Dennstaedtia auriculata H.Navarrete & B.Øllg., Nordic J. Bot.

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 : 253

Dennstaedtia auriculata H.Navarrete & B.Øllg., Nordic J. Bot. 20: 337, fig. 5a–d. 2000.

Range:— Greater Antilles; mountains from southern Mexico to Venezuela and Bolivia (CO, LP). Ecology:— Rare; terrestrial in humid forests; 1800–3000 m. Notes:— This species resembles Dennstaedtia mathewsii in some features, such as the large scandent leaves. However, the purse-shaped sori of D. auriculata are borne mainly laterally, not apically, on ultimate segments. In addition, D. auriculata has the rhizome apices elevated aboveground, not buried.