Elaphoglossum pusillum (Mett.) C.Chr.
Descripción
Rhizomes 1–2 mm diam., compact; rhizome scales 2.5–3.5 mm long, linear, orange-tan, lustrous, entire; fronds 3.6–11.5 cm long, approximate; phyllopodia absent; stipes 1⁄5–1⁄3 the sterile frond length, brown; stipe scales 1.4–2.6 mm long, spreading, subulate, orange-brown, lustrous, denticulate, mixed with minute erect glandular hairs; sterile blades 2.5–6.5 X 0.9–1.6 cm, oblong, chartaceous, bases broadly cuneate, apices obtuse; veins visible but not conspicuous, ca. 2 mm apart, at ca. 50° angle to costa; hydathodes present; blade scales 1–2 mm long, scattered, spreading, linear, subulate, orange-brown to dark brown, lustrous, denticulate; fertile fronds slightly shorter than the sterile, stipes 4⁄5 the fertile frond length, fertile blades 8–16 mm long, ovate to suborbicular, plane, bases broadly rounded, apices obtuse, intersporangial scales absent.A
Forma de vida
Epífita, o Epipétrica. TerrestreA
Ejemplar revisado
Chis (Breedlove 32527, DS, MEXU, NY). Oax (Cedillo T. 1896, IEB, MEXU).A
Elevación
1300 mA
Tipo de vegetación
Bosque de neblina/mesófiloA
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaB
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC
Discusión taxonómica
This species resembles E. piloselloides, but the blades are thinner, oblong rather than spatulate, and the hydathodes are more conspicuous.A