Meniscium arborescens Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd., Sp. Pl.

Smith, Alan R. & Kessler, Michael, 2017, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XXX. Thelypteridaceae, Phytotaxa 331 (1), pp. 1-34 : 27

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.331.1.1

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scientific name

Meniscium arborescens Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd., Sp. Pl.
status

 

Meniscium arborescens Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd., Sp. Pl. View in CoL , ed. 4 [Willdenow] 5: 133. 1810.

= Thelypteris arborescens (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) C.V.Morton, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 38: 50. 1967.

= Meniscium salzmannii Fée, Mém. Foug. 5: 223 (Gen. Fil.). 1852.

= Thelypteris salzmannii (Fée) C.V.Morton, Los Angeles County Mus. Contr. Sci. View in CoL 35: 7. 1960.

= Meniscium standleyi (Maxon & C.V.Morton) Pic.Serm., Webbia View in CoL 23: 181. 1968.

= Thelypteris standleyi (Maxon & C.V.Morton) R.M.Tryon, Rhodora View in CoL 69(777): 8. 1967.

Range: —Southern Mexico to Panama, Colombia to Suriname and Bolivia (CO, LP, SC), Brazil, Paraguay.

Ecology: —Uncommon; terrestrial in humid forests, along streams and in swamps; 100–1100(1550) m.

Notes: —Variable, perhaps comprising a species complex. The name accepted here was considered of uncertain application by Maxon & Morton (1938); Meniscium standleyi has also been questioned as a good species by several authors (e.g., Smith, 1995). Fernandes (2015) clarified the typification of M. arborescens and considerably expanded its circumscription and range; as newly defined, it (along with M. serratum ) is one of the most widespread and common species in the genus.

Sporangia sometimes appear acrostichoid (but are not actually so) in mature fertile leaves of this and some other species of Meniscium , e.g., M. chrysodioides .

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Polypodiopsida

Order

Polypodiales

Family

Thelypteridaceae

Genus

Meniscium

Loc

Meniscium arborescens Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd., Sp. Pl.

Smith, Alan R. & Kessler, Michael 2017
2017
Loc

Meniscium standleyi (Maxon & C.V.Morton) Pic.Serm., Webbia

Serm. 1968: 181
1968
Loc

Thelypteris standleyi (Maxon & C.V.Morton) R.M.Tryon, Rhodora

R. M. Tryon 1967: 8
1967
Loc

Thelypteris salzmannii (Fée) C.V.Morton, Los Angeles County Mus. Contr. Sci.

C. V. Morton 1960: 7
1960
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