Pleopeltis minima (Bory) J.Prado & R.Y.Hirai

Yañez, A., Marquez, G. J., Berrueta, P. C. & García, R. A., 2021, An urban fern refugium: Municipal Ecological Reserve of Avellaneda (Eco Área) (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Blumea 66 (3), pp. 227-235 : 232

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https://doi.org/10.3767/blumea.2021.66.03.05

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Pleopeltis minima (Bory) J.Prado & R.Y.Hirai
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Pleopeltis minima (Bory) J.Prado & R.Y.Hirai View in CoL — Fig. 3g

Origin — Native. Distributed in Argentina, astern of Bolivia, southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. In Argentina, it is widely distributed in the northwestern, northeastern and central provinces.

Habitat & Ecology — Epiphyte.

Location within the reserve — It forms dense populations on the trunks of Erythrina crista-galli .

Observations — Guerrero & Cellini (2017) suggested that this species is in geographical expansion towards the south of the Buenos Aires province, and this would coincide with the changes in temperature and rainfall the region went through during the 20th century.

Illustration and morphological description reference — Cacharani & Martínez (2016).

Studied specimen. ARGENTINA, Buenos Aires, Mun. Avellaneda, Reserva Ecológica Municipal de Avellaneda (Eco Área), Yañez et al. 484 (BA, LP), 18-IX-2018 .

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