Lomariopsis fendleri D.C. Eaton

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Lomariopsidaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Lomariopsis fendleri D.C. Eaton

  • Description

    Species Description - Rhizome scales stramineous to pale, dull, margin ciliate; stipe 2-7 cm long, 1/10-1/5 the frond length, stramineous to brown, scaly; sterile blade lanceolate, 30-60 cm long, 8-20 cm wide, lower several pairs of pinnae reduced to 1/3 or less length of longest pinnae; rachis conspicuously alate; pinnae 20-30 pairs, 4-10 cm long, 10-18 mm wide, sessile or short-stalked (1 mm long), truncate to subcordate at base, apex acuminate, margin subentire to denticulate; fertile frond with 2035 pinna pairs, pinnae 4-6 cm long, 2-3 mm wide.

  • Discussion

    Stenochlaena fendleri (D. C. Eaton) Underwood, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 595. 1906. Type. Venezuela. Fendler 335 (YU; isotypes K, NY!). Lomariopsis vestita Fournier, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 19: 250. 1872. Stenochlaena vestita (Fournier) Underwood, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 600. 1906. Type. Nicaragua. Chontales, Levy 476 (P!—4 sheets; isotypes K, NY!). Acrostichum pittieri Christ, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 35(1): 243. 1896. Stenochlaena pittieri (Christ) Diels in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 1(4): 251. 1899. Type. Costa Rica. Pittier 6931 (isotype NY!). The greatly reduced basal pinna pairs, great number of pinnae, short stipe, and narrow, short pinnae with truncate to subcordate bases characterize this species.

  • Distribution

    Hemiepiphytic in wet lowland forests; Juchitán, Tuxtepec; 150-200 m. Mexico (Oax, Chis); Guat to Pan; Trin; Ven.

    Mexico North America| Venezuela South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America| Guatemala Central America| Panama Central America|