Meniscium arcanum (Maxon & C.V.Morton) Pic.Serm., Webbia

Smith, Alan R. & Kessler, Michael, 2017, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XXX. Thelypteridaceae, Phytotaxa 331 (1), pp. 1-34 : 27

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Meniscium arcanum (Maxon & C.V.Morton) Pic.Serm., Webbia
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Meniscium arcanum (Maxon & C.V.Morton) Pic.Serm., Webbia View in CoL 23: 180. 1968.

= Thelypteris arcana (Maxon & C.V.Morton) C.V.Morton, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 38: 42. 1967.

Range: — Colombia to Bolivia (LP), eastern Brazil.

Ecology: — Rare, known from a single Bolivian collection: Sperling et al. 5518, GH, MO, US ); terrestrial in humid forests; 850 m.

Notes: —Unique in Bolivia in having the receptacles or sporangial stalks with tubular yellow or orange glands; pinnae 2.5–5.5 cm wide; secondary veins nearly straight; and areoles 7–10-seriate. Meniscium andreanum Sodiro , from Honduras to Peru, may occur in Bolivia (see discussion under M. ensiforme ).

A Bolivian specimen (Kessler 11197, UC), previously determined as Meniscium lingulatum (C.Chr.) Pic.Serm. (= Thelypteris lingulata (C.Chr.) C.V.Morton ), a species ranging from Nicaragua to Peru, has been redetermined as M. arcanum by Fernandes (2015).

GH

Harvard University - Gray Herbarium

MO

Missouri Botanical Garden

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Polypodiopsida

Order

Polypodiales

Family

Thelypteridaceae

Genus

Meniscium

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Polypodiopsida

Order

Polypodiales

Family

Thelypteridaceae

Genus

Thelypteris

Loc

Meniscium arcanum (Maxon & C.V.Morton) Pic.Serm., Webbia

Smith, Alan R. & Kessler, Michael 2017
2017
Loc

Meniscium arcanum (Maxon & C.V.Morton) Pic.Serm., Webbia

Serm. 1968: 180
1968
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