Salpichlaena hookeriana (Kuntze) Alston, Bull. Misc. Inform. 1932: 312

Gasper, André Luís De, Dittrich, Viníciusantonio De Oliveira, Smith, Alan R. & Salino, Alexandre, 2016, A classification for Blechnaceae (Polypodiales: Polypodiopsida): New genera, resurrected names, and combinations, Phytotaxa 275 (3), pp. 191-227 : 200-201

1. Salpichlaena hookeriana (Kuntze) Alston, Bull. Misc. Inform. 1932: 312 . 1932. — Spicanta hookeriana Kuntze , Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 821. 1891. 2. Salpichlaena thalassica Grayum & R.C.Moran, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 77: 591. 1990. 3. Salpichlaena volubilis (Kaulf.) J.Sm., J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 168. 1841. — Blechnum volubile Kaulf., Enum. Filic.

159. 1824.

Stenochlaena J.Sm. , in Hooker, J. Bot. 3: 401. 1841. — Lectotype (designated by Pfeiffer, Nom. 2: 1274. 1874): Stenochlaena scandens J.Sm. , nom. illeg. [= Stenochlaena palustris (Burm.f.) Bedd., 1876 ]. Figs. 2B , 5E .

Lomariobotrys Fée, Mém. Foug. , 5. Gen. Filic. 45. 1852 — Type: Lomariobotrys tenuifolia (Desv.) Fée, Mém. Fam. Foug. 5: 46. 1852 = [ Stenochlaena tenuifolia (Desv.) T.Moore ]

Plants terrestrial, rarely epiphytic; rhizomes long-creeping, climbing, non-stoloniferous, stout, clothed when young with brown peltate or linear-acuminate scales, these entire or subentire; fronds dimorphic, determinate; stipes stout, long, stramineous, red-brown, sometimes with a few persistent scales, glabrous distally or slightly hairy adaxially; sterile blades ovate to oblong-lanceolate, pinnate, truncate proximally, apices conform, concolorous; fertile blades pinnate to bipinnate (in S. tenuifolia ); rachises glabrous; buds absent; aerophores absent; pinnae not articulate to rachises, sessile to subsessile, oblong-ovate to lanceolate, serrate; veins with a unique series of inconspicuous areoles, the other ones simple to furcate; sori acrostichoid, exindusiate; x = 37.

Species number, comments, and distribution:— Seven species, distributed in Asia and Africa. The acrostichoid condition, as well as the exindusiate sori, both reported for this genus, need further investigation.

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FIGURE 2. General appearance of the three genera of Blechnaceae subfamily Stenochlaenoideae.A.Salpichlaena volubilis (MO3588318); B. Stenochlaena scandens (P01420182); C. Telmatoblechnum serrulatum (MO2003917). Vouchers are indicated by herbarium barcodes.

FIGURE 5. Habitat of Blechnaceae genera. A. Anchistea virginica; B. Lorinseria areolata; C. Woodwardia unigemmata; D. Salpichalena volubilis; E. Stenochlaena milnei; F. Telmatoblechnum serrulatum; G. Austroblechnum penna-marina; H. Blechnidium melanopus; I. Blechnopsis orientalis. Photos from: A. The PLANTS Database, USDA, NRCS. 2016; B. James Van Kley; C. Ralf Knapp; D. Luis Adriano Funez; E. Julie F. Barcelona; F. Luis Adriano Funez; G. Vinícius A.O. Dittrich; H. Ralf Knap; I. Ralf Knap. Reproduced with permission from the authors.