(French West Indies)boj_1 - CNCFlora

Naturk. 5: 316. 1811. Type: Peru, Dombey s.n. (holotype
P!).
Grammitis lanigera (Desv.) C.V.Morton, Contr. U. S.
Nat. Herb. 38: 105. 1967.
Habitat: rare epiphyte on trees at higher elevations.
Material examined: BASSE TERRE: Duss 4403 (NY).
290. Terpsichore mollissima (Fée) A.R.Sm., Novon 3:
487. 1993.
Polypodium mollissimum Fée, Mém. Fam. Foug. 11:
47, tab. 12, fig. 2. 1866. Lectotype (designated by
Mickel & Beitel, 1988): Guadeloupe, l’Herminier
s.n. anno 1861 (P!; duplicates K, MO?, NY, US!).
Grammitis mollissima (Fée) Proctor, Rhodora 63: 35.
1961.
Habitat: local epiphyte, mainly on tree trunks and
logs in evergreen forest.
Material examined: BASSE TERRE: Grande Découverte,
Christenhusz 4163 (TUR, UC).
291. Terpsichore taxifolia (L.) A.R.Sm., Novon 3: 488.
1993.
Polypodium taxifolium L., Sp. Pl. 1086. 1753. Lectotype
(designated by Morton, 1967): Morne de la
Calebasse, Martinique, Plumier, Traité Foug.
Amér.: 69, tab. 89. 1705.
Grammitis taxifolia (L.) Proctor, Rhodora 63: 35.
1961.
Polypodium lherminieri Fée, Mém. Fam. Foug. 5: 238.
1852. Lectotype (designated here): Guadeloupe,
l’Herminier s.n. (P!, duplicates B, NY! fragment).
Habitat: rare epiphyte of mossy trees in forest.
Locality: BASSE TERRE: Saint Claude on the road
up La Soufrière (Vivant, 1987b).
292. Zygophlebia sectifrons (Kunze ex Mett.) L.E.Bishop,
Amer. Fern J. 79: 110. 1989.
Polypodium sectifrons Kunze ex Mett., Abh. Senckenberg.
Naturf. Ges. 2: 99. 1856. Lectotype (designated
by Proctor, 1985): Puerto Rico, Swanecke s.n.
(GH).
Grammitis sectifrons (Kunze ex Mett.) F.Seym., Phytologia
31: 180. 1975.
Drynaria elastica Fée, Mém. Fam. Foug. 11: 72,
tab. 20, fig. 2. 1866. Lectotype (designated by
Proctor, 1989): Guadeloupe, ‘habitat in littore occidentali
Guadalupae (Matouba, rade de Saint Louis,
Bois-David, etc.)’, l’Herminier s.n. (P, duplicate NY!
fragment).
INDEX PTERIDOPHYTORUM GUADALUPENSIUM 273
Habitat: rare epiphyte on mossy trunks and branches
in mid and higher elevation forests, probably overlooked
because it grows in the tree canopy.
Locality: Grande Découverte, 1100 m (Vivant, 1996).
DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDED TAXA
Asplenium auritum Sw. does not occur on Guadeloupe
and was confused by Vivant (1996) with Diplazium
cristatum (Desr.) Alston, a similar species.
Culcita coniifolia (Hook.) Maxon is of uncertain occurrence
in Guadeloupe and the continued existence of
this species on the island needs to be confirmed.
Proctor (1977), listed this species as a doubtful
record. It was based on a account by Grisebach
(1864) and it is possible that this is based on a
confusion with another tree fern and that this
species never occurred on the island.
Dicranoglossum desvauxii (Klotzsch) Proctor was
listed by Fournet & Hoff (1999), but no specimens
were seen.
Dicranopteris flexuosa (Schrad.) Underw. is listed for
Guadeloupe as very rare by Proctor (1977). No
specimens of this common and widespread species
are known from Guadeloupe.
Diplazium grandifolium (Sw.) Sw. was reported by
Fée (1866), but the occurrence of this species in
Guadeloupe needs confirmation. No specimens
seen.
Doryopteris concolor (Langsd. & Fisher) Kuhn was
listed for Guadeloupe by Proctor (1977), but no
actual specimens could be located. The species may
be in cultivation.
Elaphoglossum hirtum (Sw.) C.Chr. was listed for
Guadeloupe by Duss (1903), but may have been
based on a misidentification. There are specimens
in P from Martinique, but none are known from
Guadeloupe.
Elaphoglossum schomburgkii (Fée) T.Moore was cited
Fournet & Hoff (1999), but no specimens from
Guadeloupe were found and the species was not
cited for Guadeloupe by Proctor (1977).
Elaphoglossum simplex (Sw.) Schott was listed for
Guadeloupe by Vivant (1996), but this species is
only known from the Greater Antilles. The sterile
specimen found by Vivant on Guadeloupe may be
misidentified. No specimens seen.
Hymenophyllum sieberi Bosch was cited for Guadeloupe
by Proctor (1977) and Vivant (1988), but this
species has been confused with H. sericeum.
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