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Issue: Vol. 354 No. 1: 11 June 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-06-11
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.354.1.1
Page range: 1–67
Abstract views: 22
PDF downloaded: 1

Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XL. Polypodiaceae

University Herbarium, 1001 Valley Life Sciences Bldg. #2465, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-2465
Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH-8008 Zurich, Switzerland
Museo de Historia Natural, Av. Arenales 1256, Aptdo. 14-0434, Lima 14, Peru & Plant Resources Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA
Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará – Herbário HSTM, Avenida Marechal Rondon, s.n. – Santarém, 68040-070, Brazil
Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Correo Central 10077, La Paz, Bolivia
Nees Institut für Biodiversität der Pflanzen, Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 170, 53115 Bonn, Germany
Bolivia Andes ferns monilophytes Pteridophytes

Abstract

We provide a synopsis to the family Polypodiaceae in Bolivia, comprising 23 genera and 209 species, which renders this the most species-rich fern family in the country. Two large subfamilies are recognized, Polypodioideae, with 113 species in eight genera, and Grammitidoideae, with 95 species in 14 genera; a third subfamily, Platycerioideae, mostly paleotropical, is represented by one native species in the genus Platycerium. Two new combinations are made: Microgramma nana (Liebm.) T.E.Almeida and Pleopeltis burchellii (Baker) Hickey & Sprunt ex A.R.Sm.