Pleopeltis stolzei A.R.Sm. 2005

Almeida, Thais Elias & Salino, Alexandre, 2015, Thirteen new records of ferns from Brazil, Biodiversity Data Journal 3, pp. 4421-4421 : 4421

Pleopeltis stolzei A.R.Sm. 2005

Polypodiaceae

Pleopeltis stolzei A.R.Sm., Candollea 60: 262. 2005. Pleopeltis macrocarpa var. laciniata Stolze, Fieldiana, Bot. 2, 32: 143. 1993. Type: Peru, Moran & Fernández 3681 (USM). Fig. 14.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: INPA 28165 ; recordNumber: Byron 304; recordedBy: Byron et J. Lima; Taxon: taxonID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77067049-1; scientificName: Pleopeltisstolzei A.R.Sm.; kingdom: Plantae; class: Polypodiopsida; order: Polypodiales; family: Polypodiaceae; genus: Pleopeltis; specificEpithet: stolzei; scientificNameAuthorship: A.R.Sm.; Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil; countryCode: BR; stateProvince: Amazonas; municipality: Barreirinha; locality: Rio Auati Parana , igarape Josefina ; verbatimLocality: 273; Identification: identifiedBy: T.E. Almeida; dateIdentified: 2015-01-05; Event: eventDate: 1970-04-14; year: 1970; month: 4; day: 14; Record Level: type: specimen; language: Portuguese; collectionCode: INPA Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: BHCB 144752 ; recordNumber: T.E. Almeida 2629; recordedBy: T.E. Almeida & A. Salino; Taxon: taxonID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77067049-1; scientificName: Pleopeltisstolzei A.R.Sm.; kingdom: Plantae; class: Polypodiopsida; order: Polypodiales; family: Polypodiaceae; genus: Pleopeltis; specificEpithet: stolzei; scientificNameAuthorship: A.R.Sm.; Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil; countryCode: BR; stateProvince: Acre; municipality: Mâncio Lima; locality: Parque Nacional da Serra do Divisor, Serra do Moa , trail to Cachoeira Formosa ; verbatimLocality: 273; verbatimElevation: 273 m; minimumElevationInMeters: 273; verbatimCoordinates: 07°24'31"S, 73°39'51"W; verbatimLatitude: 07°24'31"S; verbatimLongitude: 73°39'51"W; decimalLatitude: -7.408611; decimalLongitude: -73.664167; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: T.E. Almeida & A.R. Smith; Event: eventDate: 2010-12-14; year: 2010; month: 12; day: 14; Record Level: type: specimen; language: Portuguese; collectionCode: BHCB

Distribution

Previously known distribution: Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru ( Kessler and Smith 2005). Fig. 15.

Ecology

Occurs as epiphyte in wet forest.

Taxon discussion

This species can be distinguished from Pleopeltis macrocarpa (Bory ex Willd) Kaulf., species from which it was previously recognized as the variety Pleopeltis macrocarpa var. laciniata Stolze, by the laminar scales concolorous with laciniate margins ( Tryon et al. 1993). It can also be recognized by the larger lamina and also by its shape, with broad to narrow-cuneate base ( Tryon et al. 1993).