Nephrolepis cordifolia

(Linnaeus) C. Presl

Tent. Pterid. 79. 1836.

Common names: Tuberous sword fern tuber sword fern
Introduced
Basionym: Polypodium cordifolium Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 1089. 1753
Synonyms: Aspidium cordifolium (Linnaeus) Swartz
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.

Stem scales spreading, concolored. Tubers present or absent. Leaves 2.5–10.7 × 0.3–0.7 dm. Petiole 0.3–2 dm, moderately to densely scaly; scales spreading, pale-brown throughout. Blade lacking scales, glabrous (rarely with a few branched hairs abaxially). Rachis 2.2–9 dm, points of pinna attachment 5–12 mm apart; scales moderately spaced to dense, pale to dark-brown, point of attachment distinctly darker. Central pinnae oblong to lanceolate-oblong, straight to slightly falcate, 0.9–5 × 0.4–0.9 cm, base auriculate-cordate, acroscopically overlapping rachis, acroscopic lobe deltate, margins entire to serrulate to smoothly crenate, apex acute to bluntly rounded; costae adaxially glabrous. Indusia reniform to lunate or deltate-rounded, attached along broad sinus, 1.1–1.7 mm wide. 2n = 82.


Habitat: Terrestrial or epiphytic in wet, shady places, limestone ledges, cliffs, rock, roadsides, and often old homesites or waste places, widely escaped from cultivation and only questionably native to any particular region
Elevation: 0 m

Distribution

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Fla., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America, Africa, se Asia, Pacific Islands (Hawaii)

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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acute +  and bluntly rounded +
expanded +  and minute +
Clifton E. Nauman +
(Linnaeus) C. Presl +
auriculate-cordate +
Polypodium cordifolium +
simple to commonly +
indeterminate +
narrowly elliptic;linear-lanceolate +
reduced +
herbaceous;papery +
roundish +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
Tuberous sword fern +  and tuber sword fern +
Fla. +, Mexico +, West Indies +, Central America +, South America +, Africa +, se Asia +  and Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +
often +  and glabrous +
not continuous +
Terrestrial or epiphytic in wet, shady places, limestone ledges, cliffs, rock, roadsides, and often old homesites or waste places, widely escaped from cultivation and only questionably native to any particular region +
multicellular +
reniform;lunate or deltate-rounded +
0.11 cm1.1 mm <br />0.0011 m <br /> (0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br />) +
monomorphic +
evergreen +
deltate +
serrulate +  and smoothly crenate +
deciduous +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
inequilateral +  and equilateral +
Tent. Pterid. +
round +, cuplike +, hoodlike +, reniform +, falcate +  and linear +
2 +  and 3 +
pale;dark-brown +
persistent +
linear-lanceolate +
discrete +
Introduced +
reniform +  and oblong +
dictyostelic +, unbranched +  and branched +
ascending +  and erect +
adaxial +  and abaxial +
Aspidium cordifolium +
Nephrolepis cordifolia +
Nephrolepis +
species +
underground +
anastomosing +  and simple +