View source for Pleopeltis polylepis var. erythrolepis

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|accepted_name=Pleopeltis polylepis var. erythrolepis
|accepted_authority=(Weatherby) T. Wendt
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Amer. Fern J.
|place=70: 9. 1980
|year=1980
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Polypodium erythrolepis
|authority=(Weatherby) Pichi-Sermolli
|rank=species
|publication_title=Contr. Gray Herb.
|publication_place=65: 11. 1922
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Pleopeltis erythrolepis
|authority=
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Polypodiaceae;Pleopeltis;Pleopeltis polylepis;Pleopeltis polylepis var. erythrolepis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Polypodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pleopeltis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Pleopeltis polylepis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>variety</small>[[Pleopeltis polylepis var. erythrolepis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>long-creeping, branched, 1–2.5 mm diam.; scales lanceolate-attenuate, centrally clathrate with cell luminae clear, glabrescent or with scattered reddish brown hairs. <b>Leaves</b> to 10 cm, weakly hygroscopic. <b>Petiole</b> round in cross section, sparsely scaly; scales rarely overlapping, margins fringed-ciliate. <b>Blade</b> ovate-lanceolate to oblanceolate, simple, 0.5–2 cm wide, margins entire, densely scaly abaxially, sparsely scaly adaxially; scales bicolored, broadly ovate-lanceolate, 0.5–1 mm wide, centers brown, clathrate, margins transparent, irregularly fringed-ciliate. <b>Venation</b> complexly anastomosing, fertile areoles with several included veinlets. <b>Sori</b> round to oval, discrete, surficial to shallowly embossed, soral scales attached to receptacle. <b>Spores</b> smooth with scattered spheric deposits, ca. 59 µm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Sporulating summer–fall.
|habitat=Forming extensive mats on porphyritic rocks in Upper Limpia Canyon
|elevation=2300 m
|distribution=Tex.;n Mexico.
|discussion=<p>The only known North American population of <i>Pleopeltis polylepis</i> occurs in the Davis Mountains of western Texas. It is placed in variety erythrolepis, which differs from var. polylepis, the variety common in Mexico, in that the scales on the abaxial surface of mature blades are fringed-ciliate rather than entire to erose, and mostly ovate-lanceolate rather than spheric. In addition, the scales of the abaxial blade surface tend to be more abundant than in var. polylepis. The two varieties are very similar, however, and a broad region of overlap exists in parts of Mexico where plants of intermediate morphology occur (T. Wendt 1980). In general, <i></i>var.<i> erythrolepis</i> occurs in northern Mexico and Texas, and var. polylepis ranges from southern Mexico to Guatemala.</p>
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name=Pleopeltis polylepis var. erythrolepis
|authority=(Weatherby) T. Wendt
|rank=variety
|parent rank=species
|synonyms=Pleopeltis erythrolepis
|basionyms=Polypodium erythrolepis
|family=Polypodiaceae
|phenology=Sporulating summer–fall.
|habitat=Forming extensive mats on porphyritic rocks in Upper Limpia Canyon
|elevation=2300 m
|distribution=Tex.;n Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=Amer. Fern J.
|publication year=1980
|special status=
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|genus=Pleopeltis
|species=Pleopeltis polylepis
|variety=Pleopeltis polylepis var. erythrolepis
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