Notas taxonómicas y de distribución en Polypodium plesiosorum y P. rhodopleuron (Polypodiaceae: Pteridophyta)

Abstract

THE CHARACTERS SEPARATING POLYPODIUM PLESIOSORUM FROM P. RHODOPLEURON SISTER SPECIES FROM MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA, ARE DISCUSSED. THE NAMES OF THESE SPECIES AND SOME OF THEIR SYNONYMS ARE LECTOTYPIFIED. TWO NEW VARIETIES OF THE FORMER ARE DESCRIBED. BASED ON REVISION OF HERBARIUM SPECIMENS, THE KNOWN DISTRIBUTION OF BOTH SPECIES IS UPDATED.