Hypolepis minima M.Kessler & A.R.Sm., Brittonia

Schwartsburd, Pedro B., Navarrete, Hugo, Smith, Alan R. & Kessler, Michael, 2017, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XXVI. Dennstaedtiaceae, Phytotaxa 332 (3), pp. 251-268 : 256

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.332.3.2

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Hypolepis minima M.Kessler & A.R.Sm., Brittonia
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Hypolepis minima M.Kessler & A.R.Sm., Brittonia View in CoL 59(2): 194, Figs. 3a, b View FIGURE 3 . 2007 ( Fig. 2E–H View FIGURE 2 )

Range:— Endemic to Bolivia (LP); known only from the type collection. Ecology:— Rare; terrestrial in a rocky pasture within humid forest; 2950 m. Notes:— Schwartsburd & Prado (2016) regarded Hypolepis minima as a dubious synonym of H. rigescens . Here, we regard them as distinct. Hypolepis minima differs from H. rigescens by shorter leaves 12–21 × 3–6 cm (vs. 100–230 × 50–80 cm), inermous petioles and rachises (vs. spiny), and 2-pinnate-pinnatifid blades (vs. 3-pinnate-pinnatifid to 4-pinnate) (Fig. E–H). In addition, H. rigescens occurs at much lower elevations (800–1900 m).

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