Hymenasplenium basiscopicum (R.C.Moran & Sundue) L.Regalado & Prada, Amer. Fern J.

Kessler, Michael & Smith, Alan R., 2018, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XXIX. Aspleniaceae, Phytotaxa 344 (3), pp. 259-280 : 259-280

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.344.3.6
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scientific name	Hymenasplenium basiscopicum (R.C.Moran & Sundue) L.Regalado & Prada, Amer. Fern J.
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Hymenasplenium basiscopicum (R.C.Moran & Sundue) L.Regalado & Prada, Amer. Fern J. View in CoL 101(4): 290. 2011.

= Asplenium basiscopicum R.C.Moran & Sundue, Brittonia 56(2): 124–127, f. 1. 2004.

Range:— Endemic to Bolivia (BE, LP, SC), to be expected in southern Peru.

Ecology:— Uncommon; terrestrial in humid forests; 450–1850 m.

Notes:— This recently described species includes specimens referred to Asplenium purpurascens Mett. ex Kuhn (= Hymenasplenium purpurascens (Mett. ex Kuhn) L.Regalado & Prada ) by Smith et al. (1999) and later described as a new species by Moran & Sundue (2004).

Hymenasplenium ortegae (N.Murak. & R.C.Moran) L.Regalado & Prada , from Venezuela to central Peru may occur in Bolivia. It agrees with H. basiscopicum in having short-creeping rhizomes and atropurpureous petioles but has the veins 2–4-forked ( vs. 1–2-forked) in the middle of the blades and grooved rachises with adaxial green wings ( vs. grooved, unwinged rachises).