Ctenitis submarginalis

(Langsdorff & Fischer) Ching

Sunyatsenia 5: 250. 1940.

Illustrated
Basionym: Polypodium submarginale Langsdorff & Fischer Pl. Voy. Russes Monde, 12, plate 13. 1818
Synonyms: Dryopteris submarginalis (Langsdorff & Fischer) C. Christensen
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.

Petiole scales brown, linear, 10–20 × 0.8–1.5 mm, lax, not densely tangled or woollike. Blade 1-pinnate-pinnatifid, glabrous or pubescent on both surfaces, glandular abaxially and occasionally adaxially, glands pale-yellow, ca. 0.5 mm. Basal pinnae 8–18 × 2–3 cm, equilateral, incised more than 3/4 distance to costae. Ultimate segments 4–7 mm wide, margins ciliate. Veins 6–10 (–15) pairs per segment, unbranched. Sori medial to supramedial; indusia present but soon deciduous or completely absent.


Habitat: Cypress swamps, hammocks, old forested spoil banks
Elevation: 0 m

Distribution

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Fla., La., e, s Mexico, West Indies in Hispaniola, Central America, South America to Uruguay

Discussion

Combining authorship of the accepted name sometimes has been incorrectly attributed to E. B. Copeland (1947). The Louisiana population of Ctenitis submarginalis occurs more than 960 km from populations in Florida and represents the northernmost locality for the species (G. P. Landry and W. D. Reese 1991). Unlike most ferns in North America, the plants in the Louisiana population are nonseasonal, producing leaves and sori throughout the year.

Lower Taxa

None.

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pinnatifid +
Robbin C. Moran +
(Langsdorff & Fischer) Ching +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
not swollen +
Polypodium submarginale +
simple to commonly +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
1-pinnate-pinnatifid +
reduced +
roundish +
flat +  and rounded +
Fla. +, La. +, e +, s Mexico +, West Indies in Hispaniola +, Central America +  and South America to Uruguay +
often +  and glabrous +
pale-yellow +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
Cypress swamps, hammocks, old forested spoil banks +
multicellular +
round-reniform +
monomorphic +
evergreen +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolulate +
Sunyatsenia +
round +, cuplike +, hoodlike +, reniform +, falcate +  and linear +
landrey1991a +
2 +  and 3 +
persistent +
linear;lanceolate +
nearly entire +  and crenulate +
discrete +
Illustrated +
cristate +
dictyostelic +, unbranched +  and branched +
erect +  and obliquely ascending +
Dryopteris submarginalis +
Ctenitis submarginalis +
Ctenitis +
species +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
epiphytic +  and hemiepiphytic +