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Elaphoglossum madidiense M. Kessler & Mickel, Brittonia

  • 1. Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH- 8008 Zurich, Switzerland
  • 2. New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Blvd., Bronx, New York, 10458 - 5126, USA
  • 3. Universidade Federal do Paraná, Departamento de Botânica, Caixa Postal 19031, 81531 - 980, Curitiba, PR, Brasil
  • 4. Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH- 8008 Zurich, Switzerland & University Herbarium, 1001 Valley Life Sciences Bldg. # 2465, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 - 2465, USA & Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH- 8008 Zurich, Switzerland

Description

Elaphoglossum madidiense M.Kessler & Mickel, Brittonia 58(2): 108. 2006. (Fig. 5A–F)

Range: —Endemic to Bolivia (LP).

Ecology: —Rare; epiphytic in humid forests; 3450–3600 m.

Notes: —Most similar to E. unduaviense, from which it differs in its smaller size (leaves 2–11 cm vs. 12–60 cm long); rhizomes 0.7–1 mm thick (vs. 1.5–3.5 mm); phyllopodia 3–5 mm long (vs. 12–25 mm); lanceolate blades (vs. linear-lanceolate); and presence of whitish, peltate, ovate scales on the adaxial blade surfaces.

Notes

Published as part of Kessler, Michael, Moran, Robbin C., Mickel, John T., Matos, Fernando B. & Smith, Alan R., 2018, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XXXV. Dryopteridaceae, pp. 448-450 in Phytotaxa 353 (1) on pages 448-450, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.353.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13706233

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Biodiversity

Family
Dryopteridaceae
Genus
Elaphoglossum
Kingdom
Plantae
Order
Polypodiales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
M. Kessler & Mickel, Brittonia
Species
madidiense
Taxon rank
species