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260 M. J. M. CHRISTENHUSZ
Acrostichum herminieri Bory & Fée in Fée, Mém.
Fam. Foug. 2: 43. tab. 11. 1845. Lectotype (designated
by Mickel & Smith, 2004): Guadeloupe,
l’Herminier s.n. ex herb. Bory (P!; duplicates: GH, P!
(ex herb. Fée), RB!).
Habitat: occasional epiphyte on tree trunks in forest.
Material examined: BASSE TERRE: l’Herminier s.n.
ex herb. Glaziou (P); l’Herminier s.n. ex herb. Leprieur
(P). Rivière Lézarde, Duss 846 (P). Localities: Rivière
Moreau, near the waterfalls, Gorges de la Lézarde,
Sofaïa, and along Trace Victor Hugues at Sarcelle
(Vivant, 1988).
216. Elaphoglossum impressum (Fée) T.Moore, Ind.
Fil. 10. 1857.
Acrostichum impressum Fée, Mém. Fam. Foug. 2: 33,
tab. 5, fig. 3. 1845. Lectotype (designated here):
Martinique, Richard s.n. (P!).
Habitat: rare epiphyte in forest.
Material examined: BASSE TERRE: Forêt de la
Fumée, Feldmann s.n. anno 1936 (P); Lézarde,
Kuntze 15 (P); Matouba, habitation Raynaud, Duss
851 (P); Parc Zoologique near the Route de la
Traversée (Vivant, 1988).
217. Elaphoglossum longifolium J.Sm., Bot. Mag. 72:
17. 1846. Type: Martinique, Jacquin s.n. (holotype
BM?, not found).
Habitat: rare epiphyte on mossy tree trunks in hygrophile
forest.
Material examined: BASSE TERRE: Bains Jaunes,
Duss 4432 (P); Sainte Marie, l’Herminier 3 (P); Gorge
de la rivière Moreau (Vivant, 1988).
218. Elaphoglossum martinicense (Desv.) T.Moore,
Index Fil. 11. 1857.
Acrostichum martinicense Desv., Ges. Naturf.
Freunde Berlin Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten
Naturk. 5: 309. 1811. Type: Martinique, Anon.
ex herb. Desvaux (holotype P-00249874!).
Habitat: rare epiphyte in rainforests at mid elevation,
endemic of the Caribbean Islands.
Material examined: BASSE TERRE: Bains Jaunes, Le
Gallo 2808 (P); Stehlé 1036; s.n. anno 1937 (P); Trace
Merwart near Vernou, Morne Grand Vent Soufflé
(Vivant, 1989a).
219. Elaphoglossum peltatum (Sw.) Urban, Symb.
Antill. 4: 60. 1903.
Osmunda peltata Sw., Prodr. 127. 1788. Type:
Jamaica, Swartz s.n. (holotype S!, isotype SBT).
Peltapteris peltata (Sw.) C.V.Morton , Amer. Fern. J.
45: 13. 1955.
Habitat: very rare, epiphytic, lithophytic or on fallen
logs in rainforest at higher elevations, rarely collected,
because it often grows in the canopy.
Localities: BASSE TERRE: Rivière Rouge along the
trail to Refuge des Montagnards; Rivière Saint Louis
(Vivant, 1996); Grande Découverte (M. J. M. Christenhusz,
pers. observ.); Saut d’Eau du Matouba (M. J.
M. Christenhusz, pers. observ.).
220. Elaphoglossum perelegans (Fée) T.Moore, Ind.
Fil. 16. 1857.
Acrostichum perelegans Fée, Mém. Fam. Foug. 2: 55,
tab. 23. 1845. Syntypes: Brazil, Sabera, Vauthier
s.n. anno 1833, ex Herbarium Bory; Brazil, Goias,
Pohl s.n., anno 1844; Peru, Pampayaco, Poeppig
s.n., anno 1829, none located. Lectotype (designated
here in absence of original material): Fée, Mém.
Fam. Foug. 2, tab. 23.
Habitat: rare epiphyte of dense rainforests between
700 and 1000 m elevation.
Material examined: BASSE TERRE: Grande Découverte,
Christenhusz 4148 (NY, TUR).
221. Elaphoglossum petiolatum (Sw.) Urban var.
dussii (Underw. ex Maxon) Proctor, Rhodora 68:
467. 1966.
Elaphoglossum dussii Underw. & Maxon, Sci. Surv.
Porto Rico & Virgin Is. 6: 398. 1926. Type: Martinique,
Duss 4688 (holotype NY!).
Acrostichum plumieri Desv., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6:
209. 1827; not Fée (1845).
Habitat: rare epiphyte in rainforests.
Localities: BASSE TERRE: Saint Claude in the valley
of Grand Carbet; Monts Caraïbes near Champfleury
(Vivant, 1987b).
222. Elaphoglossum plumieri T.Moore, Ind. Fil. 13.
1857. Lectotype (designated by Proctor, 1977):
Plumier, Traité Foug. Amér. tab. 127. 1705.
Acrostichum plumieri Fée, Mém. Fam. Foug. 2: 50.
1845, nom. illeg. hom., non Desv. (1827). Type:
Martinique, Anon. ex herb. Desvaux (holotype P).
Habitat: local epiphyte in montane rainforests.
© 2009 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2009, 161, 213–277