Serpocaulon intricatum (M.Kessler & A.R.Sm.) A.R.Sm.

Smith, Alan R., Kessler, Michael, León, Blanca, Almeida, Thaís Elias, Jiménez-Pérez, Iván & Lehnert, Marcus, 2018, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XL. Polypodiaceae, Phytotaxa 354 (1), pp. 448-450 : 448-450

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.354.1.1
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scientific name	Serpocaulon intricatum (M.Kessler & A.R.Sm.) A.R.Sm.
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Serpocaulon intricatum (M.Kessler & A.R.Sm.) A.R.Sm. View in CoL , Taxon 55(4): 928. 2006.

= Polypodium intricatum M.Kessler & A.R.Sm., Candollea 60(1): 278(-280, 287), fig. 4F – I. 2005.

Range: —Andes from Ecuador to Bolivia (CO, LP, SC), perhaps also further north in the Andes.

Ecology: —Common; epiphytic in humid forests; 1400–3400 m.

Notes: —Closest to S. latipes , which has attenuate rhizome scales 3–5 mm long, shorter leaves, and often basally constricted segments. Serpocaulon intricatum was long included in S. loriceum (L.) A.R.Sm., but that species is now believed to be restricted to the Antilles, northern South America (particularly Venezuela), and southern Central America. Specimens named this in herbaria, from Bolivia, are most likely S. intricatum . However, this species group is in need of modern monographic study.