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Polypodium pectinatum

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Identification
Polypodium pectinatum L. [family POLYPODIACEAE ] (stored under name); Pecluma pectinata (L.) Price [family POLYPODIACEAE ] Polypodium simile L. [family POLYPODIACEAE ] Polypodium simile L. [family POLYPODIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Arthropteris orientalis
  • Polypodium pectinatum
  • Dryopteris orientalis
  • Pecluma pectinata
  • Polypodium consimile
  • Pecluma hygrometrica
  • Polypodium simile
  • Pecluma sanctae-mariae
  • Arthropteris pectinata
  • Nephrodium albo-punctatum
  • Arthropteris albopunctata

Flora

Entry for Pecluma ptilodon var. caespitosa (Jenman) Lellinger [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
Pecluma ptilodon var. caespitosa (Jenman) Lellinger [family POLYPODIACEAE], Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 98: 387. 1985
Polypodium pectinatum Linnaeus var. caespitosum Jenman [family POLYPODIACEAE], Bull. Bot. Dept., Jamaica, n.s., 4: 125. 1897
Polypodium ptilodon Kunze var. caespitosum (Jenman) A. M. Evans [family POLYPODIACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
A. Murray Evans
Information
Stems 5--8 mm diam.; scales blackish, linear-lanceolate. Leaves erect, or arching in large plants. Petiole dark brown, less than 1/10 length of blade, pubescent with both simple and branched, short, multicellular hairs; scales threadlike, linear, scattered, inconspicuous. Blade lanceolate, 25--90 × 6.5--18 cm; base narrowly cuneate; apex acute. Segments lanceolate, 4--8 mm wide, sparsely pubescent, at base of blade reduced to auricles. Veins 2--3-forked. Sori oval, blade pubescence denser and longer around sorus; sporangia with 64 spores. 2 n = 148.
Phenology
Sporulating all year
Altitude range
0 m
Distribution
MexicoWest IndiesCentral America.USA Fla.

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