Amauropelta cinerea (Sodiro) A.R.Sm.
Descripción
Rhizomes erect; fronds fasciculate to 45 cm long; stipes brownish, lustrous, 6–12 cm X ca. 1–2 mm, glabrous; blades 12–35 X 2.5–10 cm, 1–3 pairs of proximal pinnae reduced and auriculiform; pinnae ca. 15(–30) pairs, 2–4(–6) X 1.3(–2) cm, inequilateral with basiscopic segments shorter and more oblique, falcate; aerophores absent; segments oblique, 2–3 mm wide, apices obtuse to acute; veins 3–5(–8) pairs per segment; indument abaxially absent or of minute hairs 0.1 mm long along rachises, costae, adaxially the costae setose, tissue between veins on both sides glabrous or with sessile yellowish to reddish glands abaxially; sori medial to supramedial, with indusia persistent, reddish brown, glossy, to 1 mm diam., often sessile-glandular; sporangia glabrous; 2n=58 (Oax, Chis).A
Forma de vida
TerrestreA
Ejemplar revisado
(Related to the synonym Thelypteris cinerea) Chis (Breedlove 23162, 24404, 31678, 32682, DS, MEXU, 23127, 32389, 42566, DS; Matuda 5118 (DS, F, MEXU, UC, US). Oax (Smith 462, UC).A
Elevación
1600 – 2200 mA
Ecología y Hábitat
Along wet roadbanks.A
Tipo de vegetación
Bosque de neblina/mesófiloA
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaB
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC
Discusión taxonómica
(In relation to the synonym) Thelypteris cinerea is easily distinguished by the combination of short, uniform pubescence less than 0.1 mm long on the rachises and costae abaxially, the relatively few pairs of reduced proximal pinnae, inequilateral pinnae, and indusiate sori.A