Hemionitis levyi Fourn.
Descripción
Rhizomes erect, 1–2.5 mm diam.; rhizome scales 3–4 X 0.5 mm, bicolorous with dark castaneous streak, becoming tortuous and concolorous (tan) at bases of stipes; fronds 2.5–16 cm long, clumped; stipes 1⁄3–3⁄4 the frond length, 0.4–1.3 mm diam., castaneous, broadly grooved, with dense multicellular stiff hairs 1 mm each with bulbous base and long, lax, capitate hairs 2 mm; blades simple, undivided, 1.7–5 cm wide, orbicular to shallowly 3–5-palmately lobed, resembling Hedera, bases cordate, lobes broadly acute to obtuse, margins entire, not proliferous or recurved, both basal and erect leaves fertile; adaxial and abaxial surfaces with dense, stiff, white hairs 0.5–1 mm; veins netted, without included veinlets; sori along all veins; spores tan.A
Forma de vida
TerrestreA
Ejemplar revisado
Chis (Pérez Farrera 670, UAMIZ). Gro (Lorea 2805, IEB, 3744, IEB). Oax (Mickel 5976, 6075, 6091, NY).A
Elevación
100 – 750 mA
Ecología y Hábitat
Among rocks in moist lowland forests of Pacific slope.A
Tipo de vegetación
Selva altaA
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaB
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC
Discusión taxonómica
Hemionitis levyi is distinct by its small frond size, entire blade margins, short laminar hairs, and lack of buds.A