Neurodium

Fée

4: 201. 1850.

Common names: Ribbon ferns
Etymology: Greek neuron, nerve, and -ium, resemblance veinlets are embossed
Synonyms: Paltonium C. Presl
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.
 TaxonIllustrator 
FNA2 P49 Campyloneurum-Microgramma-Neurodium pg 329.jpegMicrogramma heterophylla
Campyloneurum phyllitidis
Neurodium lanceolatum
John Myers
John Myers
John Myers

Plants epiphytic. Stems short-creeping, branched, 2–4 mm diam., not whitish pruinose; scales bicolored, lanceolate, somewhat clathrate, margins dentate. Leaves essentially monomorphic, tufted, narrowed toward apex, to 45 cm. Petiole articulate to stem, greenish, round in cross-section, grooved at base. Blade linear to lanceolate-elliptic, simple, not glaucous, glabrous, margins entire. Veins obscure, in irregular areoles that generally longer than wide and parallel to costa, included veinlets 1–2, simple or forked, free. Sori in nearly continuous, nearly marginal band (coenosorus) in distal 1/2 of blade, sometimes also with 1–3 separate oblong to circular sori proximally; indument filamentous. Spores minutely tuberculate. x = 37.

Distribution

Tropical, North America, Mexico, West Indies, Central America

Discussion

Species 1 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

... more about "Neurodium"
generally longer than wide +
Clifton E. Nauman +
pinnate +  and pinnatisect +
linear;lanceolate-elliptic +
glabrous +  and not glaucous +
divided +  and pinnatifid +
Ribbon ferns +
Tropical +, North America +, Mexico +, West Indies +  and Central America +
Greek neuron, nerve, and -ium, resemblance +  and veinlets are embossed +
elliptic +  and cordate +
filamentous +
monomorphic +
narrowed +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (45 cm450 mm <br />0.45 m <br />) +
grooved +  and articulate +
not adaxially +  and grooved +
lanceolate +
oblong +  and circular +
yellowish +  and transparent +
pruinose +
not whitish +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
few;numerous +
verrucose +  and tuberculate +
Paltonium +
Neurodium +
Polypodiaceae +
1 (?) +  and 2 (?) +
pendent +, arching +  and erect +