Alsophila salvinii Hook. 1866

Almeida, Thais Elias & Salino, Alexandre, 2015, Thirteen new records of ferns from Brazil, Biodiversity Data Journal 3, pp. 4421-4421 : 4421

Alsophila salvinii Hook. 1866

Cyatheaceae

Alsophila salvinii Hook., Syn. Fil. 36. 1866. Type: Guatemala, Salvin & Godman s.n. (K). Figs 1, 2.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: BHCB 99175 ; recordNumber: A. Salino 11032; recordedBy: A. Salino et al.; Taxon: taxonID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17018560-1; scientificName: Alsophilasalvinii Hook.; kingdom: Plantae; class: Polypodiopsida; order: Cyatheales; family: Cyatheaceae; genus: Alsophila; specificEpithet: salvinii; scientificNameAuthorship: Hook.; Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil; countryCode: BR; stateProvince: Minas Gerais; municipality: Simonésia; locality: RPPN Mata do Sossego ; verbatimElevation: 1150-1600 m; minimumElevationInMeters: 1150; maximumElevationInMeters: 1600; verbatimCoordinates: 20°04'02.0"S, 42°04'40.4"W; verbatimLatitude: 20°04'02.0"S; verbatimLongitude: 42°04'40.4"W; decimalLatitude: -20.067222; decimalLongitude: -42.077889; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: A. Salino; dateIdentified: 2007-11; Event: eventDate: 2006-05-20; year: 2006; month: 5; day: 20; Record Level: type: specimen; language: Portuguese; collectionCode: BHCB

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: BHCB 100000 ; recordNumber: A. Salino 11185; recordedBy: A. Salino et al.; Taxon: taxonID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17018560-1; scientificName: Alsophilasalvinii Hook.; kingdom: Plantae; class: Polypodiopsida; order: Cyatheales; family: Cyatheaceae; genus: Alsophila; specificEpithet: salvinii; scientificNameAuthorship: Hook.; Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil; countryCode: BR; stateProvince: Minas Gerais; municipality: Simonésia; locality: RPPN Mata do Sossego ; verbatimElevation: 1150-1600 m; minimumElevationInMeters: 1150; maximumElevationInMeters: 1600; verbatimCoordinates: 20°04'18.7"S, 42°04'13.1"W; verbatimLatitude: 20°04'18.7"S; verbatimLongitude: 42°04'13.1"W; decimalLatitude: -20.071861; decimalLongitude: -42.070306; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: A. Salino; dateIdentified: 2006-06; Event: eventDate: 2006-05-24; year: 2006; month: 5; day: 24; Record Level: type: specimen; language: Portuguese; collectionCode: BHCB

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: BHCB 99330 ; recordNumber: A. Salino 11187; recordedBy: A. Salino et al.; Taxon: taxonID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17018560-1; scientificName: Alsophilasalvinii Hook.; kingdom: Plantae; class: Polypodiopsida; order: Cyatheales; family: Cyatheaceae; genus: Alsophila; specificEpithet: salvinii; scientificNameAuthorship: Hook.; Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil; countryCode: BR; stateProvince: Minas Gerais; municipality: Simonésia; locality: RPPN Mata do Sossego ; verbatimElevation: 1150-1600 m; minimumElevationInMeters: 1150; maximumElevationInMeters: 1600; verbatimCoordinates: 20°04'18.7"S, 42°04'13.1"W; verbatimLatitude: 20°04'18.7"S; verbatimLongitude: 42°04'13.1"W; decimalLatitude: -20.071861; decimalLongitude: -42.070306; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: A. Salino; dateIdentified: 2007-11; Event: eventDate: 2006-05-24; year: 2006; month: 5; day: 24; Record Level: type: specimen; language: Portuguese; collectionCode: BHCB

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: BHCB 166827 ; recordNumber: T.E. Almeida 3338; recordedBy: T.E. Almeida et al.; Taxon: taxonID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17018560-1; scientificName: Alsophilasalvinii Hook.; kingdom: Plantae; class: Polypodiopsida; order: Cyatheales; family: Cyatheaceae; genus: Alsophila; specificEpithet: salvinii; scientificNameAuthorship: Hook.; Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil; countryCode: BR; stateProvince: Minas Gerais; municipality: Simonésia; locality: RPPN Mata do Sossego ; verbatimElevation: 1183 m; minimumElevationInMeters: 1183; verbatimCoordinates: 20°04'11"S, 42°04'18"W; verbatimLatitude: 20°04'11"S; verbatimLongitude: 42°04'18"W; decimalLatitude: -20.069722; decimalLongitude: -42.071667; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: A. Salino; dateIdentified: 2013-11-17; Event: eventDate: 2013-11-17; year: 2013; month: 11; day: 17; Record Level: type: specimen; language: Portuguese; collectionCode: BHCB

Distribution

Previously known distribution: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru ( Moran 1995c, Smith et al. 2005). Fig. 3.

Ecology

Occurs as terrestrial in a fragment of Atlantic Rainforest.

Taxon discussion

This species can be recognized by petioles without conspicuous spines and with several pairs of aphlebiae toward the petiole bases ( Moran 1995c, Conant 1983). Fig. 2.