Stems creeping or ascending, frequently branched. Leaves ± arching, 1–3 m × 12–50 cm. Rachis rounded abaxially, decidedly grooved adaxially. Pinnae 24–30 (–40), usually not overlapping, 10–34 × 1.3–7 cm; proximal pinnae always distant, frequently rounded at tip; costal areoles 3 or more times longer than wide; distal 6–12 pinnae of fertile leaves bearing sporangia. Sporangia spread over abaxial surface of distal pinnae in fertile leaves; paraphyses stalked, ending with single isodiametric, irregularly lobed cell. Spores (37–) 57 (–72) µm diam., surface minutely tuberculate. 2n = 60.
Phenology: Sporulating all year.
Habitat: Coastal mangrove swamps, salt marshes, low hammocks, along lake and canal margins
Elevation: 0–50 m
Distribution
Fla., worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
... more about "Acrostichum aureum"
interrupted +
vertical +
3-celled +
cuneate +
pinnate +
not striate +
absent +
dull +
lanceolate +
leathery +
isodiametric +
single +
lobed +
longer than wide +
prominent +
absent +
absent +
asymmetric +
green +
aboveground +
glabrous +
obcordate;reniform +
commonly +
monomorphic +
clustered +
dimorphic +
revolute +
arching +
fertile +
plane +
stalked +
complex +
brown +
stalked +
free +
distant +
rounded +
Sp. Pl. +
1753 +
grooved +
straight +
rounded +
elevated +
2;3 +
concolored;dark-brown +
persistent +
linear-lanceolate +
confluent +
spread +
trilete +
yellow +
tetrahedral +
green +
terrestrial +
small +
branched +
creeping +
continuous +
tuberculate +
Acrostichum aureum +
Acrostichum +
species +
anastomosing +
pinnate +
parallel +
free +
conspicuous +
forked +
perennial +
terrestrial +