Pleopeltis lepidotricha (Fée) A.R.Sm. & Tejero
Descripción
Rhizomes creeping, 5–7 mm diam.; rhizome scales pale, concolorous except with cell walls near center dark brown, stramineous to lustrous-castaneous, linear to linear-lanceolate, longattenuate, remotely serrulate, 2–2.5(–4) X 0.5–0.8 mm, often reflexed; fronds 30–65 cm long, distant; stipes 1⁄3–1⁄2 the frond length, stramineous, lanose with pale acicular scales with round basal portion 0.3–0.5 mm wide, centers dark red, tips 2–4 mm long, twisted, white; blades deltate-ovate or obovate, pinnatisect, with terminal pinna conform, 16–23 cm wide; pinnae 10–18 pairs, to 12 X 0.7–1.5 cm, linear-deltate, broadly adnate, surcurrent to equally surcurrent and decurrent, occasionally slightly constricted at bases, nectaries on surcurrent edges, apices acuminate; costae prominent, stramineous; adaxial laminar surfaces with scattered minute acicular fimbriate scales; abaxial surfaces with more and larger scales, centers red, tips white, 1–1.3 mm long; veins not evident; sori slightly oblong, pushing through scale cover, impressed, adaxial surfaces embossed; sporangia glabrous.
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Forma de vida
EpífitaA
Ejemplar revisado
Related to the synonym (Polypodium lepidotrichum) Hgo (Rzedowski 28695, NY). Oax (Mickel 4352b, 7293, NY). Pue (Pérez García 755, MEXU; Sánchez M. 669, US). Ver (Bourgeau 2853, NY; Nee & Taylor 29063, NY; Taylor et al. 131, NY; Ventura A. 2357, 10280, NY).
Unverified, Doubtful, or Mistaken Reports. Qro (Díaz-Barriga 6656, IEB, cited by Díaz-Barriga & Palacios-Rios, 1992, but not verified and doubtful, probably Polypodium rosei).A
Unverified, Doubtful, or Mistaken Reports. Qro (Díaz-Barriga 6656, IEB, cited by Díaz-Barriga & Palacios-Rios, 1992, but not verified and doubtful, probably Polypodium rosei).A
Distribución
México (país) EndémicoA
Elevación
300 – 1850 mA
Tipo de vegetación
Bosque de neblina/mesófiloA
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaB
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC
Discusión taxonómica
(Related to the synonym Polypodium lepidotrichum) Among members of the P. squamatum L. complex, P. lepidotrichum is distinct by its long pinnae, strongly reflexed rhizome scales, and the long-tipped, acicular stipe scales.A