Bolbitis bernoullii (Kuhn) Ching

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Dryopteridaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Bolbitis bernoullii (Kuhn) Ching

  • Description

    Species Description - Rhizome long-creeping, climbing, to 3 mm diam.; rhizome scales dense, castaneous, linear-lanceolate, denticulate, 10-20 mm long, 0.5-1.5 (-3) mm wide; fronds dimorphic, 60-135 cm long, clumped to distant; stipe 14-40 cm long, stramineous, sparsely scaly; sterile blade deltate-lanceolate, 35-110 cm long, 15-50 cm wide, pinnate, apex conform, without buds; lower pinnae stalked, unequally deltate, excavate; to 15 pinnae; veins irregularly netted with included vein-lets; fertile fronds once-pinnate, 35-90 cm long; sori acrostichoid.

  • Discussion

    crostichum bernoullii Kuhn ex Christ, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 35(1): 244. 1896. Gymnopteris bernoullii (Kuhn ex Christ) Diels in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 1(4): 201. 1899. Leptochilus bernoullii (Kuhn ex Christ) Christensen, Bot. Tidsskr. 26: 296. 1904. Lectotype (chosen by Christensen, Bot. Tidsskr. 26: 296. 1904). Guatemala. Costa Grande: Between Escamillas and Palahucco, Bernoulli & Cario 382 [282] (isotype B, frags. BM, NY!). Gymnopteris tuerckheimii Christ, Bull. Herb. Boissier II, 6: 290. 1906. Leptochilus tuerckheimii (Christ) Christensen, Index filie, suppl. 1: 48. 1913. Type. Guatemala. Alta Verapaz: Cubilquitz, Tuerckheim 8831 (US!; isotype US!). Gymnopteris donnell-smithii Christ, Bull. Herb. Boissier II, 6: 289. 1906. Leptochilus donnell-smithii (Christ) Christensen, Index filic, suppl. 1: 48. 1913. Bolbitis donnell-smithii (Christ) Ching in Christensen, Index filie, suppl. 3:48. 1934. Type. Guatemala. Alta Verapaz: Cubilquitz, Türckheim 8830 (US!). The hemiepiphytic habit and strongly denticulate rhizome scales are unique among the Bolbitis species found in Oaxaca.

  • Distribution

    Hemiepiphytic in rainforest; Juchitán; 250 m. Mexico (Ver, Oax, Chis); Guat to CR; Col, Ec.

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