Pleopeltis buchtienii (Christ & Rosenst.) A.R.Sm., Candollea

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	Pleopeltis buchtienii (Christ & Rosenst.) A.R.Sm., Candollea
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Pleopeltis buchtienii (Christ & Rosenst.) A.R.Sm., Candollea View in CoL 60(1): 281. 2005.

= Polypodium buchtienii Christ & Rosenst., Repert. Sp. Nov. Regni Veg. 237(-238). 1905.

= Polypodium pycnocarpum C.Chr. var. buchtienii (Christ & Rosenst.) R.M.Tryon & Stolze, Fieldiana, Bot. View in CoL , n.s., 32: 136. 1993.

= Polypodium rusbyi Maxon, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. View in CoL 17: 570. 1916.

Range: —Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia ( CH, CO, LP, SC).

Ecology: —Very common; terrestrial, saxicolous, and less commonly epiphytic in humid montane habitats, including shrubby vegetation, forests, and rocky slopes; 1900–3800 m.

Notes: —This belongs to a taxonomically difficult species complex, also including P. appressa , P. tweedieana , P. pycnocarpa , and P. subvestita . Many species in this group occasionally have specimens with pinnatisect pinnae.