Trichomanes polypodioides L.
Descripción
Rhizomes slender, 0.3–0.5 mm diam., green, long-creeping; rhizome hairs sparse, 1 mm long, brown; roots present; fronds 4–15 cm long, distant; stipes less than 1⁄10 the frond length, greenish, 0.3 mm wide, with sessile, forked hairs 1 mm long; blades pinnatifid, linear-lanceolate, 1–3 cm wide, alate to bases, margins entire, with brown, sessile, stellate hairs 1 mm long on veins and margins; veins free, with scattered to rare, short, black, clavate hairs 0.1 mm long; sori 1–2 at segment apices; involucres immersed in blade tissue, 1.5 mm long, mouths slightly flaring, 1 mm wide, not bilabiate, concolorous; n=64 (Trin).A
Forma de vida
EpífitaA
Ejemplar revisado
Chis (Breedlove 30907, 31522, 32121, MICH; Dressler 1603, MICH; Martínez S. 13494, NY). Gro (Lorea 2886, FCME, NY). Oax (Hallberg 1282, NY; Hernández G. 685, NY). Ver (Purpus 2772, NY; Ventura A. 15230, NY).
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Elevación
250 – 1300 mA
Ecología y Hábitat
Along Atlantic slope.A
Tipo de vegetación
Bosque de neblina/mesófilo, Selva altaA
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaB
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC
Discusión taxonómica
Trichomanes polypodioides is distinct by its small pinnatifid blades with stellate hairs and lack of false veins.A