Mycopteris semihirsuta (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
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B6DA7F-7B53-1923-E9AD-0409FD85FD9C
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scientific name	Mycopteris semihirsuta (Klotzsch) Sundue, Brittonia
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Mycopteris semihirsuta (Klotzsch) Sundue, Brittonia View in CoL 66(2): 182. 2013.

= Ctenopteris semihirsuta (Klotzsch) Copel., Philipp. J. Sci. View in CoL 84: 450. 1956.

= Grammitis semihirsuta (Klotzsch) C.V.Morton, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. View in CoL 38: 113. 1967.

= Terpsichore semihirsuta (Klotzsch) A.R.Sm., Novon View in CoL 3(4): 488. 1993.

Range: —Southern Mexico to Panama; Colombia and Venezuela to Bolivia (CO, LP, SC). Specimens called this from southeastern Brazil are now referred to M. grata (Fée) Sundue (Sundue 2014) View in CoL .

Ecology: —Common; epiphytic, rarely saxicolous, in humid forests; 1400–3000(3600) m.

Notes: —Varies considerably with respect to the degree of proximal pinna reduction, rhizome scale size and color, and density of setae on the rachises; more than one species may be involved (Sundue 2014). Specimens intermediate towards M. alsopteris are known.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Polypodiopsida
Order	Polypodiales
Family	Polypodiaceae
Genus	Mycopteris