A distinctive new species of Elaphoglossum (Dryopteridaceae) from lowland Bolivia

Elaphoglossum praetrepidans M. Kessler, characterized by long-creeping rhizomes with entire rhizome scales, ill-defined phyllopodia, linear-elliptic, firmly chartaceous blades lacking hydathodes, and ovate to lanceolate, basifixed to peltate, denticulate blade scales, is described based on a single specimen from lowland Bolivia. This combination of characters suggests affinity to Elaphoglossum section Lepidoglossa , but precludes placement in any of the established subsections within that section.  © 2008 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2008, 157 , 165–167.