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Polypodiaceae and Pteridaceae of the Ecological Station of Panga, Uberlândia, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

This paper provides the taxonomic treatment for the species of Polypodiaceae and Pteridaceae of the Ecological Station of Panga. This Ecological Station covers an area of 409.5 hectares and is located about 30 km to the South of the city of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, between the coordinates 19°09'20"-19°11'10" S and 48°23'20"-48°24'35" W, at 740 to 840 m. The area has a good remnant of the natural vegetation of the region, presenting different savannah and forest physiognomies. Polypodiaceae is represented by four genera and seven species (Campyloneurum centrobrasilianum Lellinger, C. phyllitidis (L.) C. Presl, C. repens (Aubl.) C. Presl, Microgramma lindbergii (Mett. ex Kuhn) de la Sota, M. persicariifolia (Schrad.) C. Presl, Pecluma robusta (Fée) M. Kessler & A.R. Sm., and Phlebodium areolatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) J. Sm.) and Pteridaceae by four genera and eight species (Adiantopsis chlorophylla (Sw.) Fée, Adiantum deflectens Mart., A. intermedium Sw., A. serratodentatum Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd., Pityrogramma calomelanos (L.) Link, P. trifoliata (L.) R.M. Tryon, Pteris quadriaurita Retz., and P. vittata L.). Identification keys for genera and species, descriptions, illustrations of diagnostic characters, and comments about geographical distribution are presented. Key words: [keygrp scheme=nd][ign][keyword type=m language=en]Cerrado[ign], [keyword type=m language=en]ferns[ign], [keyword type=m language=en]Polypodiaceae[ign], [keyword type=m language=en]Pteridaceae[ign][ign]


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