Serpocaulon attenuatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) A.R.Sm.
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.354.1.1 |
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scientific name |
Serpocaulon attenuatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) A.R.Sm. |
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Serpocaulon attenuatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) A.R.Sm. View in CoL , Taxon 55(4): 927(–928). 2006.
= Polypodium attenuatum Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd., Sp. Pl. , ed. 4 [Willdenow], 5: 191. 1810.
Range: —Northern South America from the Guianas to Venezuela and Bolivia (SC).
Ecology: — Rare, known from a single Bolivian collection (Arroyo 660, USZ); terrestrial and saxicolous in semihumid to humid forests; 650 m.
Notes: — Serpocaulon richardii , which also has adnate pinnae, has 2–6 rows of sori between the costae and the pinna margins (1 row in S. attenuatum ), and long, septate hairs to ca. 1 mm along the rachises and costae abaxially (no such hairs in S. attenuatum ).
USZ |
Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado -- Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno |
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