Cochlidium linearifolium ( Desvaux 1811: 302 ) Maxon ex Christensen (1929: 23)

Krömer, Thorsten, Acebey, Amparo R. & Smith, Alan R., 2013, Taxonomic update, distribution and conservation status of grammitid ferns (Polypodiaceae, Polypodiopsida) in Veracruz State, Mexico, Phytotaxa 82 (1), pp. 29-44 : 32

4. Cochlidium linearifolium ( Desvaux 1811: 302) Maxon ex Christensen (1929: 23)

Distribution: — Mexico (Chis, Gro, Oax, Ver), Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Pananama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Brazil.

Representative specimens from Veracruz: —Acajete: C.I. Carvajal H. et al. 371 (MEXU, UC, XAL). Mecayapan: T. Krömer & E. Otto 2835 (EBT, MEXU, UC, XAL). Pajapan: G. Castillo C. et al. 13369 (XAL). San Andrés Tuxtla: T. Krömer & A. Acebey 2077 (EBT, MEXU, SEL, UC, XAL). Soteapan: R. Lira 27 (ENCB, MEXU, UAMIZ, XAL). Tatahuicapan de Juárez (until 1997 part of Mecayapan): T. Krömer et al. 3664 (MEXU, UC). Xico: P. Tenorio L. 15545 (MEXU, UC).

Ecology: — Epiphytic; in Los Tuxtlas area and central Veracruz in (lower) montane rain and pine-oak forests between (500–) 950–2560 m .

Conservation status:— Least Concern ( LC) in Veracruz. Known from seven recent collections made in a pine-oak forest of central Veracruz (not protected) and at the upper slopes of San Martín Tuxtla and Santa Marta volcanoes, which are somewhat protected because they form part of the nuclear zones of the Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve . However, the destruction of their montane rain forest habitat in Veracruz is ongoing due to high anthropogenic pressure, especially in the central region. Specimens examined: 12; TK collections: 7 .