Serpocaulon articulatum (C.Presl) Schwartsb. & A.R.Sm., J. Bot. Res. Inst.

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

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scientific name

Serpocaulon articulatum (C.Presl) Schwartsb. & A.R.Sm., J. Bot. Res. Inst.
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Serpocaulon articulatum (C.Presl) Schwartsb. & A.R.Sm., J. Bot. Res. Inst. View in CoL Texas 7(1): 85(–86). 2013.

= Goniophlebium articulatum C.Presl, Tent. Pterid. 186. 1836.

= Polypodium giganteum Desv., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris View in CoL 6(3): 236. 1827.

= Serpocaulon giganteum (Desv.) A.R.Sm. View in CoL , Taxon 55(4): 928. 2006.

Range: — Costa Rica to Bolivia (CO, LP, SC); possibly more widespread but often lumped with S. fraxinifolium View in CoL .

Ecology: —Uncommon; terrestrial, rarely epiphytic, in humid forests; 1250–2450 m.

Notes: —Differs from S. fraxinifolium and S. polystichum by having much thicker rhizomes (about 1 cm vs. <0.5 cm diam.), 5–10 rows of sori between the costae and the pinna margins, wider pinnae (4–6 cm vs. 1.5–4 cm wide), and usually terrestrial (vs. epiphytic) habit.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Polypodiopsida

Order

Polypodiales

Family

Polypodiaceae

Genus

Serpocaulon

Loc

Serpocaulon articulatum (C.Presl) Schwartsb. & A.R.Sm., J. Bot. Res. Inst.

Smith, Alan R., Kessler, Michael, León, Blanca, Almeida, Thaís Elias, Jiménez-Pérez, Iván & Lehnert, Marcus 2018
2018
Loc

Serpocaulon giganteum (Desv.) A.R.Sm.

Desv. 2006: 928
2006
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