Elaphoglossum parduei
Description
Rhizomes moderately creeping, 2–4 mm diam.; rhizome scales deltate-lanceolate, lustrous brown, ca. 2 mm long, entire or with a few weak short hairs, somewhat deciduous, leaving partially naked rhizomes; fronds somewhat spaced, to 30 X 1–2 cm; phyllopodia distinct, usually 1–1.5 cm long; stipes 1⁄4–1⁄2 the frond length, naked or with a few lanceolate scales proximally; blades narrowly elliptic, coriaceous, bases narrowly cuneate, apices acute to acuminate; veins obscure, free, simple or once-forked, ca. 1 mm apart, at ca. 70° angle to costa; hydathodes absent; blade surfaces glabrous or with minute, black, stellate trichomidia, especially on the abaxial surfaces; fertile fronds slightly longer than the sterile fronds, the stipes longer (1⁄2–3⁄4 the frond length) and the blades slightly narrower, intersporangial scales absent.A
A. Mickel, J. T. & Smith, A. R. 2004: The Pteridophytes of Mexico Vol. 88
Discussion
This species is much like E. glabellum but with shorter phyllopodia, broader blades with minute, black, stellate scales, and fertile fronds longer than the sterile.B
B. Mickel, J. T. & Smith, A. R. 2004: The Pteridophytes of Mexico Vol. 88
Distribution
México (Country) endemicC
Specimen
Oax (Hallberg 1460, NY; Mickel 1009, 1544, NY).D
D. Mickel, J. T. & Smith, A. R. 2004: The Pteridophytes of Mexico Vol. 88
Synonymy
Elaphoglossum parduei, Brittonia 32: 337. 1980