Culcita C.Presl
Descripción
Rhizomes horizontal, stout, short, not forming trunks, apices with dense, long, golden or castaneous hairs; fronds large, monomorphic; stipes hairy; blades quadripinnate, glabrous to slightly hairy, coriaceous; veins free; sori marginal, indusia bivalvate, lower valve fitting inside outer (upper) valve, outer valve greenish, inner valve whitish to tan; sporangia with oblique annuli; spores tetrahedral; x=58, 66.A
Forma de vida
TerrestreA
Tipo de vegetación
Bosque de neblina/mesófiloA
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaB
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC
Discusión taxonómica
Culcita is a genus of two species and is distinct from Dicksonia and Cibotium by its 4–5-pinnate blades and erect stems not forming a distinct trunk. Culcita has a sole neotropical species, and one species in Macaronesia (Madeira). Seven similar species from Polynesia, Australia, and Malesia are now generally included in the genus Calochlaena (White & Turner, 1988). The New World species occurs primarily in evergreen cloud forests at high elevations.A
Bibliografía
C. SEMARNAT 2019: MODIFICACIÓN del Anexo Normativo III, Lista de especies en riesgo de la Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010: 101 pp. – https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5578808&fecha=14/11/2019#gsc.tab=0 [accessed: 4 May 2023]