Schizaea elegans (Vahl) Sw.
Descripción
Rhizomes ascending, underground, 1.5–2 mm diam., hairs tan, roots wiry (ca. 0.5 mm diam.); fronds monomorphic, erect, 25–42 cm long; stipes 3⁄4 the frond length, stramineous, brown at bases, glabrous; blades flabellate, dichotomously divided 3–6 times, the broadest segments 1–2.8 cm wide, glabrous; veins free; fertile fronds with segments terminated with flag-like fertile pinnules 5–12 mm long folded lengthwise in half; sporangia along the veins, intermixed with golden hairs.A
Ejemplar revisado
Chis (Breedlove 57353, CAS; Martínez S. 7690, NY, 13951, MEXU; Matuda 3662, CAS, NY). Oax (Galeotti 6536 B, BR, LE; Hallberg 1330, NY; Hernández G. 2565, NY; Martínez-C. 860, MICH, US). Tab (Zamudio & Magaña 106, MEXU). Ver (Orcutt 2913, UC).A
Elevación
100 – 950 mA
Ecología y Hábitat
On sand or rocks in dense wet forests on Atlantic lowlands.A
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaB
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
Amenazada (A)C
Discusión taxonómica
This species is quite variable in its dissection, especially in South America, where it has been treated as several species by some authors. The forking fronds and flag-like fertile pinnules are distinctive for this species.A