Sticherus × leonis (Maxon) Nakai (1950: 71), 1836

Gonzales, Jasivia & Kessler, Michael, 2011, A synopsis of the Neotropical species of Sticherus (Gleicheniaceae), with descriptions of nine new species, Phytotaxa 31, pp. 1-54 : 33

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.31.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4948095
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0380F37C-FFE5-7F0C-99A6-E1B1D7EFFB55
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Sticherus × leonis (Maxon) Nakai (1950: 71)
status	stat. nov.

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Sticherus × leonis (Maxon) Nakai (1950: 71) View in CoL , stat. nov.

Dicranopteris leonis Maxon (1922b: 439) View in CoL . Gleichenia ×leonis (Maxon) Christensen (1934: 106) View in CoL .

Type: — CUBA. Santiago de Cuba: Sierra Maestra, Pico Turquino, León 11092 (holotype US, isotype NY) .

Distribution and ecology: —Known only from humid forest edges at 1200–2000 m in Provincia de Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, but to be expected where the parental taxa co-occur, e.g., in Mexico, Guatemala, and Jamaica ( Duek 1974).

Notes: —This taxon was originally described by Maxon (1922b) as a distinct species, but Duek (1974) recognized that all specimens appeared to be sterile, with few sporangia, and malformed spores. Duek (1974) postulated that the parental species were S. ferrugineus (called S. bifidus by Duek) and S. furcatus (as S. palmatus ). It is more probable that the parental taxa are actually S. antillensis and S. furcatus because its bud scales are large, bicolorous, basally rigid and marginally translucent, and thus very similar to those of S. antillensis , whereas the glabrous abaxial segments, and lanceolate abaxial branch scales are reminiscent of S. furcatus .