FERN GAZ. 20(5):197-201. 2017 197 NEW RECORD OF THE RARE SERPOCAULON OBSCURINERVIUM D. SANÍN (POLYPODIACEAE) IN THE EASTERN CORDILLERA OF COLOMBIA DAVID SANÍN 1, 2 *, VANIA TORREZ 3, JORGE L. PEÑA-NÚÑEZ 4 & EDWIN TRUJILLO-TRUJILLO 5 1Universidad de la Amazonia, Programa de Biología, Calle 17, diagonal 17 con carrera 3F, Barrio el Porvenir, Florencia-Caquetá, Colombia; 2Current address: Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Caixa Postal 486, 30123-970, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; 3Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Cota cota, calle 27, Campus Universitario, La Paz, Bolivia; 4Semillero de Investigación en Biogeografía Evolutiva (SIBE), Universidad de la Amazonia, Programa de Biología, Florencia-Caquetá, Colombia; 5Universidad de la Amazonia, Programa de Ingenieria Agroecológica, Florencia -Caquetá, Colombia. *Email:
[email protected] Key words: Andean-Amazonian foothills; Caquetá; Huila; ferns; Florencia; distribution range; epipetric habit. ABSTRACT Serpocaulon obscurinervium is considered as a rare and threatened species, with only four exemplars registered including the type. It was recorded from Colombia and Ecuador, but most commonly reported for central southern Colombia (central west of Chocó and south of Nariño departments). Here, we expand its distribution by reporting new records for this species on both sides of the Eastern Cordillera of the Colombian Andes, specifically from the high Andean forest of Florencia, in the Caquetá department and Suaza in the Huila department. Furthermore, this is the first record of the species as an epipetric plant. Pictures of the plant and an updated distribution map are provided. INTRODUCTION Serpocaulon A.