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234 M. J. M. CHRISTENHUSZ<br />
Gleichenia bancroftii Hook., Sp. Fil. 1: 5. 1844. Lectotype<br />
(designated here): Guadeloupe, l’Herminier<br />
s.n. (P!; duplicates IJ!, US!).<br />
Dicranopteris bancroftii (Hook.) Underw., Bull. Torrey<br />
Bot. Club 34: 252. 1907.<br />
Mertensia grandis Fée, Mém. Fam. Foug. 11: 120.<br />
1866.<br />
Dicranopteris grandis (Fée) Nakai, Bull. Natl. Sci.<br />
Mus. Tokyo 29: 60. 1950.<br />
Habitat: common species of high-elevation savannas.<br />
Material examined: BASSE TERRE: Bains Jaunes,<br />
Allorge s.n. anno 1936 (P); Stehlé 2424 (P); La<br />
Soufrière, Christenhusz 3908 (BM, NY, P, TUR, U);<br />
Duss 956 (P); Duss 3705 (P); l’Herminier s.n. 1861<br />
(P); Rodriguez 4777 (P); Source du Gallion, Duss s.n.<br />
(P); La Citerne, l’Herminier s.n. anno 1840 (P);<br />
l’Herminier s.n. anno 1844 (P); Grande Découverte,<br />
Christenhusz 4154 (TUR).<br />
67. Gleichenella pectinata (Willd.) Ching, Sunyatsenia<br />
5: 276. 1940.<br />
Mertensia pectinata Willd., Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya<br />
Handl. 25: 168. 1804. Type: Venezuela, Caracas,<br />
Bredemeyer s.n. (holotype B-Willd. 19465).<br />
Dicranopteris pectinata (Willd.) Underw., Bull. Torrey<br />
Bot. Club. 34: 260. 1907.<br />
Habitat: common terrestrial fern along roadsides,<br />
forest margins, land slides and clayey stream banks.<br />
Material examined: BASSE TERRE: Bains Jaunes,<br />
Allorge s.n. anno 1936 (P); Pointe Noire, Duss 945 (P);<br />
Sainte Rose, Duss 953 (P); Sofaïa, Christenhusz 2757<br />
(TUR); Petit-Bourg, Vernou, Fournet 5046 (P); Ravine<br />
Malanga, Allorge B20 (P); Feldmann s.n. 1936 (P);<br />
Rivière Rouge, Feldmann s.n. 1936 (P); Saut d’Eau du<br />
Matouba, Thiébaut 87 (P); Gourbeyre, Duss s.n. (P).<br />
68. Sticherus bifidus (Willd.) Ching, Sunyatsenia 5:<br />
282. 1940.<br />
Mertensia bifida Willd., Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya<br />
Handl. 25: 168, tab. 5, fig. B. 1804. Type: Venezuela,<br />
Caracas, Bredemeyer s.n. (holotype B-Willd. 19468).<br />
Gleichenia bifida (Willd.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 4: 24.<br />
1827.<br />
Mertensia ferruginea Desv., Ges. Naturf. Freunde<br />
Berlin Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten<br />
Naturk. 5: 307. 1811. Type: ‘Gallia aequinoctiali’<br />
(<strong>French</strong> Guiana), Anon. ex Herbarium Desvaux<br />
(holotype P!)<br />
Mertensia fulva Desv., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 201.<br />
1827. Type: Jamaica, Blue Mountains, Anon. ex<br />
Herbarium Desvaux (holotype P!).<br />
Habitat: locally common terrestrial on open disturbed<br />
ground and in forest edges at mid elevations.<br />
Material examined: BASSE TERRE: Sofaïa, Christenhusz<br />
2754 (TUR, U, UC); 3989 (NY, P, TUR); Camp<br />
Jacob, Faron s.n., anno 1879 (P); Cascade Vauchelet,<br />
Allorge s.n., anno 1936 (P); Feldmann s.n., anno 1936<br />
(P); Quentin 474 (P); Rodriguez 2642 (P); La Soufrière,<br />
Quentin 848 (P); Route Dole, Allorge B23 (P);<br />
Bains Jaunes, Rodriguez 4624 (P); 4751 (P); 4771 (P);<br />
Gourbeyre, Duss 951 (P); Route de Traversée, Fournet<br />
4136 (P); Matouba, Thiébaut 548 (P); Petit-Bourg,<br />
Vernou, Fournet 5291 (P); Stehlé 601bis (P); Pont du<br />
Soldat, Le Gallo 2789 (P); near the bridge over Rivière<br />
Rouge, Allorge s.n., anno 1936 (P); Ravine Rouge,<br />
Rodriguez 4493 (P); Allorge s.n., anno 1936 (P); Vieux<br />
Habitants (Grande Rivière), Duss 955 (P); Domaine<br />
de Valombreuse (M. J. M. Christenhusz, pers.<br />
observ.).<br />
69. Sticherus farinosus (Kaulf.) Ching, Sunyatsenia 5:<br />
283. 1940.<br />
Mertensia farinosa Kaulf., Wesen Farrenkr. 37. 1827.<br />
Type: none cited. Neotype (designated here):<br />
Guadeloupe, Basse Terre, La Soufrière, Christenhusz<br />
3937 (K!, duplicates NY!, P!, TUR!).<br />
Dicranopteris farinosa (Kaulf.) Underw., Bull. Torrey<br />
Bot. Club 34: 254. 1907.<br />
Gleichenia farinosa (Kaulf.) Hook., Sp. Fil. 1: 9. 1844,<br />
pro parte.<br />
Mertensia subtrisperma Fée, Mém. Fam. Foug. 11:<br />
122, tab. 32, fig. 2. 1866. Type: ‘ad solfataram<br />
Guadalupae’, l’Herminier s.n. anno 1861, not<br />
located. Lectotype (designated here): Fée, Mém.<br />
Fam. Foug. 11, tab. 32, fig. 2. In the absence of an<br />
actual specimen, the figure by Fée provides sufficient<br />
detail to interpret this taxon.<br />
Habitat: rare fern of high-elevation savannas,<br />
endemic to the Lesser Antilles.<br />
Material examined: BASSE TERRE: Balbis s.n. anno<br />
1824 (P); La Soufrière, Duss 952 (P); Sources du<br />
Gallion, Stehlé 653 (P).<br />
70. Sticherus furcatus (L.) Ching, Sunyatsenia 5: 283.<br />
1940. Acrostichum furcatum L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2:<br />
1321. 1759. Type (designated by Proctor, 1977):<br />
Martinique, Morne de la Calebasse, Plumier, Descr.<br />
Pl. Amér. tab. 20. 1693.<br />
Gleichenia furcata (L.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 4: 25. 1827.<br />
Dicranopteris furcata (L.) Underw., Bull. Torrey Bot.<br />
Club 34: 257. 1907.<br />
© 2009 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2009, 161, 213–277