Polypodium conterminans Liebm.
Descripción
Rhizomes short-creeping, 5–6 mm diam.; rhizome scales lustrous, dark brown, lanceolate-deltate, entire, 1.5–3 X 1–1.5 mm; fronds 43–60 cm long; stipes 1⁄3–1⁄2 the frond length, castaneous, glabrous abaxially, adaxially with abundant hairs 0.2–0.3 mm; blades pinnatisect, lanceolate, 16–21 cm wide, thin; pinnae 15–25 pairs, 8–11 cm X 10–16 mm, linear, strongly surcurrent; abaxial surfaces with scattered hairs 0.1 mm on costae; adaxial surfaces with hairs on rachises, costae, and margins; venation mostly free to mostly netted, dark in at least the proximal portions; sori oblong, medial; sporangia glabrous.
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Forma de vida
Epipétrica, EpífitaA
Ejemplar revisado
Chis (Breedlove 21795, DS, ENCB, NY, 24922, DS, NY, 32493, 33118, DS). Pue (Knobloch 2171, MSC; Liebmann s.n., C, photo NY). Ver (Smith 2207, UC; Galeotti 6414, BR; Ventura A. 12990, ENCB, NY, 16831, IEB).
Unverified, Doubtful, or Mistaken Reports. Qro (Fernández 2103, ENCB, cited by Díaz-Barriga & Palacios-Rios, 1992, but not verified and doubtful).
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Unverified, Doubtful, or Mistaken Reports. Qro (Fernández 2103, ENCB, cited by Díaz-Barriga & Palacios-Rios, 1992, but not verified and doubtful).
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Elevación
800 – 1600 mA
Tipo de vegetación
Bosque de neblina/mesófilo, Selva altaA
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaB
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC
Discusión taxonómica
Polypodium conterminans is distinct by its strongly surcurrent pinna beses.A