Saccoloma elegans Kaulf.

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Saccolomataceae

  • Scientific Name

    Saccoloma elegans Kaulf.

  • Description

    Species Description - Rhizome erect; rhizome scales castaneous, lustrous, linear-lanceolate, 4-6 mm long, ca. 1 mm wide; fronds 1-2 m long, clumped; stipe 1/3-½ the frond length, to 6 mm diam., stramineous to reddish-brown, darker and muricate toward base; blade oblong, 30-65 cm wide, once-pinnate; pinnae linear-lanceolate, 18-36 cm long, 1.8-4 cm wide, undivided, serrulate, apex acuminate to caudate, base rounded to broadly cuneate, petiolulate (to 7 mm); lamina papyraceous, glabrous; veins simple or once-forked, prominent, ending in teeth; sori submarginal, contiguous the length of the pinnae, the inner indusia coalescing laterally.

  • Discussion

    Davallia saccoloma Sprengel, Syst. veg. 4: 119. 1827 [based on Saccoloma elegans]. Type. Brazil. Sello s.n. (isotype B, photo GH). The large, once-pinnate fronds with contiguous, submarginal sori distinguish this species.

  • Distribution

    Terrestrial in wet lowland forests; Juchitán; 200 m. Mexico (Oax); Guat to Pan; Gr Antill, Trin; Gui, Ven, Col to Bol, Braz.

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