Cyrtomium falcatum
Tent. Pterid. 86. 1836.
IntroducedIllustrated
Basionym: Polypodium falcatum Linnaeus f. Suppl. Pl., 446. 1782
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.
Revision as of 23:35, 29 July 2020 by imported>Volume Importer
Stem scales orangebrown, ovate with attenuate apices. Leaves 30–60 (–100) cm. Pinnae bright green and shiny adaxially, 4–10 (–12) pairs, ovate-attenuate, usually falcate, 4–8.5 cm, leathery, sometimes with short, basal, acroscopic lobe, margins often undulate or coarsely and irregularly dentate. Indusia brown, sometimes with blackish centers, not shriveled at maturity. n = 2n = 123, apogamous.
Habitat: Brick or stone walls, rocky areas, mesic forests, and coastal bluffs
Elevation: 0–100 m
Distribution
Introduced; Calif., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., S.C., Europe, Asia
Discussion
Cyrtomium falcatum is native to east Asia and widely escaped from cultivation. All plants in the flora appear to be the 32-spored, apogamous triploid.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"/2lengthofblade" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
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interrupted +
vertical +
3-celled +
attenuate +
developed +
acroscopic +
not swollen +
simple to commonly +
1-pinnate +
oblong-lanceolate +
leathery;papery +
2;2;many +
roundish +
blackish +
grooved +
smaller +
inflated +
green +
aboveground +
cordate +
continuous +
Present +
peltate +
brown +
not shriveled +
true +
monomorphic +
absent +
evergreen +
dimorphic +
circinate +
acroscopic +
basal +
dentate +
articulate +
not articulate +
bright green +
shiny +
leathery +
petiolulate +
equilateral +
inequilateral +
not reduced +
Tent. Pterid. +
1836 +
elevated +
persistent +
absent +
filiform +
crenate to spinulose +
discrete +
variously--shaped +
acrostichoid +
monolete +
brown +
climbing +
orangebrown +
absent +
Cyrtomium falcatum +
Cyrtomium +
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arranged +
round +
anastomosing +
pinnate +
parallel +
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