Pecluma ptilodon var. caespitosa
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 98: 387. 1985.
Basionym: Polypodium pectinatum var. caespitosum Jenman Bull. Bot. Dept., Jamaica, n.s. 4: 125. 1897
Synonyms: Polypodium ptilodon var. caespitosum (Jenman) A. M. Evans
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.
Stems 5–8 mm diam.; scales blackish, linear-lanceolate. Leaves erect, or arching in large plants. Petiole dark-brown, less than 1/10 length of blade, pubescent with both simple and branched, short, multicellular hairs; scales threadlike, linear, scattered, inconspicuous. Blade lanceolate, 25–90 × 6.5–18 cm; base narrowly cuneate; apex acute. Segments lanceolate, 4–8 mm wide, sparsely pubescent, at base of blade reduced to auricles. Veins 2–3-forked. Sori oval, blade pubescence denser and longer around sorus; sporangia with 64 spores. 2n = 148.
Phenology: Sporulating all year.
Habitat: Terrestrial, or on logs or tree bases, in hammocks, swamps, and wet woods
Elevation: 0 m
Distribution
Fla., Mexico, West Indies, Central America
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"lengthofblade" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
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3-celled +
acute +
cuneate +
simple +
longer +
absent +
denser +
lanceolate +
green +
aboveground +
glabrous +
branched +
Present +
absent +
decurrent +
narrow +
monomorphic +
crowded +
dimorphic +
arching;erect;arching;erect +
narrowed +
circinate +
entire;entire +
absent +
articulate +
dark-brown +
pubescent +
round +
large +
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pubescent;glabrous;pubescent;scaly +
not clathrate +
scattered +
blackish +
attached +
inconspicuous +
lacking +
spaced +
adnate +
pubescent +
lanceolate +
terminal +
oval +
monolete +
bilateral +
unbranched +
pruinose +
not whitish +
short-creeping +
long +
few;numerous +
granulate +
complex +
Pecluma ptilodon var. caespitosa +
Pecluma ptilodon +
variety +
anastomosing +
free +
2-3-forked +
perennial +
terrestrial +
epiphytic +