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The Brazilian species of Elaphoglossum section Polytrichia (Dryopteridaceae)

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A taxonomic treatment for the 11 species of Elaphoglossum sect. Polytrichia found in Brazil is presented. The species of this section are recognized morphologically by the presence of subulate scales and lack of hydathodes on adult leaves. Two new species are described: E. amorimii and E. brevipetiolatum, both endemic to the Atlantic rainforest of eastern Brazil. Elaphoglossum brevipetiolatum is unusual in section Polytrichia by lacking subulate scales. Elaphoglossum polyblepharum, which was previously known only from Venezuela, is recorded for the first time in Brazil. Additionally, misapplied names that have long been used in the literature and herbarium specimens, such as E. apodum, E. beitelii, E. erinaceum, E. ornatum, and E. propinquum, are here excluded from the Brazilian flora. We provide identification keys, illustrations, descriptions, comments, synonymy, distribution maps, and an index to collector’s names and numbers for all the species.

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This paper is part of the doctoral dissertation of FBM, done under the supervision of Robbin C. Moran, in the joint Graduate Studies Program of the New York Botanical Garden and City University of New York. Major funding for this dissertation was given by CAPES/Fulbright. FBM also acknowledges funding from the International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT Research Grant, 2014) and the Smithsonian Institution (Cuatrecasas Award, 2011). We are grateful to the curatorial staff of the following herbaria for facilitating access to their specimens: AAU, B, BHCB, BM, BR, CEPEC, F, FLOR, FURB, GH, HB, HBR, HUEFS, INPA, K, M, MBM, MBML, MO, NY, R, RB, P, PH, PI, S, SP, SPF, UC, UPCB, and US. Pedro Viana kindly sent us photographs of specimens housed at MG. Adriana Lobão, André Amorim, Bianca Canestraro, Carlos Matos, Caroline Matos, Claudine Mynssen, Gabriel Barril, Lana Sylvestre, Liliana Bittencourt, Maria Alice Neves, Nathan Smith, Paulo Labiak, Paulo Windisch, and Pedro Fiaschi were enormously helpful to the first author during his many field trips to Brazil. Jefferson Prado helped with many nomenclatural issues. Haruto Fukuda made all the line drawings. We also thank Jefferson Prado and Paulo Labiak for their critical reviews of the manuscript.

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    Fernando B. Matos & John T. Mickel

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Appendix 1

Appendix 1

Index to collectors’ names and numbers. Numbers in parentheses refer to the species numbers below.

List of Accepted Names

  1. 1.

    Elaphoglossum amazonicum Atehortúa ex Mickel

  2. 2.

    Elaphoglossum amorimii F. B. Matos & Mickel

  3. 3.

    Elaphoglossum brevipetiolatum F. B. Matos & Mickel

  4. 4.

    Elaphoglossum decoratum (Kunze) T. Moore

  5. 5.

    Elaphoglossum glaziovii (Fée) Brade

  6. 6.

    Elaphoglossum hybridum (Bory) Brack.

  7. 7.

    Elaphoglossum polyblepharum Mickel

  8. 8.

    Elaphoglossum prestonii (Baker) J. Sm.

  9. 9.

    Elaphoglossum raywaense (Jenman) Alston

  10. 10.

    Elaphoglossum scolopendrifolium (Raddi) J. Sm.

  11. 11.

    Elaphoglossum ulei Christ

List of Collector’s Names and Numbers

The number in parentheses refers to the species numbers assigned in the taxonomic treatment (list of accepted names, above). Boldface indicates types.

Almeida, T. E.: 2570, 2621 (9); 2837 (6); 2855 (5)

Almeida-Neto, M.: 127 (10)

Amorim, A. M.: 4248 (5)

Anderson, W. R.: 7522 (6)

Andrade, I. M.: 838 (5)

Araújo, I.: 255 (9)

Arruda, A. J.: 4 (5); 47, 112 (6); 130 (5)

Athayde, F. P.: 119, 229, 266 (5)

Badini, J.: 29 (6); 34 (4)

Barcia, J.: 905 (5)

Barros, W. D.: 693 (8)

Barros, F.: 790, 929 (5)

Belo, W.: 517 (5)

Borges, R. A.: 527 (5)

Borgo, M.: 2472 (5)

Brade, A. C.: 5024 (5); 5288 (4); 6555 (8); 7606 (6); 8388, 8390 (5); 8390 (10); 8480 (5); 8486 (8); 8595, 8613 (5); 8632 (10); 9292, 9381 (6); 9426 (5); 9427 (6); 9548, 9555 (10); 9656 (6); 9728, 9819 (5); 9870 (6); 10246 (8); 10253 (5); 10388 (8); 10808 (6); 10868 (5); 11536 (6); 11645 (5); 12080 (10); 14056 (4); 14933, 14934 (10); 15207 (5); 15514 (8); 15515, 15516, 16284 (6); 16465, 16725 (5); 17101 (6); 17348 (10); 17973 (6); 19244 (8); 19421 (4); 21117 (5)

Burchell, W. J.: 5152 (6)

Cadorin, T. J.: 243 (5)

Campos Porto, P.: 2244 (8)

Christenhusz, M.: 4706 (5); 4812 (4); 4923 (10); 4989 (5)

Conant, D. S.: 879, 1001 (9)

Condack, J. P.: 337 (8); 446 (4); 519 (6); 606 (8); 623 (6)

Cordeiro, I.: 727 (5)

Costa, M. A.: 239, 526 (9)

Daly, D.: 8948 (9)

Damasceno, E. R.: 247 (5); 395 (8)

Damazio, L. B.: 230, 710, 730 (4); 1024 (6); 1879, 1931 (5)

Dittrich, V. A.: 379, 452, 453 (5)

Dombrowski, L. T.: 2887, 4496, 7481, 11390 (5)

Dunaiski, A.: 2266 (5)

Dusén, P. K.: 669 (6); 778, 2158, 3793, 7492, 8485 (5); 10620 (6); 13516, 14312, 14409, 15203 (5); 18102 (4)

Dutra, J.: 3 (6)

Edwall, G.: 4690 (5); s.n. [Comm. Geogr. Geol. de São Paulo, no. 4691] (4)

Eiten, G.: 2082 (5)

Engelmann, R.: 172 (5)

Farney, C.: 2485 (10)

Fiaschi, P.: 1788 (4); 3050 (10); 3243, 3250 (7); 3829, 3889, 3896 (6)

Figueredo, J.: 80 (6)

Filho, A. C.: 2020 (5)

Forbes, J.: 155 (10)

Forzza, R. C.: 1209 (6)

Foster, M.: 685 (4)

Gardner, G.: 5925 (6)

Gasper, A. L.: 844 (5); 2958 (11)

Gatti, A. L.: 89, 255, 344 (5)

Gaudichaud, C.: s.n. B-200071871 (10)

Gerdes, E.: 105 (5)

Glaziou, A.: 950 (10); 2059 (5); 2436 (10); 3320, 3321, 4363, 4366 (6); 5366 (5); 5366 P-01405612 (6); 5367, pro parte (8); 5368 (6); 12281 (10); 15712 (4)

Goebel, K.: s.n. M-15633 (4)

Goldenberg, R.: 985 (9)

Handro, O.: 523, 544 (5); 673 (10); 749 (4); 1215 (5)

Hans: 10 (5)

Hatschbach, G.: 10189, 13596, 14458, 17808, 19489, 20307, 20727, 20915b, 22408, 25727, 27570 (5); 33070 (1); 46065, 48792, 53731 (5)

Hunt, D. R.: 6339 (5)

Jardim, J. G.: 1133 (5)

Jascone, C. E.: 711, 791 (10)

Jürgens, C.: 75, 166, 331, s.n. [Rosenstock, Filices Austrobrasilienses no. 149], s.n. [Rosenstock, Filices Austrobrasilienses no. 277] (6); 751, s.n. [Rosenstock, Filices Austrobrasilienses no. 328] (5)

Kirizawa, M.: 1484 (5)

Klein, R. M.: 7646, 9260 (5)

Koczicki, C.: 184 (5)

Kollmann, L.: 4870A (4); 4981 (3)

Kozera, C.: 1232, 1233 (5)

Krieger, L.: 24099 (4)

Kuhlmann, J. G.: s.n. RB-7625 (10)

Labiak, P. H.: 231, 343 (5); 986 (10); 1005 (5); 1101 (4); 2049, 3235 (5); 4074 (4); 4281 (5); 4427, 4490, 4510 (6); 4581a (8); 4865 (5); 4968 (8); 5178 (2); 5505 (4)

Langsdorff, G. H.: s.n. P-01405572 (6); s.n. P-01380589, s.n. P-01380590 (10)

Leite, J. E.: 2481, 3147, 3885 (6)

Lima, J. S.: 24, 70 (10); 282 (4)

Lindberg, G. A.: 537 (6)

Lindman, C. A. M.: A893 (6)

Lobão, A. Q.: 1868 (8); 1889 (5); 1890 (10)

Lopes, M. M.: 429 (2)

Luetzelburg, P.: 265 (5); 2360 (6); 6864 (10); 12954, 12959, 18929 (5)

Lutz, A.: 1752 (5)

Macedo, T. S.: 134 (5)

Maia, L. A.: 536 (7)

Mamede, M. C.: 323, 371 (5)

Marques, M. C.: 294 (5)

Marquete, R.: 909 (10)

Martius, C. F. P.: s.n. NY-01402651 (5); s.n. M-176, s.n. M-177, s.n. M-178 (6); s.n. M-188 (10)

Maruffa, A. C.: 29 (5)

Matos, F. B.: 128, 202 (5); 366 (4); 380 (5); 445 (4); 485 (5); 620, 1002, 1075 (2); 1972, 1979 (5); 2021 (6); 2025 (5); 2031 (10); 2046 (5); 2050 (8); 2057 (6); 2059, 2063, 2191 (5); 2196 (8); 2200 (5); 2211, 2215, 2220 (6); 2253 (10)

Matschinske, G.: 48 [Rosenstock, Filices Austrobrasilienses no. 149], s.n. [Rosenstock, Filices Austrobrasilienses no. 149] (6)

Mattos-Silva, L. A.: 4480 (5)

Maublanc, A.: 618 (4)

Melo, L. C.: 137 (5); 140 (6); 227 (5)

Moraes, P. L.: 2752 (2)

Mosén, C. W.: 2249, 2250 (6); 2633, 3047 (5); 3727 (4); 4640, 4641 (6)

Mota, R. C.: 1566 (5); 1755, 2729 (4); 3183 (5)

Motta, J. T.: 531, 994, 2412 (5)

Mynssen, C. M.: 252 (10); 630, 1309 (5); 1335 (8); 1401 (6)

Nadeaud, M.: 80 (5)

Nicolau, S. A.: 979 (5)

Nonato, F. R.: 820 (5)

Novelino, R. F.: 798 (5)

Pabst, G.: 4701, 4758 (10); 6979, 6986, 8901 (5)

Paciencia, M. B.: 2141, 2158 (5)

Pereira, J. B.: 35, 86, 150 (5); 352 (8); 355, 590 (5)

Pessoni, L. A.: 348 (4)

Petean, M. P.: 190, 191 (5)

Pirani, J. R.: 168 (8)

Prado, J.: 320, 530 (5); 585 (9); 1072 (5); 1117 (8); 1314 (9); 1660 (10); 2008 (5)

Prance, G. T.: 16153 (7); 10113, pro parte (9)

Queiroz, L. P.: 2999 (5)

Raddi, G.: s.n. (10)

Regnell, A. F.: III-1438 (6)

Reitz, R.: 107 (6); 266, 284, 331, 978, 1950, 2069, 3087, 4445, 6629, 12087 (5)

Ribas, O. S.: 716, 1348, 2169 (5)

Riedel, L.: s.n. [BHCB-74627] (10)

Rodrigues, C. E.: 1300 (10)

Rohr, J. A.: 70 (6); 329, 351 (5); 890 (6); 1012, 1017, 1030, 1066 (5)

Rose, J. N.: 20370 (5)

Rossi, L.: 1220 (5)

Salimena, F. R.: 1290 (5)

Salino, A.: 91, 692 (6); 1146, 1886, 1978, 2297 (5); 2502 (10); 2798 (6); 2956 (10); 4896 (5); 5312 (4); 5852 (5); 6105 (10); 6361 (4); 6442 (5); 6498 (4); 6502, 6632 (10); 7096 (6); 7328 (10); 7436 (4); 7507 (5); 7707 (10); 7940, 8076 (6); 8664 (5); 8834 (10); 9240 (4); 9265, 9470, 9500, 9797 (5); 9934 (4); 10507, 11316 (6); 11492, 13791 (5); 14073 (3); 14137 (5); 14978 (2)

Schmalz, A.: 114 (5)

Schwacke, C.: 193 (9); 11596, 14150 (4); 14984 (6); 15132, s.n. [Herb. Schwacke 5778], s.n. [Herb. Schwacke 13197], s.n. [Herb. Schwacke 13243], s.n. [Herb. Schwacke 14611] (5)

Sehnem, A.: 3155 (5); 4216 (6); 5193 (5); 6468 (6)

Silva, A. T.: 119, 389, 417, 438 (5)

Silva, J. M.: 2108, 2458 (5)

Silveira, A.: 117, 2816 (6)

Smith, L. B.: 1677a (6); 2188, 2194, 2229 (5); 2258 (10)

Souza, F. S.: 75, 1386, 1472 (5)

Souza, M. L.: 1999, 2010 (5)

Spannagel, P. C.: 2, ad2 (11); 164, 164a (5); 626 (10); 164 a (10); s.n. [Rosenstock, Filices Austrobrasilienses no. 3] (11)

Spruce, R.: 2186, s.n. (9)

Stannard, B. L.: H52136 (6)

Sucre, B. D.: 2236 (5); 2824 (6)

Sylvestre, L. S.: 195 (6); 510 (5); 557, 679 (10); 1804, 1916 (5); 2203, 2210 (10)

Tamandaré, F.: 6439 (6); 6440 (5); 6555 (8)

Tessmann, G.: 3738 (5)

Travassos, O. P.: 263 (5)

Tryon, R. M.: 6602 (5)

Ule, E. H.: 327 (11); 4981 (6); 229, 286 (5)

Urban, I.: s.n. P-01380584 (10)

Vervloet, R. R.: 108 (3); 475 (4); 1112 (3)

Vianna, F. S.: 576 (5)

Vidal, J.: 1732, 1932 (8)

Wacket, M.: 36, 123, s.n. [Herb. Museu Paulista no. 1399], s.n. [Rosenstock, Filices Austrobrasilienses no. 4] (5); s.n. [Rosenstock, Filices Austrobrasilienses no. 284] (4)

Wanderley, M. G.: 2047 (5)

Wells-Windisch, R.: 626 (5)

Wettstein, R.: s.n. [P-01466057] (4)

Widgren, J. F.: 1302 (5)

Wielewski: s.n. (11)

Windisch, P. G.: 5003, 5075 (10)

Yano, O.: 18963 (6)

Zuquim, G.: 66 (9)

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Matos, F.B., Mickel, J.T. The Brazilian species of Elaphoglossum section Polytrichia (Dryopteridaceae). Brittonia 66, 371–395 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-014-9352-2

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