Didymoglossum reptans (Sw.) C.Presl
Descripción
Rhizomes slender, 0.3 mm diam., long-creeping; rhizome hairs dense, dark brown, 0.5 mm; roots absent; fronds 2.5–8 cm long, distant; stipes ca. 1⁄10–1⁄3 the frond length, terete to flattened, 0.8 mm wide, with dark brown hairs 0.3–0.5 mm long; blades variable in shape, broadly lanceolate, ovate, or obovate, pinnatifid to bipinnatifid, 1.5–3.5 cm wide; rachises alate in distal 1⁄2; pinnae non-overlapping, membranaceous, margins ± with sparse, black, forked hairs and stellate hairs in sinuses, scattered clavate hairs 0.1 mm long on veins and involucres; veins free, major ones strongly pinnate, false veins parallel to true veins, many unconnected, some parallel to and very near the blade margins; involucres exserted to slightly immersed, 2.5 X 1.0–1.2 mm, 0.8–1 mm wide at middle, mouths flaring, bilabiate, dark-margined, lips 0.5 mm long.A
Forma de vida
o epipétrica. EpífitaA
Ejemplar revisado
(Related to the synonym Trichomanes reptans) Chis (Breedlove 32612, MICH; Somers 281, NY). Gro (Lorea 1997, FCME). Hgo (Gimate L. 971, MEXU). Jal (McVaugh 20438, NY). Oax (Mexia 9267a, NY; Mickel 982, ENCB, ISC, MICH, US). Pue (Barnes & Land 500, US). Ver (Pringle 10809, LL, UC, XAL; Purpus 8333, NY, UC).A
Elevación
900 – 2500 mA
Tipo de vegetación
Selva alta, Bosque de neblina/mesófiloA
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaB
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC
Discusión taxonómica
(In relation to the synonym Trichomanes reptans) Closely resembling T. bucinatum, T. reptans is distinct by its non-stalked sori, narrow involucral lips, and marginal forked and stellate hairs restricted to the sinus bases.A