View source for Tectaria ← Tectaria You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Tectaria |accepted_authority=Cavanilles |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Anales Hist. Nat. |place=1(2): 115. 1799 |year=1799 }} |common_names=Halberd fern |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Dryopteridaceae;Tectaria |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Dryopteridaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Tectaria]]</div></div> |etymology=Latin tectum, roof, and aria, a substantive suffix, alluding to the rooflike indusium of some species |volume=Volume 2 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form or habitat;whole_organism growth form or habitat;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>terrestrial or on rock.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stolon presence"><b>Stems </b>short-creeping to erect, stolons absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf architecture;leaf duration"><b>Leaves </b>monomorphic, evergreen.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="petiole length;base shape"><b>Petiole </b>3/4–3 times length of blade, base not swollen;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="vascular-bundle quantity;vascular-bundle arrangement;vascular-bundle shape">vascular-bundles more than 3, arranged in an arc, ± round in cross-section.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade size;blade shape;blade shape;blade texture"><b>Blade </b>lanceolate to deltate or pentagonal, entire to 1-pinnate-pinnatifid [3-pinnate-pinnatifid], reduced distally to shallowly lobed or hastate apex, herbaceous to papery.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="pinna architecture;segment margin shape"><b>Pinnae </b>not articulate to rachis, segment margins entire to sinuate or shallowly lobed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="proximal pinna size;proximal pinna architecture;base architecture or shape;base shape;lobe prominence;lobe orientation">proximal pinnae not or only slightly reduced, sessile to short-petiolulate, base equilateral or often inequilateral with prominent basiscopic lobe (s);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="costa shape;costa architecture;groove architecture">costae adaxially rounded or shallowly grooved, grooves not continuous from rachis to costae;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="hair indument quantity;hair indument quantity;hair architecture;hair architecture">indument lacking or of multicellular hairs on costae abaxially, of multicellular hairs on costae adaxially.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="vein architecture or coloration or relief"><b>Veins </b>reticulate, areoles with or without included veinlets.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="sorus shape;between midrib and margin row quantity"><b>Sori </b>in 1–several rows between midrib and margin, round;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="indusium architecture;indusium shape;indusium duration;indusium duration;sinus size or width">indusia peltate to round-reniform and with narrow sinus, persistent or caducous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="fold shape"><b>Spores </b>brownish, with inflated folds or wings.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="spore coloration;x chromosome quantity">x = 40.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Mostly tropical |discussion=<p>Species ca. 200 (4 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=morton1966a |text=Morton, C. V. 1966. The Mexican species of Tectaria. Amer. Fern J. 56: 120--137. }} }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Blades 15-50 cm; areoles with included veinlets. |[[#key-0-2| > 2]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Blades 5-15 cm; areoles rarely with included veinlets. |[[#key-0-3| > 3]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Indusia peltate, attached centrally; pinnae cordate at base; rachises and costae glabrous abaxially. |[[Tectaria heracleifolia|Tectaria heracleifolia]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Indusia round-reniform, attached at sinus; pinnae oblique at base; rachises and costae puberulent abaxially. |[[Tectaria incisa|Tectaria incisa]] |-id=key-0-3 |3 |Pinnae 1-8 pairs, often with proliferous buds in axils; petiole shorter than or rarely equaling blade, pubescent on both surfaces; indusia round-reniform, attached at sinus. |[[Tectaria coriandrifolia|Tectaria coriandrifolia]] |-id=key-0-3 |3 |Pinnae absent or 1(-2) pair, without proliferous buds in axils; petiole 1-3 times length of blade, pubescent adaxially, lacking hairs abaxially; indusia peltate, attached centrally. |[[Tectaria fimbriata|Tectaria fimbriata]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Tectaria |author=Robbin C. Moran |authority=Cavanilles |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Dryopteridaceae |distribution=Mostly tropical |reference=morton1966a |publication title=Anales Hist. Nat. |publication year=1799 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V2/V2_598.xml |genus=Tectaria |base architecture or shape=equilateral |base shape=inequilateral;not swollen |between midrib and margin row quantity=1;several |blade shape=hastate;lobed;lanceolate;deltate or pentagonal entire |blade size=reduced |blade texture=herbaceous;papery |costa architecture=grooved |costa shape=rounded |fold shape=inflated |groove architecture=not continuous |hair architecture=multicellular;multicellular |hair indument quantity=of multicellular hairs;lacking |indusium architecture=peltate |indusium duration=caducous;persistent |indusium shape=round-reniform |leaf architecture=monomorphic |leaf duration=evergreen |lobe orientation=basiscopic |lobe prominence=prominent |petiole length=3/4-3 times length of blade |pinna architecture=not articulate |proximal pinna architecture=sessile;short-petiolulate |proximal pinna size=reduced |segment margin shape=entire;sinuate or shallowly lobed |sinus size or width=narrow |sorus shape=round |spore coloration=brownish |stem orientation=short-creeping;erect |stolon presence=absent |vascular-bundle arrangement=arranged |vascular-bundle shape=round |vein architecture or coloration or relief=reticulate |whole_organism growth form=plant |whole_organism growth form or habitat=on rock;terrestrial |x chromosome quantity=40 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Dryopteridaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Dryopteridaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Tectaria.