Neurodium lanceolatum

(Linnaeus) Fée

3: 28. 1852.

Common names: Ribbon fern
Illustrated
Basionym: Pteris lanceolata Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 1073. 1753 Paltonium lanceolatum (Linnaeus) C. Presl
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.

Roots brown, in dense mass often covering stems. Stem scales black to dark-brown, triangular-acuminate to lanceolate-acuminate, clathrate, papillate-ciliolate. Leaves erect-arching, 1–4.5 dm. Petiole less than 3.5 cm. Blade 20 × 1.3 cm, leathery; base narrowly cuneate to attenuate; apex acute to rounded. Sori to 6 cm, ending ca. 0.5 cm below apex of blade. 2n = 74.


Habitat: Epiphytic in hammocks and mangrove swamps, substrate subacidic to circumneutral
Elevation: 0 m

Distribution

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Fla., Mexico, West Indies, Central America

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Neurodium lanceolatum"
acute +  and rounded +
generally longer than wide +
Clifton E. Nauman +
(Linnaeus) Fée +
narrowly cuneate +  and attenuate +
Pteris lanceolata +
pinnate +  and pinnatisect +
linear;lanceolate-elliptic +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (?) +
glabrous +  and not glaucous +
divided +  and pinnatifid +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (?) +
Ribbon fern +
Fla. +, Mexico +, West Indies +  and Central America +
elliptic +  and cordate +
Epiphytic in hammocks and mangrove swamps, substrate subacidic to circumneutral +
filamentous +
monomorphic +
erect-arching +
narrowed +
grooved +  and articulate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
not adaxially +  and grooved +
lanceolate +
oblong +  and circular +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
Illustrated +
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 +
black;dark-brown +
papillate-ciliolate +
verrucose +  and tuberculate +
Paltonium +
Neurodium lanceolatum +
Neurodium +
species +
1 (?) +  and 2 (?) +
pendent +, arching +  and erect +