Zygophlebia eminens

Zygophlebia eminens is a species of grammitid fern. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1] Its veins are more regularly free than any other Zygophlebia species besides Zygophlebia dudleyi, though some veins may be forked or fused.[3]

Zygophlebia eminens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Polypodiaceae
Genus: Zygophlebia
Species:
Z. eminens
Binomial name
Zygophlebia eminens
(C.V.Morton) L.E.Bishop
Synonyms[2]
  • Enterosora eminens (C.V.Morton) comb. ined.
  • Grammitis eminens C.V.Morton

All Zygophlebia species are placed in the genus Enterosora by the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, which treats this species as Enterosora eminens. However, the checklist does not give an authority for the transfer, implying the name has not been formally published.[2]

References
  1. Navarrete, H. & Pitman, N. 2003. Zygophlebia eminens. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 24 August 2007.
  2. Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020). "Enterosora eminens". Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 8.20. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  3. Bishop, L. Earl. Zygophlebia, a New Genus of Grammitidaceae. American Fern Journal 79(3): 103-118 (1989)


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