Tag Archives: Polypodium

Polypodium argyrolepis Sodiro

Azuay Polypody (Polypodium argyrolepis)

This fern species is known exclusively from the type material that was collected in the 19th century somewhere in the Azuay Province of Ecuador, an exact locality is not known.

The species was never found again and is presumed to be possibly extinct. 

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edited: 15.04.2019

Polypodium rimbachii Sodiro

Rimbach’s Polypody (Polypodium rimbachii)

Rimbach’s Polypody is apparently known only from bibliographic references that were given to the type, which again was collected at a place named Quinoas in the Azuay Province of Ecuador and wich apparently is now lost.

The area from where the type material was collected is now very affected by deforestation and the species, if it was one, may indeed be extinct. 

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edited: 15.04.2019