Melpomene melanosticta (Kunze) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
Descripción
Rhizomes short-creeping to usually suberect, compact, 2–3 mm diam.; rhizome scales dark brown to blackish, 2–3 mm, appressed, acute at tips; fronds clumped; stipes dark brown, 0–1 cm long, 1⁄20–1⁄10 the frond length, lacking setae on both sides, hairy abaxially, the hairs pale reddish, 0.1–0.2 mm long, generally branched, lax; blades 10–20 X 0.6–1(–1.5) cm, linear-elliptic, gradually tapering at both ends; rachises lacking setae on both sides, sparsely hairy to glabrescent abaxially, the hairs 0.1–0.2 mm long, generally branched, pale reddish, lax; pinnae 22–50 pairs, oblong, to 7 mm long, 1.5–2.5 times as long as wide, mostly spreading, rounded at tips; costae not visible abaxially; indument absent abaxially; sori mostly 2–4 pairs per segment, lacking setae among the sporangia.A
Forma de vida
EpífitaA
Ejemplar revisado
Chis (Breedlove 29900, DS p.p., 29902, 33014, DS; Martínez S. 18679, MEXU, UAMIZ).A
Elevación
800 – 1000 mA
Tipo de vegetación
Bosque de neblina/mesófiloA
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaB
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC
Discusión taxonómica
This species most resembles M. moniliformis but is found at lower elevations, is always epiphytic (vs. usually terrestrial or epipetric), has suberect (vs. creeping) rhizomes, and has blades tapering gradually at the base, nearly or quite to the rhizomes. The blade texture of M. melanosticta is also less coriaceous.A