Elaphoglossum lindenii (Bory ex Fée) T.Moore, Index Fil.

Kessler, Michael, Moran, Robbin C., Mickel, John T., Matos, Fernando B. & Smith, Alan R., 2018, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XXXV. Dryopteridaceae, Phytotaxa 353 (1), pp. 448-450 : 448-450

Elaphoglossum lindenii (Bory ex Fée) T.Moore, Index Fil. 11. 1857. ( Fig. 53E–G )

= Elaphoglossum squamatum (Sw.) T.Moore, Index Fil. 15. 1857.

Range: — Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama; Colombia and Venezuela to Bolivia (CO, LP), Chile and Brazil.

Ecology: —Fairly common but local; saxicolous and terrestrial on rock faces, steep slopes, and road banks, in humid to semihumid habitats; 2900–4300 m.

Notes: —Like most of the widespread species in the genus, E. lindenii varies considerably in leaf size, shape, and indument. The name E. squamatum , which has been applied to this species in recently published floras (e.g., Rodríguez 1995, Idárraga-Piedrahita et al. 2011), is illegimate and cannot be used (see Morton 1939).

Figures

FIGURE 53. A–C. Elaphoglossum acrocarpum (Hatschbach 36449, NY, from Brazil). A. Habit. B. Rhizome scale. C. Sterile lamina abaxially. D. Elaphoglossum pilosius (Luteyn 6139, NY, from Venezuela), habit. E–G. Elaphoglossum lindenii (Rzedowski 23278, NY, from Mexico). E. Habit. F. Blade scale. G. Blade apex.—Scale bars for habit = 5 cm, all other scale bars = 1 mm.