Lonchitis hirsuta L.

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Lonchitidaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Lonchitis hirsuta L.

  • Description

    Species Description - Rhizome creeping, 10 mm diam.; rhizome hairs light brown, septate, 1-3 mm long; fronds 1-3 m long, subdistant; stipe ca. 1/3 the frond length, light green to stramineous, densely hairy, soft; blade deflate or ovate-deltate, hairy throughout; pinnae 12-16 pairs, alternate to subopposite, stalked, unequally deltate, segments oblong or roundish, 5-9 mm long and wide, lobed to entire; veins free, ending short of margin on sterile segments; sori submarginal, scarious, subentire, 1-10 mm long, 1 mm wide.

  • Discussion

    Anisosorus hirsutus (Linnaeus) Maxon, Pteridophyt. Porto Rico 429. 1926. Lectotype (chosen by Brongniart in Bory de St. Vincent, Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. 9: 490. 1826). Plumier, Traité foug. Amér., t. 20. 1705, illustrating a plant from Mome Rouge, Martinique. Pteris laciniata Willdenow, Sp. pl. 5: 397. 1810. Type. “India orientale.” Flügge s.n. (B-Willd. 20013!). Pteris ghiesbreghtii J. Smith, Ferns brit. for. 191. 1866, nom. nud.

  • Distribution

    Wet montane forests; Ixtlán, Juquila, Pochutla, Putla, Tuxtepec; 350-1200 m. Mexico (Ver, Oax, Chis); Guat to Pan; WI, Trin; Ven & Col, to Bol.

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