(French West Indies)boj_1 - CNCFlora

258 M. J. M. CHRISTENHUSZ
Acrostichum alienum Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2):
13. 1801. Type: Jamaica, Anon.(holotype S!, isotype
S!).
Bolbitis portoricensis auct., non (Spreng.) Hennipm.
Habitat: very rare, lithophytic fern on boulders in
gullies and small streams in forest.
Material examined: BASSE TERRE: l’Herminier 21
(CAL), Talain de Constantin, Herbarium Bory s.n.
anno 1847 (P).
Locality: BASSE TERRE: valley of Beaugendre, near
Marigot, comm. Bouillante (Vivant, 1989a).
203. Bolbitis nicotianifolia (Sw.) Alston, Bull. Misc.
Inform. 1932: 310. 1932.
Acrostichum nicotianifolium Sw., Syn. Fil. 13: 199.
1806. Type: Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, Ventenat
s.n. (holotype S!).
Habitat: rare terrestrial fern on wet soil in low and
mid-elevation rainforests.
Material examined: BASSE TERRE: between Trace
Étang Madère and Étang Roche, Christenhusz 4062
(NY, P, TUR); Hauteurs Petit-Bourg, Duss 870 (P);
Cascade aux Écrevisses, Duss 4145 (P).
204. Dracoglossum plantagineum (Jacq.) Christenh.,
Thaiszia J. Bot. 17: 7. 2007. (Fig. 7C).
Polypodium plantagineum Jacq., Collect. 2: 104,
tab. 3, fig. 1. 1788. Lectotype (designated by
Proctor, 1977; the nomenclature is discussed in
detail by Christenhusz, 2007b): Jacquin, Collect. 2,
tab. 3, fig. 1. 1788.
Tectaria plantaginea (Jacq.) Maxon, Contr. US Natl.
Herb. 10: 494. 1908.
Tectaria plantaginea (Jacq.) Maxon var. confluens
C.V.Morton, Amer. Fern J. 56: 123. 1966. Type:
Trinidad, Laudat, Fresh Water Lake, L. H. & E. Z.
Bailey T-15 (holotype US!).
Habitat: locally common, terrestrial or lithophytic
fern on rocks in mid-elevation rainforest.
Material examined: BASSE TERRE: Grand Étang,
Allorge J40 (P); Christenhusz 2793 (TUR, U);
Feldman s.n. anno 1936 (P); l’Herminier 4 (P);
l’Herminier s.n. anno 1861 (RB); l’Herminier s.n. anno
1864 (RB); Questel 1834 (P); Trace Étang Madère to
Étang Roche, Christenhusz 4065 (TUR, UC); Bains
Jaunes, Duss 767 (P); Forêt de Fumée, Feldman s.n.
anno 1936 (P); Gourbeyre, Forêt des Palmistes, Le
Gallo 3074 (P); 3115 (P); Ravine chaude du Gommier,
Stehlé 1218 (P); Thiébaut 406 (P).
205. Elaphoglossum apodum (Kaulf.) Schott ex J.
Sm., J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 148. 1841.
Acrostichum apodum Kaulf., Enum. Filic. 59. 1824.
Type: Montserrat, Ryan s.n. ex Herbarium Vahl
(holotype C).
Habitat: epiphyte on mossy tree trunks at mid to
higher elevations.
Note: Listed for Guadeloupe by Proctor (1977), but
all specimens in P are collected in Martinique. The
existence of this species on Guadeloupe needs to
be confirmed.
206. Elaphoglossum boryanum (Fée) T.Moore, Ind.
Fil. 7. 1857.
Acrostichum boryanum Fée, Mém. Fam. Foug. 2: 40,
tab. 1. 1845. Lectotype (designated here): Guadeloupe,
l’Herminier s.n. ex herb. Fée (P!-00249844,
duplicate MPU). Note: two specimens were mentioned
in the original publication, the P specimen
from Guadeloupe, annotated by Fée is selected here
as lectotype.
Habitat: Common epiphyte in montane rainforest.
Material examined: BASSE TERRE: Bains Jaunes,
Christenhusz 3993 (NY, P, TUR); Trace Étang Roche
to Étang de l’As de Pique, Christenhusz 4067 (NY,
TUR); Grande Découverte, Christenhusz 4140 (NY, P,
TUR); 4169 (NY, TUR); 4170 (NY, TUR).
207. Elaphoglossum brachyneuron (Fée) J.Sm., Cat.
Cult. Ferns: 26. 1857.
Acrostichum brachyneuron Fée, Mém. Fam. Foug. 2:
49, tab. 22, fig. 1. 1845. Lectotype (designated by
Alston, 1958): Brazil, Minas Gerais, Gardner 5927
(BM!). Fée (1845) cited Gardner 5928, a misprint.
Habitat: rare epiphytic fern on mossy tree trunks in
elfin woodland at high elevations (Vivant 1990, 1996).
Material examined: BASSE TERRE: l’Herminier, s.n.
(P!-00249857); Nez Cassé, Proctor 20315 (A, IJ!).
208. Elaphoglossum chartaceum (Baker ex Jenman)
C.Chr., Ind. Fil. 304. 1905.
Acrostichum chartaceum Baker ex Jenman, J. Bot.
20: 325. 1882. Type: Jamaica, John Crow Peak,
Jenman s.n. (holotype K!).
Habitat: this rare species of the Greater Antilles is
only known from one locality in Guadeloupe, where it
grows in a tree at 1000 m elevation.
© 2009 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2009, 161, 213–277