. E. lloense

– Sterile blade apices obtuse to broadly acute ..................................................................................................................................... 6

6 Sterile blades (3 –)4–11 times longer than wide, narrowly elliptic to oblong, usually broadest at or above the middle, often parallel- sided medially; to 1000(– 1500) m .................................................................................................................................. E. minutum

– Sterile blades 1.8–2.5(– 4) times longer than wide, ovate-lanceolate to spathulate, usually broadest below the middle; (800 –) 1700– 3800 m .......................................................................................................................................................................... E. squamipes