Alsophila
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.334.2.2 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BFE94F-1E0F-B71A-D7B7-FF3EFA5E4C3E |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Alsophila |
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Key to the Bolivian species of Alsophila View in CoL
1 Laminar apices gradually reduced .................................................................................................................................................... 2
– Laminar apices abruptly reduced ...................................................................................................................................................... 3
2 Laminae dark green; petioles purpurascent; indusia cyatheoid to subsphaeropteroid; trunks without old petiole bases .................... ......................................................................................................................................................................................... A. minervae View in CoL
– Laminae green to bright green; petioles pale brown to yellowish; indusia meniscoid to discoid; trunks with old petiole bases........ ..................................................................................................................................................................................... A. odonelliana View in CoL
3 Petioles bases with aphlebioid pinnae; indusia sphaeropteroid, fragile; trunks with old petiole bases, appearing dark and sulcated. ....................................................................................................................................................................................... A. mostellaria View in CoL
– Petioles bases without aphlebioid pinnae; indusia meniscoid to sphaeropteroid, firm; trunks with or without old petiole bases..... 4
4 Scales of abaxial sides of petiole bases with lateral setae; indusia sphaeropteroid, splitting into three almost equally sized parts at maturity; trunks without old petiole bases, appearing light brown to brown ................................................................ A. cuspidata View in CoL
– Scales of the petiole without lateral setae (rarely a second apical seta present); indusia subsphaeropteroid of irregular dehiscence to meniscoid; trunks with or without old petiole bases .................................................................................................................... 5
5 Trunks without old petiole bases, light brown to brown, rarely with buds; stellate hairs and squamellae with many black setae present on the lamina abaxially; indusia subsphaeropteroid to cyatheoid, usually splitting into two unequally sized parts at maturity ... ........................................................................................................................................................................................... A. erinacea View in CoL
– Trunks with old petiole bases, appearing dark and sulcated, regularly with buds and stolons; stellate hairs absent, squamellae present on the lamina abaxially rarely with one black seta; indusia meniscoid (to urceolate), sometimes abraded to irregular discs....... ..................................................................................................................................................................................... A. odonelliana View in CoL
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