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|accepted_name=Thelypteris augescens
|accepted_authority=(Link) Munz & I. M. Johnston
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Amer. Fern J.
|place=12: 75. 1922
|year=1922
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|common_names=Abrupt-tipped maiden fern
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Aspidium augescens
|authority=Link
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Christella augescens
|authority=(Link) Pichi-Sermolli
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|name=Dryopteris augescens
|authority=(Link) C. Christensen
}}
|hierarchy=Thelypteridaceae;Thelypteris;Thelypteris subg. Cyclosorus;Thelypteris augescens
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Thelypteridaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Thelypteris]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Thelypteris subg. Cyclosorus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Thelypteris augescens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>creeping, 4–8 mm diam. <b>Leaves</b> monomorphic, evergreen, (0.5–)1–3.5 cm apart, (30–)65–140 cm. <b>Petiole</b> straw-colored, 15–70 cm × 2–7(–9) mm, at base with scales tan to brownish, linear-lanceolate, hairy at margin. <b>Blade</b> 30–70 cm, broadest at or near base, abruptly narrowed distally, apical pinna ± similar to lateral pinnae, 5–17 × 1–3(–5) cm. <b>Pinnae</b> (4–)10–22(–28) × (0.3–)0.7–1.5 cm, incised 1/2–3/4 of width; segments somewhat curved, margins revolute, those at base of proximal pinnae slightly elongate; proximal pair of veins from adjacent segments running to sinus. <b>Indument</b> abaxially of hairs 0.2–0.4 mm on costae, veins, and blade tissue, also of brownish scales 0.6–1.2 mm on costae; veins and blade tissue glabrous adaxially. <b>Sori</b> round, medial to supramedial; indusia tan, bearing hairs 0.2–0.4 mm; sporangia glabrous. <b>2n</b> = 144.</span><!--

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|habitat=Limestone banks, in sun or partial shade
|elevation=0–50 m
|distribution=Fla.;s Mexico;West Indies in the Bahamas;Cuba;Central America in Guatemala.
|discussion=<p><i>Thelypteris augescens</i> occasionally hybridizes with <i>T. kunthii</i> and <i>T. ovata </i>var.<i> ovata</i> in southern Florida.</p>
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name=Thelypteris augescens
|author=
|authority=(Link) Munz & I. M. Johnston
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Christella augescens;Dryopteris augescens
|basionyms=Aspidium augescens
|family=Thelypteridaceae
|habitat=Limestone banks, in sun or partial shade
|elevation=0–50 m
|distribution=Fla.;s Mexico;West Indies in the Bahamas;Cuba;Central America in Guatemala.
|reference=None
|publication title=Amer. Fern J.
|publication year=1922
|special status=
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|genus=Thelypteris
|subgenus=Thelypteris subg. Cyclosorus
|species=Thelypteris augescens
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