Bolbitis hastata (E.Fourn.) Hennipman
Descripción
Rhizomes creeping, 3–5 mm diam.; rhizome scales dark brown, lustrous, 0.5–1.5 mm long, entire; fronds subdistant, 35–95 cm long; stipes 15–45 cm X 2–4 mm, those of sterile fronds ca. 1⁄3–1⁄2 the sterile frond length, those of fertile fronds to ca. 3⁄4 the fertile frond length, with scattered scales; sterile blades chartaceous, deltate, mostly 20–50 X 16–25 cm, pinnatifid, cut 3⁄4–9⁄10 the way to the rachises, with 3–5(–8) pairs of lobes, the confluent apical lobe 1⁄2 the blade length, acuminate, the blade and lobe tips often with a small bud on the adaxial surface 5–10 mm from tips; sterile lobes entire to irregularly undulate, proximal pair of lobes decurrent, acuminate at the tips; veins areolate, areoles with mostly recurrent, branched, free veinlets; fertile blades pinnatifid, 9–20 X 6–12 cm; sporangia covering the abaxial surfaces of fertile blades.A
Forma de vida
o epipétrica. TerrestreA
Ejemplar revisado
Chis (Ghiesbreght 370, BM, GH, K). Oax (Mickel 5903, ENCB, MEXU, US; 7192, ENCB, MEXU, UC, US; Hallberg 1597, 1616, US). Ver (Wendt et al. 3853, CHAPA, MEXU, NY, UC; Ventura A. 15149, IEB, MEXU).A
Elevación
150 – 1350 mA
Ecología y Hábitat
In wet forests of lower middle elevation of the Atlantic slope.A
Tipo de vegetación
Selva altaA
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaB
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC
Discusión taxonómica
The pinnatifid fronds with free, included veinlets, entire rhizome scales, and subterminal laminar buds distinguish B. hastata from other species of Bolbitis in Mexico.A