Elaphoglossum eximium (Mett.) Christ
Descripción
Rhizomes ca. 5 mm diam., compact to short-creeping; rhizome scales 3–5 mm long, linear, dark brown, lustrous, entire; fronds (16–)20–44 cm long, approximate; phyllopodia absent; stipes ca. 1⁄8 of sterile leaf length, orange-tan; stipe scales ca. 2 mm long, abundant, brown, spreading, subulate; blades 13–27 X 0.9–1.8 cm, linear-elliptic, chartaceous, bases attenuate, apices acuminate, margins crenulate; veins evident, ca. 2 mm apart, at 45–50° angle to costa; hydathodes present; blade scales subulate, brown, conspicuous but sparse on costae, smaller on margins, mostly between crenulations, indument of stellate trichomidia or punctae, less commonly of scattered small (0.5 mm) linear or lanceolate scales; fertile fronds shorter than the sterile, stipes 3⁄4 of the fertile frond length, blades narrowly lanceolate, entire, bases truncate to cordate, apices acute, intersporangial scales absent.A
Forma de vida
o menos común epipétrica o terrestre. EpífitaA
Ejemplar revisado
Chis (Gittins 4171, NY). Oax (Geith 95-M017 bis, NY).A
Elevación
1850 mA
Tipo de vegetación
Bosque de neblina/mesófiloA
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaB
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC
Discusión taxonómica
Elaphoglossum eximium is distinct by the linear, crenulate blades with small subulate scales and hydathodes.A