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Meniscium reticulatum

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Name

Identification
Meniscium reticulatum (L.) Sw. [family THELYPTERIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Meniscium reticulatum
Common name
  • Lattice-vein fern, Flora of North America Vol. 2

Flora

Entry for Thelypteris reticulata (Linnaeus) Proctor [family THELYPTERIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 2,
Names
Thelypteris reticulata (Linnaeus) Proctor [family THELYPTERIDACEAE], Bull. Inst. Jamaica, Sci. Ser., 5: 63. 1953
Polypodium reticulatum Linnaeus [family POLYPODIACEAE], Syst. Nat. ed., 10, 2: 1325. 1759
Dryopteris reticulata (Linnaeus) Urban [family DRYOPTERIDACEAE]
Meniscium reticulatum (Linnaeus) Swartz [family THELYPTERIDACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Alan R. Smith
Information
Stems short- to long-creeping, 3--10 mm diam. Leaves monomorphic to somewhat dimorphic, evergreen, fertile leaves with longer petioles, to 2 m or more. Petiole tan, to ca. 1 m × 10 mm, at base with scales absent or ephemeral. Blade 50--120 cm, with apical pinna similar to lateral pinnae and 1/2 to nearly equaling longest lateral pinna; buds often present at base of proximal pinna. Pinnae to 20 pairs or more, widest at or near rounded or broadly cuneate base, 20--30 × 2--6 cm, margin entire to crenulate; main lateral veins of fertile pinnae 2--4 per cm, with 12--20 rows of areoles between costa and margin, secondary veins somewhat curved. Indument abaxially of mostly adpressed, curved hairs 0.2--0.3 mm on costae; blades glabrous adaxially. Sori oblong-arcuate, uniseriate between lateral veins on cross-veins; indusia lacking; sporangia glabrous. 2 n = 144.
Altitude range
0--50 m
Distribution
s MexicoWest Indies in the AntillesSouth America in Colombian Venezuela.USA Fla.
Discussion
Thelypteris reticulata is very rare in the flora.

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