Adiantum lucidum (Cav.) Sw., Syn. Fil.

Kessler, Michael, Smith, Alan R. & Prado, Jefferson, 2017, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XXVII. Pteridaceae, Phytotaxa 332 (3), pp. 201-250 : 234

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Adiantum lucidum (Cav.) Sw., Syn. Fil.
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Adiantum lucidum (Cav.) Sw., Syn. Fil. View in CoL 121. 1806.

= Pteris lucida Cav., Descr. Pl. 266. 1802.

Range: — Panama; Colombia to Trinidad, Guianas, and Bolivia (BE, LP, PA); northern Brazil.

Ecology: —Rare (5 collections known), terrestrial in lowland evergreen forests; 100–250 m.

Notes: —Closely related to Adiantum dolosum , agreeing in the usually 1-pinnate blades. Pinnae (or pinnules) lanceolate, entire, 2–4 times longer than wide, 10–13 pairs per frond, stalked ca. 1–3 mm, abaxially with scattered scales, adaxially with very few similar scales; veins irregularly anastomosing, mostly free; sori 2, one on each side of a pinna, continuous, usually not reaching pinna apices; indusia with reddish brown hairs.

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