Diplazium hians Kunze ex Klotzsch

  • Authority

    Mickel, John T. & Beitel, Joseph M. 1988. Pteridophyte Flora of Oaxaca, Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 46: 1-580.

  • Family

    Athyriaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Diplazium hians Kunze ex Klotzsch

  • Description

    Species Description - Similar to D. expansum except: pinnules with stalks 4-5 mm long; abaxial midrib of pinnules with sparse, narrow, brown scales, 0.5-1.5 mm long, entire or erose; hairs lacking except for minute ones in rachial and costal grooves; indusia 0.3-0.5 mm wide, erose.

  • Discussion

    Type. Venezuela. Moritz 289 (B, frag. NY!; isotype K!-2 sheets, frag. NY!). Diplazium amplum Liebmann, Mexic. bregn. 256 (seors. 104). 1849. Syntypes. Mexico. Veracruz: Mirador, Liebmann [Pl. Mex. 2384, Fl. Mex. 796, 191, 798, 799] (C!; isosyntypes K!, US!, frag. NY!) Lectotype (chosen by A. R. Smith, 1981: 96). Fl. Mex. 799. See discussion under D. expansum.

  • Distribution

    Wet montane forests; Ixtlán, Mixe; 1050-2150 m. Mexico (Gro, Ver, Oax, Chis); Guat to CR; Jam; Ven, Ec, s Braz.

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