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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

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