Radiovittaria

Kessler, Michael, Smith, Alan R. & Prado, Jefferson, 2017, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XXVII. Pteridaceae, Phytotaxa 332 (3), pp. 201-250 : 243

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.332.3.1

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038F87DD-FFC6-7905-FF49-FF7DFA1BFDA2

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Felipe

scientific name

Radiovittaria
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Key to the Bolivian species of Radiovittaria View in CoL

1 Petioles terete; sori superficial or only slightly sunken .................................................................................................................... 2

– Petioles flattened; sori sunken .......................................................................................................................................................... 3

2 Rhizome scales 3–5 mm long, 4–10 cells wide at the bases; sori slightly sunken ...................................................... R. moritziana View in CoL

– Rhizome scales 1–2.5 mm long, 1 or 2(3) cells wide at the bases; sori deeply sunken ................................................... R. stipitata View in CoL

3 Rhizome scales light brown, subclathrate ........................................................................................................................ R. latifolia View in CoL

– Rhizome scales dark brown to atropurpureous, clathrate ................................................................................................................. 4

4 Blades 2–5 mm wide, linear, stiff; midribs ill-defined on both sides of blades; rhizome scales long-acuminate ........... R. ruiziana View in CoL

– Blades 4–18 mm wide, narrowly elliptical to linear-elliptic, often falcate, lax; midribs prominent on both sides of blades; rhizome scales acuminate ............................................................................................................................................................................... 5

5 Blades 4–9 mm wide; lateral veins reaching the margin below the point where the next vein on the same side begins ................... .................................................................................................................................................................................... R. gardneriana View in CoL

– Blades 8–18 mm wide; lateral veins reaching the margin above the point where the next vein on the same side begins .................. ............................................................................................................................................................................................ R. remota View in CoL

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