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Type: Article
Published: 2018-03-16
Page range: 259–279
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Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XXIX. Aspleniaceae

Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH-8008 Zurich, Switzerland
University Herbarium, 1001 Valley Life Sciences Bldg. #2465, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-2465
Bolivia Andes ferns monilophytes Pteridophytes

Abstract

We provide a synopsis of the family Aspleniaceae in Bolivia, including 88 species in four genera: Asplenium with 81 species, Desmophlebium with one, Hemidictyum with one, and Hymenasplenium with five. Desmophlebium and Hemidictyum have also been treated in distinct families, Desmophlebiaceae and Hemidictyaceae, respectively. Five species of Asplenium and one of Hymenasplenium are endemic to Bolivia.