(French West Indies)boj_1 - CNCFlora

270 M. J. M. CHRISTENHUSZ
Habitat: Asian epiphytic fern often planted in
gardens (Domaine de Valombreuse, Parc Animalier de
Traversée) and locally naturalizing (Vivant, 1996).]
[Platycerium alcicorne Desv., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6:
213. 1827. Type: Anon. Herbarium Desvaux (holotype
P!).
Habitat: cultivated fern in Parc Zoologique de Route
de la Traversée (Vivant, 1988) and Domaine de
Valombreuse (M. J. M. Christenhusz, pers. observ.),
locally naturalized.]
278. Pleopeltis astrolepis (Liebm.) E.Fourn. in Besch.
& Nyl., Mexic. Pl. 1: 87. 1872.
Polypodium astrolepis Liebm., Kongel. Danske
Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. Naturvidensk. Math. Afd. ser.
5, 1: 185. 1849. Lectotype (designated by Smith,
1981): Mexico, Oaxaca, Trapiche de la Concepción,
Liebmann s.n., Fl. Mex. 87 (C; duplicate GH,
fragment).
Habitat: common epiphyte, especially on cultivated
trees.
Material examined: BASSE TERRE: Bassin Bleu,
Christenhusz 4192 (TUR, UC).
279. Pleopeltis polypodioides (L.) E.G.Andrews &
Windham, Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 19: 46.
1993.
Acrostichum polypodioides L., Sp. Pl. 1068. 1753.
Lectotype (designated by Verdcourt, 2001):
Jamaica, Plukenet, Phytographia: tab. 289, fig. 1.
1694. Epitype (designated here): Herb. Sloane 129:
29 (BM-SL).
Polypodium polypodioides (L.) Watt, Canad. Naturalist
& Quart. J. Sci. n.s. 3(2): 158. 1867 [1866].
Habitat: common epiphytic or lithophytic fern on tree
trunks, branches, rocks or concrete, often in disturbed
places.
Material examined: BASSE TERRE: On concrete walls
along Route de la Traversée, near Col des Mamelles,
Christenhusz 4216 (TUR); Cascade aux Écrevisses
(M. J. M. Christenhusz, pers. observ.); Domaine de
Valombreuse (M. J. M. Christenhusz, pers. observ.).
GRAND TERRE: Gosier (Vivant, 1987b). ST MARTIN;
ST BARTHÉLEMY (Proctor, 1977).
280. Serpocaulon acuminatum (l’Herm. ex Fée)
Christenh., comb. nov.
Goniophlebium acuminatum l’Herm. ex Fée, Mém.
Fam. Foug. 11: 68, tab. 19, fig. 1. 1866. Lectotype
(designated here): Guadeloupe, Rivière St Louis au
Matouba, l’Herminier anno 1861 (RB!; duplicate B).
Polypodium antillense Maxon, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.
43: 83. 1930, based on Goniophlebium acuminatum
l’Herm. ex Fée, non Polypodium acuminatum
Houtt. (1786), neither Roxb. (1825), nor Sodiro
(1893).
Serpocaulon antillense (Maxon) A.R.Sm., Taxon 55:
927. 2006, nom. superfl.
Habitat: rare epiphyte on large trees in montane
rainforests.
281. Serpocaulon dissimile (L.) A.R.Sm., Taxon 55:
928. 2006.
Polypodium dissimile L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1325.
1759. Lectotype (designated by Proctor, 1977):
Jamaica, Browne s.n. (LINN 1251.24).
Goniophlebium dissimile (L.) J.Sm., J. Bot. (Hooker)
4: 57. 1841.
Polypodium chnoodes Spreng., Neue Entd. Pflanzenk.
3: 6. 1822. Type: Martinique, Kohaut s.n. in Herbarium
Sieber s.n. (holotype LZ, detroyed; isotype
PRC?).
Goniophlebium chnoodes (Spreng.) Fée, Mém. Fam.
Foug. 5: 255. 1852.
Habitat: frequent epiphyte on mossy trunks in rainforest,
rarely lithophytic.
Material examined: BASSE TERRE: Trace Étang
Roche to Étang de l’As de Pique, Christenhusz 4069
(TUR, P); Bassin Bleu, Christenhusz 4193 (TUR).
282. Serpocaulon levigatum (Cav.) A.R.Sm., Taxon 55:
928. 2006.
Polypodium levigatum Cav., Descr. Pl. 224. 1802.
Type: Ecuador, Nee s.n., Herb. Cavanilles (holotype
MA, isotype S!).
Polypodium glaucophyllum Kunze ex Klotzsch,
Linnaea 20: 393. 1847. Lectotype (selected by Tryon
& Stolze, 1989): Colombia, Merida, Moritz 305 (B!,
duplicates BM, BR, K).
Goniophlebium glaucophyllum (Kunze ex Klotzsch)
Fée, Mém. Fam. Foug. 5: 255. 1852.
Habitat: uncommon epiphyte in montane rainforest.
Material examined: BASSE TERRE: Bains Jaunes,
Christenhusz 4010 (P, TUR, UC).
283. Serpocaulon loriceum (L.) A.R.Sm., Taxon 55:
928. 2006.
Polypodium loriceum L., Sp. Pl. 1086. 1743. Lectotype
(designated by Proctor, 1977): Martinique, Morne
de la Calebasse, Petiver, Pter. Amér.: 27, tab. 7,
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