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, 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