Sticherus aurantiacus Østergaard & Øllgaard (2001: 124)

Type: — ECUADOR. Morona-Santiago: road Santa Susana de Chiaviasa-Panecillo, 1300 m, Øllgaard & Navarrete 2670 (holotype QCA!, isotype AAU!) .

Distribution and ecology: —Disjunct along the eastern Andean slope in S. Colombia (Serranía La Macarena), S. Ecuador (Morona-Santiago and Zamora-Chinchipe) to N. Peru (San Martín), and Bolivia (La Paz). Locally common at 750–2500 m in disturbed montane forests, along roadsides, and along streams; often forming large, uniform colonies.