Asplenium schiedeiMett. [family POLYPODIACEAE ] Verified by Palacios-Rios, M., Diplazium lonchophyllumKunze [family POLYPODIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
Diplazium inaequilaterum
Asplenium shepherdii
Diplazium lonchophyllum
Asplenium schiedei
Diplazium obscurum
Asplenium denticulosum
Diplazium acutale
Asplenium auriculatum
Common name
Diplazie à feuilles allongées, Flora of North America Vol. 2
Flora
Entry for Diplazium lonchophyllum Kunze [family WOODSIACEAE]
Stems ascending to erect; scales dark brown, ovate to lanceolate, margins dentate. Petiole 15--45 cm. Blade deltate-lanceolate, pinnate-pinnatifid, 20--36 × 8--22 cm, broadest at or just above base, acuminate at apex. Pinnae lanceolate-oblong, inequilateral, base cuneate basiscopically, truncate acroscopically, apex acuminate, lobed halfway or more toward costa; basal acroscopic segments of basal pinnae free, margins serrate. Veins pinnate, lateral veins simple or sometimes forked. Sori elongate, straight, single or double, indusiate; indusia vaulted, thin, erose.
Altitude range
0--100 m
Distribution
MexicoCentral American South America.USA La.
Discussion
Central and South American species closely related to Diplazium lonchophyllum , including D . cristatum (Desrousseaux) Alston, D . drepanolobium A. R. Smith, and D . werckleanum H. Christ, are in need of monographic work (R. G. Stolze 1981; A. R. Smith 1981; J. T. Mickel and J. M. Beitel 1988).