Tectaria incisa

Cavanilles

Descr. Pl. 249. 1802.

Common names: Incised halberd fern
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.
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Stems erect, compact. Petiole straw-colored to tan or chestnut-brown, equaling or slightly longer than blade, pubescent on both surfaces, base scaly; scales narrowly lanceolate, 3–8 × 0.2–0.7 mm. Blade oblong or ovate-oblong, 1-pinnate, 0.15–1.2 × 0.2–0.5 m. Rachis and costae puberulent abaxially. Pinnae (2–) 3–6 pairs, 12–25 cm, base oblique, with 1–2 proximal basiscopic lobes, margins crenate without proliferous buds in axils. Areoles with included veinlets. Indusia attached laterally. 2n = 160.


Habitat: Hammocks
Elevation: 0 m

Distribution

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Fla., Mexico, West Indies in Antilles, Central America, South America to n Argentina

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"/4-3timeslengthofblade" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Tectaria incisa"
Robbin C. Moran +
Cavanilles +
inequilateral +  and not swollen +
simple to commonly +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (?) +  and 120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br /> (?) +
ovate-oblong;oblong +
reduced +
herbaceous;papery +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
proliferous +
roundish +
Incised halberd fern +
rounded +
Fla. +, Mexico +, West Indies in Antilles +, Central America +  and South America to n Argentina +
inflated +
often +  and glabrous +
not continuous +
Hammocks +
multicellular +
of multicellular hairs +  and lacking +
caducous +  and persistent +
round-reniform +
monomorphic +
evergreen +
straw-colored +  and tan or chestnut-brown +
slightly longer +
not articulate +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
sessile +  and short-petiolulate +
round +, cuplike +, hoodlike +, reniform +, falcate +  and linear +
2 +  and 3 +
persistent +
lanceolate +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +
entire +  and sinuate or shallowly lobed +
discrete +
reniform +  and oblong +
dictyostelic +, unbranched +  and branched +
Tectaria incisa +
Tectaria +
species +
anastomosing +  and simple +
on rock +  and terrestrial +
epiphytic +  and hemiepiphytic +