Elaphoglossum eximium

Elaphoglossum eximium

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Altitude

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    • Categoría IUCN

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    • Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010

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    • Description

    Rhizomes ca. 5 mm diam., compact to short-creeping; rhizome scales 3–5 mm long, linear, dark brown, lustrous, entire; fronds (16–)20–44 cm long, approximate; phyllopodia absent; stipes ca. 1⁄8 of sterile leaf length, orange-tan; stipe scales ca. 2 mm long, abundant, brown, spreading, subulate; blades 13–27 X 0.9–1.8 cm, linear-elliptic, chartaceous, bases attenuate, apices acuminate, margins crenulate; veins evident, ca. 2 mm apart, at 45–50° angle to costa; hydathodes present; blade scales subulate, brown, conspicuous but sparse on costae, smaller on margins, mostly between crenulations, indument of stellate trichomidia or punctae, less commonly of scattered small (0.5 mm) linear or lanceolate scales; fertile fronds shorter than the sterile, stipes 3⁄4 of the fertile frond length, blades narrowly lanceolate, entire, bases truncate to cordate, apices acute, intersporangial scales absent.A
    A. Mickel, J. T. & Smith, A. R. 2004: The Pteridophytes of Mexico Vol. 88

    Discussion

    Elaphoglossum eximium is distinct by the linear, crenulate blades with small subulate scales and hydathodes.B
    B. Mickel, J. T. & Smith, A. R. 2004: The Pteridophytes of Mexico Vol. 88

    Distribution

    Caribe presentC, Costa Rica presentC, El Salvador presentC, Guatemala presentC, Honduras presentC, México (Country) native and not endemicC, Panama presentC, South America presentC
    C. Mickel, J. T. & Smith, A. R. 2004: The Pteridophytes of Mexico Vol. 88

    Estatus del taxón

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    • Forma de crecimiento

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    • Specimen

    Chis (Gittins 4171, NY). Oax (Geith 95-M017 bis, NY).D
    D. Mickel, J. T. & Smith, A. R. 2004: The Pteridophytes of Mexico Vol. 88

    Tipo de vegetación

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    • Synonymy

    Elaphoglossum eximium (Mett.) Christ, Monogr. Elaphoglossum 107. 1899
    • ≡Acrostichum eximium Mett., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 5, 2: 199. 1864