Pityrogramma calomelanos

(Linnaeus) Link

Handbuch 3. 1833.

Common names: Silverback fern
Introduced
Basionym: Acrostichum calomelanos Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 1072. 1753
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.

Distribution

Fla., primarily Neotropics, Africa

Discussion

Varieties 3 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

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George Yatskievych +  and Michael D. Windham +
(Linnaeus) Link +
cuneate +
Acrostichum calomelanos +
linear-lanceolate +  and ovate or elongate-triangular +
herbaceous;leathery +
Silverback fern +
Fla. +, primarily Neotropics +  and Africa +
yellow +  and white +
obcordate;reniform +
monomorphic +
recurved +  and reflexed +
noncircinate +  and circinate +
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br />) +
not recurved +
black;purplish black or reddish-brown +
nearly;concolored;brown +
persistent +
lanceolate +
Introduced +
1 +, 32 +  and 64 +
tetrahedral-globose +
not lustrous +
nearly +  and erect +
Pityrogramma calomelanos +
Pityrogramma +
species +
adnate +  and free +
crescent--shaped +  and roundish +