Pellaea cordifolia (Sessé & Moc.) A.R.Sm.
Descripción
Rhizomes short, stout, compact; rhizome scales 5–6 X 0.3–0.8 mm, dull tan to reddish brown, linear-lanceolate, irregularly denticulate, tortuous; fronds to 30 cm long, erect; stipes 1⁄4–1⁄2 the frond length, nearly terete to plane adaxially, stramineous and glistening, glabrous or rarely sparsely pubescent; rachises and segment stalks essentially glabrous, with occasional short hairs on pinnule stalks; blades narrowly oblong to deltate, 2-pinnate, light green, yellow-green to gray-green; pinnae widely spreading to slightly ascending, segments round, ca. 12 X 9–11 mm, bases cordate, terminal pinnule on each pinnae with equilateral base, pinnae at broader angle to rachises than in P. sagittata, with only a few hairs abaxially on veins and costae near terminal segments; modified indusia 0.1–0.3 mm wide, entire, occasional hairs along recurved margin, cells along recurved margins whitened; spores brown; 2n=58 (DF).A
Forma de vida
TerrestreA
Ejemplar revisado
Ags (Rzedowski & McVaugh 862, MICH). Chih (Pringle 448, NY). Chis (Purpus 7248, NY). Coah (Wynd & Mueller 590, NY). DF (Matuda 18828, US). Dgo (Reveal 3025, NY). Gro (Lorea 4378, FCME). Gto (Kenoyer 1787, US). Hgo (Rose & Painter 6741, NY). Jal (McVaugh 16775, MICH). Méx (Rose & Painter 6825, US). Mich (Arsène 2970, US). Mor (Fisher 35417, NY). NL (Mueller & Mueller 970, MEXU). Oax (Mickel 4091, NY). Pue (Purpus 2712, NY). Qro (Rose & Rose 11196, NY). SLP (Parry & Palmer 980, NY). Tlax (Langman 2589, US). Ver (Chazaro B. et al. 6094, XAL). Zac (Taylor & Taylor 6022, NY).A
Elevación
1900 – 3050 mA
Ecología y Hábitat
Dry, rocky slopes or basaltic cliffs.A
Tipo de vegetación
Bosque de encinoA
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaB
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC
Discusión taxonómica
Pellaea cordifolia is distinct from P. sagittata in its roundcordate segments.A