Elaphoglossum squarrosum (Kl.) T.Moore
Descripción
Rhizomes moderately to long-creeping, to 2 mm diam.; rhizome scales maroon, lustrous, linear, to 6 mm long, shorttoothed, especially along the elongate tips; fronds distant, 7.5–22 X 1.4–2.2 cm; phyllopodia indistinct or absent; stipes 1⁄5–1⁄2 the frond length, with linear, maroon, toothed, appressed scales ca. 2 mm long; blades narrowly elliptic, papyraceous, bases cuneate, apices acute to acuminate; veins evident, free, simple or rarely once-forked, 1.5–2.5 mm apart, at 50–60° angle to costa; hydathodes evident; blade scales brown, linear-lanceolate with flared bases, evenly but sparsely distributed on blades, scarce along margins, 2 mm long, with short teeth; fertile fronds smaller than the sterile, blades ca. 3.5 X 1.2 cm, stipes ca 4⁄5 the fertile frond length, intersporangial scales absent.A
Forma de vida
Epipétrica, TerrestreB
Ejemplar revisado
Chis (Breedlove 32429, DS, 55547, DS, NY). Gro (Lorea 3704, FCME, IEB). Méx (Tejero-Díez 3096, IZTA). Oax (Breedlove 65919, CAS; Lorence 4042, ENCB, MEXU, NY).
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Elevación
1700 – 2500 mA
Ecología y Hábitat
On moist banks and rocks.A
Tipo de vegetación
Bosque de neblina/mesófiloA
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaC
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaD
Discusión taxonómica
Among the subulate-scaled elaphoglossums in Mexico, E. squarrosum is distinct by its long-creeping rhizomes.A