Diplazium praestans (Copel.) C.V.Morton, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.

Kessler, Michael & Smith, Alan R., 2018, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XXXII. Athyriaceae, Phytotaxa 334 (2), pp. 141-151 : 149

Diplazium praestans (Copel.) C.V.Morton, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 38: 41. 1967.

Range: —Amazonian Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia (BE).

Ecology: —Rare, known from a single Bolivian collection: Weigelt 90373 (LPB, TUR, UC, Z); terrestrial in humid forests, collected on steep seepage slope near stream; 250 m, to 900 m elsewhere.

Notes: —Preliminary, unpublished molecular data suggest that this species may not, in fact, be a Diplazium , but rather belongs to the Aspleniaceae (H. Schneider, pers. comm; W. Testo, pers. comm.), which, with the addition of Desmophlebium and Hemidictyum , already includes two distinct, phylogenetically basal genera with areolate veins ( Kessler & Smith 2017 b).