Elaphoglossum huacsaro (Ruiz) Christ
Descripción
Rhizomes compact, often 5–10 cm long, 3–5 mm diam., apices ascending; rhizome scales lanceolate, concolorous, castaneous to black, 1–3 mm long, lustrous, entire, each often with a tortuous hair-like tip; fronds 17–34 cm long, approximate; phyllopodia present but obscured by scales; stipes 1⁄4–1⁄3 of sterile frond length, orange to brown; stipe scales ca. 1 mm long, mostly appressed, some spreading, lanceolate, dark to pale, the larger ones often dark-tipped; sterile blades (6–)15–24 X 0.8–1.6 cm, linear, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, bases narrowly cuneate, apices obtuse to rounded; veins obscure, ca. 1 mm apart, at 60–75° angle to costa; hydathodes absent; blade scales reduced to resinous dots on both surfaces, costal scales ca. 1 mm long, lanceolate, spreading, and scales along adaxial lamina margins 0.2–0.6 mm long, appressed, ovate, entire; fertile fronds far exceeding the sterile in length, stipes 2⁄3 of frond length, nearly as long as the entire sterile leaf, blades narrow, (6–)8–11 mm wide, intersporangial scales absent.A
Forma de vida
o epipétrica. TerrestreA
Ejemplar revisado
Chis (Breedlove 22412, ENCB, NY, 23167, 32336, DS; Lloyd 4064, ENCB).A
Elevación
1700 – 2200 mA
Ecología y Hábitat
On steep roadbanks.A
Tipo de vegetación
Bosque de pino-encino, Bosque de neblina/mesófiloA
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaB
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC
Discusión taxonómica
Elaphoglossum huacsaro is distinct by the linear fronds with resinous dots abaxially and small marginal scales adaxially, obtuse blade apices, ascending rhizomes, and terrestrial habitat.A