Hypolepis flexuosa Sodiro, Crypt. Vasc. Quit.

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

Hypolepis flexuosa Sodiro, Crypt. Vasc. Quit. 634. 1893.

Range:— Costa Rica; Andes from Colombia and Venezuela to Bolivia (CO, LP, SC); possibly also in other Mesoamerican countries and Jamaica ( Proctor 1985, Moran 1995, as “ H. bogotensis ”).

Ecology:— Common; erect to scandent terrestrial, in semihumid to humid forests, especially in open locations; 2700–3600 m, 2000–4100 m elsewhere.

Notes:— Hypolepis flexuosa has long been considered a synonym of H. bogotensis H.Karst. , which is endemic to the Bogota Cordillera in Colombia. Hypolepis flexuosa is characterized by large leaves (to 6 m long) with intermittent growth, inermous petioles and rachises, 4-pinnate-pinnatifid to 5-pinnate blades, and commonly lanose laminar axes.