Elaphoglossum viride C.Chr.
Descripción
Rhizomes compact, short- to moderately creeping, 3–5 mm diam.; rhizome scales linear-lanceolate, orange-tan to dark brown, 2–3(–5) mm long, entire, margins inrolled, the cells isodiametric and distinctly concave, appearing subclathrate; fronds approximate to slightly spaced, 15–40(–65) X 15–20(–32) cm; phyllopodia distinct, ca. 1 cm long; stipes (1⁄5–)1⁄4–1⁄3(–2⁄5) the frond length, glabrous above the phyllopodia; blades narrowly elliptic, firm, narrowly cuneate at bases, long-acuminate at apices; veins scarcely visible, free, simple or once-forked, ca. 0.8 mm apart, at 60–65° angle to costa; hydathodes absent; adaxial blade surfaces glabrous; abaxial blade surfaces with scattered to sparse, minute, stellate trichomidia and occasional black scales on costal bases; fertile fronds nearly as long as, to somewhat shorter than, the sterile and about the same shape and width, stipe 1⁄2–3⁄5 the frond length, intersporangial scales absent.A
Forma de vida
EpífitaA
Ejemplar revisado
Oax (Hallberg 1509a, 1459, NY; Hellwig 217, 218, NY; Mickel 1545, 9702, NY; Torres C. 11376, 11713, MEXU). Ver (Houck 60, MICH; Trigos 2985, MEXU).
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Distribución
México (país) EndémicoA
Elevación
1050 – 2070 mA
Tipo de vegetación
Bosque de neblina/mesófiloA
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaB
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC
Discusión taxonómica
Elaphoglossum viride closely resembles E. sartorii, but the former is distinct by the inrolled rhizome scales with isodiametric concave cells.A