Elaphoglossum pusillum

Elaphoglossum pusillum

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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 1–2 mm diam., compact; rhizome scales 2.5–3.5 mm long, linear, orange-tan, lustrous, entire; fronds 3.6–11.5 cm long, approximate; phyllopodia absent; stipes 1⁄5–1⁄3 the sterile frond length, brown; stipe scales 1.4–2.6 mm long, spreading, subulate, orange-brown, lustrous, denticulate, mixed with minute erect glandular hairs; sterile blades 2.5–6.5 X 0.9–1.6 cm, oblong, chartaceous, bases broadly cuneate, apices obtuse; veins visible but not conspicuous, ca. 2 mm apart, at ca. 50° angle to costa; hydathodes present; blade scales 1–2 mm long, scattered, spreading, linear, subulate, orange-brown to dark brown, lustrous, denticulate; fertile fronds slightly shorter than the sterile, stipes 4⁄5 the fertile frond length, fertile blades 8–16 mm long, ovate to suborbicular, plane, bases broadly rounded, apices obtuse, intersporangial scales absent.A
    A. Mickel, J. T. & Smith, A. R. 2004: The Pteridophytes of Mexico Vol. 88

    Discussion

    This species resembles E. piloselloides, but the blades are thinner, oblong rather than spatulate, and the hydathodes are more conspicuous.B
    B. Mickel, J. T. & Smith, A. R. 2004: The Pteridophytes of Mexico Vol. 88

    Distribution

    Caribe presentC, Costa Rica presentC, Guatemala presentC, México (Country) native and not endemicC, Nicaragua presentC, 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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    • Specimen

    Chis (Breedlove 32527, DS, MEXU, NY). Oax (Cedillo T. 1896, IEB, MEXU).D
    D. Mickel, J. T. & Smith, A. R. 2004: The Pteridophytes of Mexico Vol. 88

    Tipo de vegetación

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    • Synonymy

    Elaphoglossum pusillum (Mett.) C.Chr., Index Filic. 314. 1905
    • ≡Acrostichum pusillum Mett. ex Kuhn, Linnaea 36(1): 43. 1869