Elaphoglossum glaziovii (Fée) Brade

Carmes, Amanda Angélica, Dechoum, Michele de Sá, Lima, Duane Fernandes, de Gasper, Andre Luís, B. Matos, Fernando & Fiaschi, Pedro, 2020, Ferns and lycophytes from Lagoa do Peri Municipal Park, Santa Catarina, Brazil, Check List 16 (5), pp. 1305-1322 : 1312

Elaphoglossum glaziovii (Fée) Brade

Material examined. BRAZIL • Santa Catarina, Floria- nópolis, PMLP; alt. 317 m; 12 Mar. 2010; T.J. Cadorin et al. 1638 col.; FURB 07766 .

Habitat. Dense Ombrophilous Forest.

Habit. Epiphyte.

Distribution pattern. Endemic to Brazil.

Identification. Rhizomes short-creeping, covered with light-brown scales; leaves holodimorphic; petioles stramineous, ca 1/3–1/2 of the sterile leaf length, densely cov- ered with patent, subulate scales; sterile blades entire, narrowly elliptic, apices acuminate; blade scales largely limited to costae and margins, the costal ones subulate and patent, the marginal ones cordate and appressed; fertile blades entire, elliptic, ca 1/3 smaller than the sterile blades, with petioles longer than those of sterile blades; sori acrostichoid; and indusia absent. The most similar species in the park is Elaphoglossum luridum (Fée) Christ , which differs by shorter petioles (1/10 vs 1/3–1/2 of the sterile leaf length), oblanceolate to broadly elliptic blades (vs narrowly elliptic), and absence of scales along the margins of sterile blades (vs marginal scales present).