Amauropelta Kunze
Descripción
Rhizomes suberect to erect, occasionally decumbent; blades pinnate-pinnatifid (rarely pinnate or decompound), proximal pinnae reduced, sometimes nearly to rhizomes; aerophores present at bases of pinnae, or absent; veins usually simple, occasionally furcate, proximal pair from adjacent segments meeting margins of segments above sinuses; sori round to occasionally somewhat elongate, medial to submarginal on the veins, indusia large to small or absent; sporoderm evenly granular (light microscope), finely reticulate (scanning electron microscope); x=29.A
Forma de vida
Rara vez epipétrica, Terrestre, EpífitaA
Ecología y Hábitat
Mostly at middle to higher elevations on margins of rain forests, along trails, wet roadside embankments, and along streams.A
Tipo de vegetación
Bosque de neblina/mesófilo, Selva altaA
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaB
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC
Discusión taxonómica
Thelypteris subg. Amauropelta has about 200 species. Subgenus Amauropelta is distinguished from other New World subgenera by the reduced pinnae at the bases of blades; veins reaching the margins above the sinuses; finely reticulate sporoderm; and x=29.
Unplaced Name
Aspidium cheiloplotium Fée, Mém. Foug. 8: 104. 1857. Type. Mexico. [Veracruz:] Orizaba, 1856, Schaffner s.n. (type not located).
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Unplaced Name
Aspidium cheiloplotium Fée, Mém. Foug. 8: 104. 1857. Type. Mexico. [Veracruz:] Orizaba, 1856, Schaffner s.n. (type not located).
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