Lomariopsis kunzeana

(C. Presl ex L. Underwood) Holttum

Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939: 617. 1940.

Common names: Holly fern climbing holly fern
Illustrated
Basionym: Stenochlaena kunzeana C. Presl ex L. Underwood Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 196. 1906
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.

Petiole straw-colored, 3–12 cm, narrowly winged, base scaly. Blade oblanceolate, 7–25 × 3–6 cm, tapered toward base. Rachis winged throughout; wing ca. 0.5 mm wide. Sterile pinnae narrowly oblong to lanceolate, 3–6 × 1–1.5 cm, coarsely serrate, base cuneate. Fertile pinnae linear, ca. 3 mm wide.


Habitat: Hammocks, limestone sinkholes
Elevation: 0 m

Distribution

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Fla., West Indies in Cuba, Hispaniola

Discussion

Plants from Florida differ from those of Cuba and Hispaniola by their smaller size and more deeply serrate sterile pinnae. Unlike all other species in the genus, the Florida plants rarely climb trees and freely produce fertile leaves from the terrestrial stem. According to James H. Peck (pers. comm.), the gametophytes of Lomariopsis kunzeana can often be found among the stem scales.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"/2lengthofblade" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Lomariopsis kunzeana"
Robbin C. Moran +
(C. Presl ex L. Underwood) Holttum +
cuneate +
Stenochlaena kunzeana +
simple to commonly +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (?) +  and 25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (?) +
tapered;oblanceolate +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
roundish +
Holly fern +  and climbing holly fern +
Fla. +, West Indies in Cuba +  and Hispaniola +
often +  and glabrous +
not continuous +
Hammocks, limestone sinkholes +
monomorphic +
evergreen +
straw-colored +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
deciduous +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
fertile +  and sterile +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +, 1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +  and 1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew +
round +, cuplike +, hoodlike +, reniform +, falcate +  and linear +
2 +  and 3 +
persistent +
discrete +
variously--shaped +
Illustrated +
reniform +  and oblong +
dictyostelic +, unbranched +  and branched +
climbing +  and long-creeping +
creeping +  and erect +
Lomariopsis kunzeana +
Lomariopsis +
species +
perpendicular +
epiphytic +  and hemiepiphytic +
than fertile ones +
crested +