Notholaena californica D.C.Eaton
Descripción
Rhizomes compact, horizontal, 1.5–2.5 mm diam.; rhizome scales linear-lanceolate, dark reddish brown to black, sclerotic, 2–3 mm long, concolorous or with narrow pale margins, weakly short-ciliate-denticulate; fronds 4–14 X 1.5–4 cm, clumped; stipes 1⁄2–3⁄4 the frond length, reddish brown to dark brown, terete, rachises grooved, with scattered scales at bases like those of rhizomes, otherwise glabrous; blades pentagonal, 3-pinnate at base, 2-pinnate distally, coriaceous; pinnae ca. 5 pairs of divided pinnae, equilateral except the basal pair strongly exaggerated basiscopically, segments more or less ovate, somewhat bead-like, narrowly adnate to free; adaxial surfaces with scattered white or pale to bright yellow farina; abaxial surfaces with dense white or pale to bright yellow farina; blade margins curved; sporangia 32- or 64-spored; spores tan to black.A
Forma de vida
Rupícola.A
Elevación
100 – 1100 mA
Ecología y Hábitat
On rocky slopes and cliffs.A
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaB
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC
Discusión taxonómica
Key to the Mexican Subspecies of Notholaena californica
Farina yellow..........................................................subsp. californica
Farina white...........................................................subsp. leucophylla
Notholaena californica subsp. californica D.C.Eaton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 10(3): 27. 1883
Notholaena californica subsp. nigrescens Ewan, Amer. Fern J. 32: 93, t.10, f.b. 1942
Blades with pale to bright yellow farina on abaxial surfaces; n=2n=150, apogamous (USA).
Distribution. Rocky slopes and cliffs, usually on volcanic rocks in desert scrub; 100–1100 m. USA (Ariz, Calif); Mexico.
Selected Specimens Examined. BCN (Orcutt s.n., 25 Jan 1889, US; Wiggins & Thomas 123, ENCB). BCS (Wiggins 17831, DS p.p.). Guad (Kipping 307, CAS). Son (Felger 16799, ARIZ p.p., 17923, 89-18, 20227, ARIZ, 19689, 20008, ENCB).
Notholaena californica subsp. leucophylla Windham, Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 19: 35. 1993. Type. Mexico. Baja California: 4 mi N of rancho Mesquital, Wiggins 16187 (US!; isotypes DS!, MICH!, RSA).
Blades with white farina on abaxial surfaces. Sporangia 64-spored; sexual diploids, triploids, and perhaps tetraploids.
Distribution. Rocky slopes and cliffs, usually on granitic or volcanic substrates; 100–1100 m. USA (Calif); Mexico.
Selected Specimens Examined. BCN (Moran 7240, ENCB;Wiggins 15081, DS). BCS (Johnston 4007, US; Moran 9604, US; Turner & Burgess 6227, MEXU; Wiggins 16129, US). Cedros Island (Mason 2001, CAS, US; Palmer 748, US; Rose 16852, US). Son (Palmer 552, US).
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Farina yellow..........................................................subsp. californica
Farina white...........................................................subsp. leucophylla
Notholaena californica subsp. californica D.C.Eaton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 10(3): 27. 1883
Notholaena californica subsp. nigrescens Ewan, Amer. Fern J. 32: 93, t.10, f.b. 1942
Blades with pale to bright yellow farina on abaxial surfaces; n=2n=150, apogamous (USA).
Distribution. Rocky slopes and cliffs, usually on volcanic rocks in desert scrub; 100–1100 m. USA (Ariz, Calif); Mexico.
Selected Specimens Examined. BCN (Orcutt s.n., 25 Jan 1889, US; Wiggins & Thomas 123, ENCB). BCS (Wiggins 17831, DS p.p.). Guad (Kipping 307, CAS). Son (Felger 16799, ARIZ p.p., 17923, 89-18, 20227, ARIZ, 19689, 20008, ENCB).
Notholaena californica subsp. leucophylla Windham, Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 19: 35. 1993. Type. Mexico. Baja California: 4 mi N of rancho Mesquital, Wiggins 16187 (US!; isotypes DS!, MICH!, RSA).
Blades with white farina on abaxial surfaces. Sporangia 64-spored; sexual diploids, triploids, and perhaps tetraploids.
Distribution. Rocky slopes and cliffs, usually on granitic or volcanic substrates; 100–1100 m. USA (Calif); Mexico.
Selected Specimens Examined. BCN (Moran 7240, ENCB;Wiggins 15081, DS). BCS (Johnston 4007, US; Moran 9604, US; Turner & Burgess 6227, MEXU; Wiggins 16129, US). Cedros Island (Mason 2001, CAS, US; Palmer 748, US; Rose 16852, US). Son (Palmer 552, US).
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