Melpomene xiphopteroides (Liebm.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran, Novon

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

Melpomene xiphopteroides (Liebm.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran, Novon 2(4): 431. 1992. var. xiphopteroides

= Grammitis xiphopteroides (Liebm.) A.R.Sm., Amer. Fern J. 70: 26. 1980.

Range: —Southern Mexico to Panama, Colombia to Guyana and Bolivia (BE, CO LP, SC).

Ecology: —Common; epiphytic in wet montane forests, cloud forests; 950–2300 m.

Notes: —Along with M. melanosticta , M. xiphopteroides generally occurs at lower elevations than congeners in Bolivia. It is perhaps most similar to M. jimenezii in Bolivia, and further north to M. pilosissima in blade cutting.

Melpomene xiphopteroides (Liebm.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran var. acrodontia (Fée) Lehnert, Phytotaxa 5: 61. 2010. Range: — Bolivia (SC), southeastern Brazil. Ecology: —Rare, known from two Bolivian collections; epiphytic or sometimes epilithic in wet montane forests; 1150–1500 m. Notes:— Differs from var. xiphopteroides by the blades not basally decurrent (vs. mostly basally decurrent) and segments with mostly ascending (vs. spreading to weakly ascending).