familyThelypteridaceae
genusThelypteris
subgenusThelypteris subg. Cyclosorus
speciesThelypteris hispidula
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Thelypteris hispidula
Phytologia 17: 283. 1968.
Common names: Hairy maiden fern
Basionym: Aspidium hispidulum Decaisne Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 3: 346. 1834
Synonyms: Christella hispidula (Fée) Holttum Cyclosorus quadrangularis (Fée) Tardieu-Blot Dryopteris hispidula (Decaisne) Kuntze Dryopteris quadrangularis (Fée) Alston Thelypteris quadrangularis (Fée) Schelpe
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.
Distribution
Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., S.C., Tex., tropical and subtropical, North America, Mexico, West Indies in the Antilles, Central America, South America, Asia, Africa.
Discussion
Varieties 4 (1 in the flora).
This species and the next are included in Christella subg. Christella by R. E. Holttum (1982).
The relationship between Old World and New World varieties is unstudied.
Selected References
None.