(French West Indies)boj_1 - CNCFlora
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Valombreuse (M. J. M. Christenhusz, pers. observ.).<br />
ST. MARTIN (Proctor, 1977).<br />
197. Blechnum rufum (Spreng.) C.Chr., Ind. Fil.<br />
Suppl. 17. 1913.<br />
Lomaria rufa Spreng., Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad.<br />
Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 10: 230. 1821.<br />
Syntypes: Puerto Rico, Bertier; Guadeloupe, Perrin.<br />
Neither of these specimens could be traced and the<br />
species is not known from Puerto Rico. To prevent<br />
further confusion a neotype is selected here: Guadeloupe,<br />
Basse Terre, La Soufrière, trail to Carmichaël,<br />
Christenhusz 3933 (TUR!, duplicates NY!,<br />
P!).<br />
Lomaria robusta Fée, Mém. Fam. Foug. 5: 69. 1852.<br />
Lectotype (designated here): Guadeloupe,<br />
l’Herminier s.n. ex herb. Fée (P!, duplicates NY!,<br />
US!-02703208).<br />
Habitat: local and rare terrestrial fern on mossy<br />
slopes in humid mountain savannas and elfin woodland,<br />
endemic to the higher elevations of Guadeloupe.<br />
198. Blechnum ryanii (Kaulf.) Hieron., Hedwigia 47:<br />
245. 1908.<br />
Lomaria ryanii Kaulf., Enum. Fil. 155. 1824. Type:<br />
Montserrat, Forsström s.n. (holotype S!).<br />
Habitat: common fern on mossy banks and thickets at<br />
high elevations.<br />
Material examined: BASSE TERRE: l’Herminier s.n.<br />
(BM; La Soufrière, Christenhusz 3927 (P, TUR); 3928<br />
(TUR); 3932 (TUR); 3934 (P, TUR); Grande Découverte,<br />
Christenhusz 4153 (TUR).<br />
199. Blechnum serrulatum Rich., Act. Soc. Hist. Nat.<br />
Paris 1: 114. 1792. Type: <strong>French</strong> Guiana, Le Blond<br />
s.n. ex Herbarium Richard (holotype P!).<br />
Habitat: swamps and coastal savannas, sometimes<br />
along roads on sandy soil.<br />
Material examined: BASSE TERRE: Baie-Mahault,<br />
l’Herminier 2 (P); Lamentin, Duss 884 (P); Lamentin,<br />
Marécage Icaques, Fournet (GUAD); Sofaïa, Rodriguez<br />
3133 (P); Sainte Rose, Morne du Porteil,<br />
Questel 965 (P).<br />
200. Blechnum violaceum (Fée) C.Chr., Ind. Fil. 161.<br />
1905.<br />
Lomaria violacea Fée, Mém. Fam. Foug. 11: 11, tab. 5.<br />
1866. Lectotype (designated here): Guadeloupe,<br />
l’Herminier s.n. ex Herbarium Fée (P!, duplicate<br />
US!-02019932).<br />
INDEX PTERIDOPHYTORUM GUADALUPENSIUM 257<br />
Habitat: rare terrestrial fern of high-elevation fern<br />
savannas.<br />
Material examined: BASSE TERRE: La Soffrière,<br />
Duss 861 (P); Quentin 851 (P); Rodriguez 4807 (P);<br />
Morne l’Échelle, Beaupertuis 1344 (P); Bains Jaunes,<br />
Allorge s.n. anno 1936 (P); La Citerne, Allorge s.n.<br />
anno 1936 (P).<br />
201. Salpichlaena volubilis (Kaulf.) J.Sm. in Hook. &<br />
Bauer, Gen. Fil. tab. 93. 1841. (as ‘Salpichlœna’).<br />
Blechnum volubile Kaulf., Enum. Fil. 159. 1824.<br />
Neotype (selected by Proctor, 1977): Brazil, Hooker<br />
& Bauer, Gen. Fil. tab. 93. 1841.<br />
Habitat: common, terrestrial, scandent rainforest<br />
species, often along streams or in forest margins and<br />
roadside thickets.<br />
Material examined: Grand Étang, Christenhusz 2729<br />
(TUR); Cascade aux Écrevises, Christenhusz 2734<br />
(TUR); Sofaïa, Christenhusz 2756 (TUR); 3949 (P,<br />
TUR); 3988 (BM, NY, P, TUR, U, US); Trace Étang<br />
Madère to Étang Roche, Christenhusz 2800 (TUR);<br />
Bains Jaunes, Christenhusz 3999 (P, TUR); Allorge<br />
s.n., anno 1936 (P); Rivière Quiock, Christenhusz<br />
4120 (P, TUR); Grande Découverte, Christenhusz<br />
4139 (P, TUR); Rivière Rouge, Feldmann s.n., anno<br />
1936 (P).<br />
Notes: Salpichlaena is often treated as consisting of a<br />
single polymorphic species S. volubilis. A revision of<br />
this Neotropical genus (which I expect to count five<br />
species) will probably result in the naming of the<br />
Caribbean material as a new species, because the<br />
specimens from Guadeloupe do not appear to be conspecific<br />
with those from Southern Brazil.<br />
Salpichlaena may not be separable from Blechnum<br />
s.l.; a global revision of Blechnaceae is necessary to<br />
reassess the borders between the genera.<br />
DRYOPTERIDACEAE<br />
[Arachniodes aristata (G.Forst.) Tindale, Contr. New<br />
South Wales Natl. Herb. 3: 89. 1961.<br />
Polypodium aristatum G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. 82.<br />
1786. Type: ‘In insulae Maris Pacifici’, Forster 326<br />
(holotype GOET).<br />
Locality: BASSE TERRE: cultivated at INRA (M. J.<br />
M. Christenhusz, pers. observ.)]<br />
202. Bolbitis aliena (Sw.) Alston, Kew Bull. 1932: 310.<br />
1932.<br />
© 2009 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2009, 161, 213–277