Elaphoglossum peltatum Urb.
Descripción
Rhizomes long-creeping, slender, ca. 1 mm diam.; rhizome scales lanceolate, tan; fronds dimorphic; sterile fronds 3–15 X 2.5–5 cm, distant; stipes ca. 3⁄4 the frond length, green to stramineous, sparsely scaly; phyllopodia absent; blades flabellate, mostly 4–6 times dichotomously divided, the segments linear, 0.5–1.5 mm wide, laminae with a few small scales; fertile fronds longer than the sterile and nearly undivided, usually two-lobed, 5–20 mm wide, with sterile margins ca. 0.5 mm wide; 2n=80 (CR).A
Forma de vida
EpífitaA
Ejemplar revisado
Chis (Breedlove 21662, NY; Méndez G. 7833, NY). Gro (Hinton 14273, NY; Lorea 3168, NY). Hgo (Pringle 10304, NY). Jal (McVaugh 21443, NY). Oax (Hallberg 1514, NY; Mickel 6607, NY). Pue (Tenorio L. 14278, NY). Ver (Purpus 1993, NY).A
Elevación
600 – 2450 mA
Ecología y Hábitat
On mossy trunks and fallen logs. A
Tipo de vegetación
Selva alta, Bosque de neblina/mesófiloA
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaB
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC
Discusión taxonómica
Several varieties or forms have been recognized, based on dissection, from undivided to very finely divided; ours are all f. peltatum.
This species, the most widespread representative of the splinter genus Peltapteris, is closely allied to E. squamipes, differing only in blade shape and dissection. Molecular studies (Skog et al., 2004) show Peltapteris nested within Elaphoglossum.
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This species, the most widespread representative of the splinter genus Peltapteris, is closely allied to E. squamipes, differing only in blade shape and dissection. Molecular studies (Skog et al., 2004) show Peltapteris nested within Elaphoglossum.
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