Crepidomanes
Descripción
Rhizomes slender, long-creeping, 0.5–0.8 mm diam.; rhizome hairs dense, black, 0.5 mm long; roots present; fronds 3–10 cm long, distant; stipes ca. 1⁄3 the frond length, blackish, with dense, black hairs 0.5 mm long at bases, running up stipes along two margins, alate 3⁄4 to all the way to base; blades 2–3-pinnate, 1.5–1 cm wide, not reduced at bases, apices pinnatifid; rachises alate; pinnae 4–10 pairs, oblique, nearly glabrous with scattered to rare minute glandular hairs; ultimate segments linear, 0.8–1 mm wide, obtuse, margins entire, often drying with long narrow “folds” parallel to the veins, giving the appearance of false veins; veins free, false veins absent; involucres immersed in blade tissue, 1.5–2 X 1 mm, mouths flaring, 1.3–1.5 mm wide, concolorous, not bilabiate.A
Forma de vida
Epífita, TerrestreA
Ejemplar revisado
(Related to the synonym Trichomanes pyxidiferum) Chis (Breedlove 24099, NY; Martínez S. 20489, NY). Oax (Hallberg 1563, NY; Mickel 6469, 7335, NY). Pue (Sharp 441731 bis, US). Qro (Servin O. 957, IEB, NY). SLP (Frye & Frye 2662, NY; Pringle 3800, NY; Rzedowski 10983, NY). Ver (Müller 400, NY).A
Elevación
450 – 1400(– 1700) mA
Tipo de vegetación
Bosque de neblina/mesófilo, Selva altaA
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaB
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC
Discusión taxonómica
(In relation to the synonym) Trichomanes pyxidiferum is similar to T. hymenophylloides, but the ultimate segments are wider (0.8–1 mm) and the rhizomes and stipes have dense black hairs; the former is found at lower elevations (450–1400(–1700) m).A