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Polypodium heterophyllum

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Name

Identification
Polypodium heterophyllum L. [family POLYPODIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Pteris piloselloides L. [family PTERIDACEAE ] Verified by Smith, Sir James Edward,
Related name
  • Polypodium leptophyllum
  • Pteris piloselloides
  • Polypodium heterophyllum
  • Anogramma leptophylla
Common name
  • Climbing vine fern, Flora of North America Vol. 2

Flora

Entry for Microgramma heterophylla (Linnaeus) Wherry [family POLYPODIACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 2,
Names
Microgramma heterophylla (Linnaeus) Wherry [family POLYPODIACEAE], Amer. Fern J., 54: 145. 1964
Polypodium heterophyllum Linnaeus [family POLYPODIACEAE], Sp. Pl., 2: 1083. 1753
Treatment Author(s)
Clifton E. Nauman
Information
Stems appressed to substrate, 0.5--1.2 mm diam.; scales reddish to dark brown, linear-triangular. Leaves irregularly spaced. Petiole to ca. 2 cm. Blade 4--15 × ca. 1 cm, margins entire to undulate and ± shallowly crenulate, glabrous. Veins forming 1 series of linear polygonal costal areoles without free included veinlets, medial row of larger rectangular to polygonal areoles (usually with 1--2, simple or forked, free included veinlets), and a series of short, casually anastomosing marginal veinlets. Sori terminal on included veinlets; indument of few paraphyses longer than sporangia.
Altitude range
0 m
Distribution
West Indies.USA Fla.

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