Pteridophyta of Peru, Part IV, 17. Dryopteridaceae

1 Pages·1991·0.6 MB·

by  David B Lellinger

American Fern Journal 81 141 (1991)
(4):
Review
by M. Tryon and
Pteridoph5rta of Peru, Part IV, 17. Dryopteridaceae, Rolla
Robert G. Stolze. 1991. Fieldiana Bot., n. 27:1-176.
s.
This treatment accounts for the ferns found in Peru that belong to the
commonly
Dryopteridaceae sensu including those placed in the
lato,
Woodsiaceae and Lomariopsidaceae. John T. Mickel contributed Peltapteris
and and genus Elaphoglossum (including 121 species, 52 of
the large difficult
Moran and
them new), and Robbin contributed Olfersia, Polybotrya,
C.
Stigm atop
teris.
format continues
that
synonymy
Andean
names from Peru and nearby
statements
the
Guatemala produced by treasures
R. G. Stolze,
}f
informative. (Alas, didn't find any of the mini
I
^
birds that graced some of the illustrations in that work.J
made where Morton's
must with one statement in the Introduction,
disagree
I
Cryptogamae Vasculares
careful research in dating the parts of Sodiro's
Tryon and argue
Stolze
Quitenses (Amer. Fern 62:57-62. 1972) is dismissed.
J.
comment
on
book in 1893, based entirely a casual
for publication of the entire
made by Nac. Vicente Rocafuerte
century Mille (Revista Col.
a quarter later
en 1883 publicaba
9(27/29):191. [Nov. Rec. Crypt. Vase. Ecuad. 1] 1927): ". el
.
.
um
R. Luis Sodiro
P.
Cryptogamae
mds
quitensis ... y 10 alios tarde
know,
may
have been in a position to
" Although Mille
Vasculares quitenses
two
other
book, as
Sodiro's
he not mentioned in the introduction to
is
time
and he was only 20 years old at the
Mille
Morton
own Nova
information
for his
book that certain
found within Sodiro's itself
proved by evidence
internal
p. 58)
^^--^---
H.tina
xM^o^rrtt^oTn.-c
1893.
book were not published until after
of the
rts
and
between 1892
publication
the parts as original
Cowan
and (T
Stafleu
refuted.
date of 1893 takes
drew conclusion that the title-page
1985) also the incorrect
by
refuted
proposition also
published a
precedence over parts originally later,
Smithsonian
NHB-166,
Botany
-David of
Morton. Lellinger. Dept.
B.
DC
Washington, 20560.
Institution,