Cyclopeltis semicordata (Sw.) J.Sm.
Descripción
Rhizomes erect to suberect; rhizome scales light brown, 8–15 X 0.8–1.5 mm, linear-attenuate, entire; fronds clumped; stipes pale brown, 14–30 cm long, 1⁄10–1⁄3 the frond length, scaly at base; blades 40–160 X 12–35 cm, 1-pinnate, lanceolate, subconform apex usually lobate at base, proximal 2–5 pinna pairs somewhat shortened and deflexed; rachises with scattered hair-like scales 3–6 mm long, abaxial surface densely puberulent with stout, minute, erect hairs 0.1 mm long; pinnae linear-lanceolate, entire or slightly undulate, 6–18 X 1–2 cm, sessile, semicordate to auriculate at the base, auricle basiscopic, overlying the brownish rachis; blades firm-membranaceous to chartaceous, glabrous; veins 3–5-forked, 1–3 proximal branches bearing sori; sori borne in 1–3 rows on each side of costa, nearer to costa than margin; indusia peltate, persistent or deciduous, 1–2 mm diam., margin minutely ciliate; 2n=82 (Jam).A
Forma de vida
TerrestreA
Ejemplar revisado
Chis (Breedlove 58021, CAS; González Q. 3473, ENCB, NY; Martínez S. 7566, 8013, ARIZ, 15021, UC). Tab (Cowan 1720, CAS, CHAPA, ENCB, NY, 2071, CHAPA; Díaz Luna 13422, GUADA, UC). Ver (Brigada Dorantes 2893, MEXU, MO, UC, XAL; Vázquez 727, UAMIZ, XAL).A
Elevación
50 – 550 mA
Ecología y Hábitat
Along stream banks and in ravines in wet forests.A
Tipo de vegetación
Selva altaA
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaB
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC
Discusión taxonómica
This species is easily distinguished by the round, peltate indusia and the auricles at the pinna bases overlapping the rachis.A