Megalastrum ctenitoides is known from Costa Rica and the Chocó region of South America, along the western flank of the Andes in Colombia and Ecuador. It is distinguished from other Megalastrum species in party by its 1-pinnate-pinnatifid laminae, and abaxial rachis indument of scales mixed with short and even pubescence.
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- Exindusiate sori
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- Abaxial lamina
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- Rachis with short even pubescence and dark scales
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- Leaf seen with transmitted light
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- Leaf with transmitted light
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- Habit
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- Distal lamina. Adaxial side
Collection Data (M. Sundue 3256)
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Dryopteridaceae
- Genus: Megalastrum Holttum
- Species: Megalastrum ctenitoides A. Rojas
- Var./Subsp.:
- Common name(s):
General Collection Data
- Date: 07-IX-2012
- Primary Collector & #: M. Sundue 3256
- Collection Party: M. Sundue, J. Betancur, P. Pedraza, G. Giraldo, M. Jaimes, E. Tineo, M. Londono, A. Duque, L. Arias
- Det. History: M. Sundue
- Habitat: Primary Forest
- Habit: Terrestrial
- Specimen Locations: COL, NY, VT
