Microgramma rosmarinifolia (Kunth) R.M.Tryon & A.F.Tryon, Rhodora

Smith, Alan R., Kessler, Michael, León, Blanca, Almeida, Thaís Elias, Jiménez-Pérez, Iván & Lehnert, Marcus, 2018, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XL. Polypodiaceae, Phytotaxa 354 (1), pp. 448-450 : 448-450

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https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.354.1.1

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scientific name

Microgramma rosmarinifolia (Kunth) R.M.Tryon & A.F.Tryon, Rhodora
status

 

Microgramma rosmarinifolia (Kunth) R.M.Tryon & A.F.Tryon, Rhodora View in CoL 84: 129. 1982.

= Polypodium rosmarinifolium Kunth, Syn. Pl. View in CoL 1: 71. 1822.

Range: —Disjunct in montane valleys from Ecuador to Bolivia (CO).

Ecology: —Rare, known from five Bolivian collections; epiphytic on tree trunks or saxicolous, in evergreen forests with Podocarpus and Myrtaceae ; 2600–3050 m.

Notes: —This species is easily recognizable by the monomorphic linear fronds and flattened rhizomes covered with bicolored, erose scales.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Polypodiopsida

Order

Polypodiales

Family

Polypodiaceae

Genus

Microgramma