Astrolepis crassifolia (Houlston & T. Moore) D.M. Benham & Windham
Descripción
Rhizomes short, stout, compact; rhizome scales to 15 mm long, castaneous, linear, entire or only sparsely ciliate, sinuous; fronds clumped, 8–45 cm long; stipes 1⁄6–1⁄4 the frond length; pinnae 10–33 pairs, each with 0–3 rounded lobes, lobed less than 1⁄3 of the way to costae; largest pinnae 12–20 X 4–8 mm, basal lobes without basiscopic lobules; adaxial surfaces glabrescent or sparsely clothed with white, ciliate, finely dissected scales ca. 1 mm long, the scale body linear, 2–3 cells wide; abaxial surfaces densely clothed with white to reddish brown, lanceolate, ciliolate scales; n=2n=87, apogamous (NL).A
Forma de vida
Rupícola.B
Ejemplar revisado
Chih (Knobloch s.n., 28 Aug 1938, DS). Chis (Ramírez S. 13, ENCB). DF (Lyonnet 44, NY). Dgo (Torrecillas 61, MEXU). Gro (Velázquez 1405, FCME, MEXU). Hgo (Lavin 4632, NY). Méx (Cruz Cisneros 260, MICH, NY). NL (Taylor 118, NY). Oax (Mickel 4506, NY). Pue (Nicolas s.n., 22 Dec 1909, NY). Qro (Sohmer 9241, NY). SLP (Clausen & Edwards 7454, NY). Tam (Stanford et al. 2616, NY). Tlax (Sharp 44437, US). Ver (Bourgeau 355ter, K, frag. NY).
Unverified, Doubtful, or Mistaken Reports. Gto (Rzedowski 46922, IEB, cited by Díaz-Barriga & Palacios-Rios, 1992, but not verified). Mor (reported by Riba et al., 1986, but no specimen cited and report not verified).
A
Unverified, Doubtful, or Mistaken Reports. Gto (Rzedowski 46922, IEB, cited by Díaz-Barriga & Palacios-Rios, 1992, but not verified). Mor (reported by Riba et al., 1986, but no specimen cited and report not verified).
A
Elevación
800 – 3100 mA
Ecología y Hábitat
Rocky soils, and crevices, gypsum hills, limestone rocks.A
Tipo de vegetación
Bosque de encino, Bosque de pino-encino, Bosque de neblina/mesófiloA
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaC
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaD
Discusión taxonómica
Astrolepis crassifolia is distinct by the entire or subentire pinnae and narrow adaxial laminar scales with long cilia.A