Ascogrammitis anfractuosa (Kunze ex Klotzsch) Sundue, Brittonia

Smith, Alan R., Kessler, Michael, León, Blanca, Almeida, Thaís Elias, Jiménez-Pérez, Iván & Lehnert, Marcus, 2018, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XL. Polypodiaceae, Phytotaxa 354 (1), pp. 448-450 : 448-450

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.354.1.1
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scientific name	Ascogrammitis anfractuosa (Kunze ex Klotzsch) Sundue, Brittonia
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Ascogrammitis anfractuosa (Kunze ex Klotzsch) Sundue, Brittonia View in CoL 62(4): 365. 2010.

= Grammitis anfractuosa (Kunze ex Klotzsch) Proctor, Rhodora View in CoL 63: 35. 1961.

= Melpomene anfractuosa (Kunze ex Klotzsch) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran, Novon View in CoL 2(4): 429. 1992.

= Terpsichore anfractuosa (Kunze ex Klotzsch) View in CoL B. León & A.R.Sm., Amer. Fern J. 93(2): 86. 2003.

Range: —Antilles; mountains from southern Mexico to the Guianas and Bolivia (CO, LP).

Ecology: —Moderately common; epiphytic, rarely on moss-covered rocks, in humid forests; 1900–3000 m.

Notes: —Rhizomes small, erect, with long, slender, stoloniferous roots, and small (<1 mm long), entire rhizome scales lacking apical setae. Overall, a much smaller species than any other Bolivian Ascogrammitis , with leaves 8–14 cm long. The entire rhizome scales and overall aspect are reminiscent of Melpomene , where this species was previously placed, but this is clearly a result of convergence, and the presence of black fungi as well as molecular data place this species in Ascogrammitis .