Notholaena candida (M.Martens & Galeotti) Hook.
Descripción
Rhizomes compact, horizontal, ca. 2 mm diam.; rhizome scales lanceolate, 2 mm long, bicolorous, with castaneous to black central streak and pale margins, entire to suberose; fronds 10–34 cm long; stipes 1⁄2–2⁄3 the frond length, atropurpureous to black, terete, with scattered ovate-lanceolate scales at bases or to basal pinnae, also with sparse white farina; blades ovate-pentagonal to deltate-pentagonal, 4–7(–10) cm wide, pinnate-pinnatifid except for the basal pair of pinnae which are 2-pinnate-pinnatifid and exaggerated basiscopically (basal pinnule of suprabasal pinnae separated from next pinnule on same pinna by dark pinna rachis), the basiscopic pinnule on basal pinna pair gradually decreasing distally; pinnae 4–8 pinnatifid pairs above basal pinnae; adaxial surfaces glabrous or with a few scattered farina glands; abaxial surfaces white-farinose, rarely pale yellow; blade margins slightly curved; sporangia 64-spored; spores tan or black; 2n=60 (Mor, Oax, Pue).A
Ejemplar revisado
Chih (Palmer 82, NY). Chis (Breedlove 21577, NY). Col (McVaugh 15539, MICH). Dgo (Ibana García 650, US). Gro (Hinton 9628, NY). Gto (Ventura & López 8971, IEB). Hgo (Fisher 37107, US). Jal (Pringle 11786, B, F, GH, K, P, US). Méx (Hinton 7395, NY). Mor (Lyonnet 2676, US). Nay (Feddema 792, NY). Oax (Mickel 5000, NY). Pue (Purpus 3145, F). Qro (Breedlove 66612, CAS). SLP (Sohns 1247, US). Sin (Palmer 1575, NY). Son (Gentry 11370, US). Ver (Purpus 2171, NY). Zac (Pray 3138, LAM, NY).
Unverified, Doubtful, or Mistaken Reports. Ags (De la Cerda & García 276, HUAA, cited by Siqueiros-Delgado & González-Adame, 2004 [as Cheilanthes candida], but not verified). BCS (reported by Wiggins, 1980, but not verified).
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Unverified, Doubtful, or Mistaken Reports. Ags (De la Cerda & García 276, HUAA, cited by Siqueiros-Delgado & González-Adame, 2004 [as Cheilanthes candida], but not verified). BCS (reported by Wiggins, 1980, but not verified).
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Elevación
450 – 1700 mA
Ecología y Hábitat
Dry rock scrubby hillsides.A
Tipo de vegetación
Selva baja, Bosque de encino, Matorral crassicaule, Matorral espinosoB
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaC
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaD
Discusión taxonómica
Notholaena candida closely resembles Cheilanthes farinosa but lacks a false indusium. Farina in N. candida is usually white but occasionally pale yellow. There is a question of the distinctness of Notholaena copelandii, which see for discussion.A