Sticherus longipinnatus (Hook.) Ching (1940: 238)

Gleichenia longipinnata Hooker (1844: 9) . Mertensia longipinnata (Hook.) Klotzsch (1844: 537) . Dicranopteris longipinnata (Hook.) Maxon (1922a: 48) .

Type: — SURINAME. Hostmann 238 (holotype BM!, isotypes K, US!).

Distribution and ecology: —Suriname, Guyana, western Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru. Rather uncommon along roadsides and in other open habitats in humid forests at 100–1800 m.