Campyloneurum phyllitidis
Tent. Pterid. 190, plate 7, figs. 18–20. 1836.
Common names: Long strap fern
Illustrated
Basionym: Polypodium phyllitidis Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 1083. 1753
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.
Stems short-creeping, 4–10 mm diam. Leaves few-to-many, erect to arching. Petiole essentially absent to ca. 9 cm. Blade yellowish green, linear to linear-elliptic, 24–140 × 3–12 cm, leathery; base attenuate; margins entire to slightly undulate; apex acute (sometimes forked). Veins obvious, primary-veins ± prominent, straight to slightly curved, areoles in 7–16 (–18) series between costa and margin, with free included veinlets, a percurrent veinlet often dividing some areoles further. Sori in several rows on each side of costa. 2n = 148.
Habitat: Epiphytic in hammocks and swamps, sometimes on walls in limestone sinkholes where it is reduced in size, substrate circumneutral to subacid
Elevation: 0 m
Distribution
Fla., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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3-celled +
acute +
attenuate +
simple +
linear;linear-elliptic +
yellowish green +
absent +
glabrous +
leathery +
Long strap fern +
green +
aboveground +
glabrous +
Epiphytic in hammocks and swamps, sometimes on walls in limestone sinkholes where it is reduced in size, substrate circumneutral to subacid +
Present +
absent +
absent +
monomorphic +
dimorphic +
erect;arching +
narrowed +
circinate +
absent +
articulate +
absent +
straight;slightly curved +
prominent +
Tent. Pterid. +
1836 +
several +
clathrate;clathrate +
entire +
brown +
basifixed +
lacking +
ovate +
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terminal +
round +
Illustrated +
monolete +
bilateral +
psilate +
branched +
pruinose +
whitish +
short-creeping +
long +
few;numerous +
granulate +
complex +
Campyloneurum phyllitidis +
Campyloneurum +
species +
anastomosing +
free +
obvious +
percurrent +
perennial +
terrestrial +
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