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Internal ID UUID64407a0d3947e875723436
Scientific name Serpocaulon sessilifolium
Authority (Desv.) A.R.Sm.
First published in Taxon 55(4): 929 (2006)

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Serpocaulon sessilifolium is a type of fern found in Costa Rica and parts of South America. It belongs to the Polypodiaceae family and was previously known as Polypodium rimbachii. This species is at risk due to habitat destruction and was once thought to only exist in Ecuador.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Serpocaulon acuminatum (Fée) Christenh. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 161(3): 270 (2009)
Polypodium sessilifolium Desv. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(3): 238 (1827)
Polypodium antillense Maxon Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 43: 83 (1930)
Goniophlebium acuminatum Fée Mém. Foug., 11. Hist. Foug. Antil. 68 (tab. 19, fig. 1) (1866)
Polypodium pseudofraternum A.C.Sm. in Gleason Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 58: 307 (1931)
Polypodium chacapoyense Hook. Sp. Fil. 5: 29 (t. 281) (1864)
Polypodium surucuchense Hook. Icon. Pl. 1: t. 69. 1837; HB. 343. NPfl (1837)
Polypodium uniseriale C.Chr. Index Filic. : 572 (1906)
Goniophlebium surucuchense T.Moore Index Fil. : lxxiv (1857)
Serpocaulon antillense (Maxon) A.R.Sm. Taxon 55(4): 927 (2006)
Serpocaulon chacapoyense (Hook.) A.R.Sm. Taxon 55(4): 928 (2006)
Polypodium sessilifolium var. surucuchensis Mille Revista Colegio Nac. Vicente Rocafuerte 9: 211. 1927

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- Extinct
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- Native
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Costa Rica
      • Guatemala
    • Northern South America
      • Guyana
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001276708
Tropicos 50290381
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77075124-1
The Plant List tro-50290381
Open Tree Of Life 705480
NCBI Taxonomy 349429
IPNI 77075124-1
iNaturalist 548587
GBIF 4023813
Freebase /m/02xcbb2
Wikipedia Serpocaulon_sessilifolium

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Exploration of photoprotective and antibiotic activity of wild Polypodiaceae ferns from Costa Rica Salazar-Chacón Y, Gutierrez-Bolaños MJ, Padilla-Cordero J, Vidaurre-Rodriguez C, Carvajal-Miranda Y, Rojas-Alvarado A, Rodríguez-Rodríguez JA, Rodríguez-Rodríguez G, Álvarez-Valverde V, Jiménez-Bonilla P Sci Rep 18-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10796928
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-50281-3
PMID:38238355
Seeing the wood despite the trees: Exploring human disturbance impact on plant diversity, community structure, and standing biomass in fragmented high Andean forests Calbi M, Fajardo‐Gutiérrez F, Posada JM, Lücking R, Brokamp G, Borsch T Ecol Evol 01-Feb-2021
PMCID:PMC7920791
doi:10.1002/ece3.7182
PMID:33717446

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