Microlepia speluncae

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 : 262

Microlepia speluncae (L.) T.Moore, Index Fil. xciii. 1857.

Range:— Pantropical; perhaps introduced in the Americas; likely to be spreading in Bolivia, where so far known only from LP.

Ecology:— Rare; terrestrial in humid forests, especially near streams; to 500 m.

Notes:— The sori and indusia are similar to Saccoloma inaequale ( Saccolomataceae ; Kessler & Smith 2017c), which has erect rhizomes with scales. The leaf architecture and pubescence resemble Dennstaedtia cicutaria , but that species has marginal sori.