Lindsaea leprieurii Hooker (1846: 208)

Rojas-Alvarado, Alexander Francisco & Tejero-Díez, José Daniel, 2017, Novelties and notes in Lindsaea (Lindsaeaceae) from Mexico and Central America, Phytotaxa 296 (2), pp. 147-160 : 157

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.296.2.4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13688011
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scientific name	Lindsaea leprieurii Hooker (1846: 208)
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Lindsaea leprieurii Hooker (1846: 208) View in CoL . Type:— FRENCH GUIANA. “ Guyana”, F. Leprieur s.n. (holotype: K!)

Distribution:— Costa Rica (first record), Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana and Suriname.

Specimens examined:— COSTA RICA. Puntarenas: Golfito, Parque Nacional Corcovado, Península de Osa , cerro Rincón , 08°31 ʹ 16,55 ʺ N, 83°28 ʹ 07,19 ʺ W, 700–800 m, 30 January 1998, A. Azofeifa 621 ( CR!, MO!, USJ!) GoogleMaps ; ibidem, 8°31 ʹ N, 83°28 ʹ W, 700–745 m, 29 January 1998, A. Rojas et al. 4204 ( CR!, MO!) (mixed with L. lancea ) GoogleMaps .

Notes:— Lindsaea leprieurii is similar to L. falcata in having 1-pinnate blades with entire apical pinnae, but it differs in its blackish (vs. reddish-brown) stipes, dark green (vs. pale green to green) blades, and hastate apical pinnae (vs. deltate to deltate-lanceolate). similar habitat preferences. Lindsaea leprieurii also differs from Lindsaea lancea in having 1-pinnate blades (vs. commonly 2-pinnate), pinnules to 3 times as long as wide (ca. 2–2.5 times as long as wide), distal pinnae that are slightly or not reduced (vs. distal ones about 1/2 the size of the lower pinnae), and strongly asymmetric terminal pinnae (vs. symmetric).