View source for Thelypteris kunthii

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|accepted_name=Thelypteris kunthii
|accepted_authority=(Desvaux) C. V. Morton
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.
|place=38: 53. 1967
|year=1967
}}
|common_names=Widespread maiden fern;southern shield fern
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Nephrodium kunthii
|authority=Desvaux
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Christella normalis
|authority=(C. Christensen) Holttum
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|name=Dryopteris normalis
|authority=C. Christensen
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Thelypteris macrorhizoma
|authority=R. P. St. John
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Thelypteris normalis
|authority=(C. Christensen) Moxley
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Thelypteris saxatilis
|authority=R. P. St. John
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Thelypteris unca
|authority=R. P. St. John
}}
|hierarchy=Thelypteridaceae;Thelypteris;Thelypteris subg. Cyclosorus;Thelypteris kunthii
|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 kunthii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>short- to long-creeping, 4–8 mm diam. <b>Leaves</b> monomorphic, evergreen, up to 2(–3) cm apart, (15–)50–160 cm. <b>Petiole</b> straw-colored, (5–)20–80 × (1–)3–6 mm, at base with brown, linear-lanceolate, hairy scales. <b>Blade</b> (9–)30–80 cm, broadest at base, gradually tapered to pinnatifid apex. <b>Pinnae</b> (2–)8–15(–20) × (0.6–)1–2.5 cm, incised 3/5–4/5 of width; segments oblong, rounded to acute at apex; proximal pair of veins from adjacent segments running to sinus, or nearly so. <b>Indument</b> abaxially of hairs mostly 0.3–1 mm on costae, veins, and blade tissue; veins adaxially with similar hairs but blade tissue usually without hairs, often with scattered yellowish, stalked glands 0.1 mm. <b>Sori</b> round, medial to supramedial; indusia tan, hairy, hairs 0.2–0.4 mm; sporangial glands obscure, yellowish, stalked, arising from sporangial stalks. <b>2n</b> = 144.</span><!--

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|habitat=Roadsides, ditches, riverbanks, woodlands, limestone sinks
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;S.C.;Tex.;e;s Mexico;West Indies;Bermuda;Central America to Costa Rica;South America from Colombia to n Brazil.
|discussion=<p><i>Thelypteris kunthii</i> occasionally hybridizes with <i>T. augescens</i> and <i>T. ovata</i> in Florida; hybrids with <i>T. hispidula</i> may also occur.</p>
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name=Thelypteris kunthii
|author=
|authority=(Desvaux) C. V. Morton
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Christella normalis;Dryopteris normalis;Thelypteris macrorhizoma;Thelypteris normalis;Thelypteris saxatilis;Thelypteris unca
|basionyms=Nephrodium kunthii
|family=Thelypteridaceae
|habitat=Roadsides, ditches, riverbanks, woodlands, limestone sinks
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;S.C.;Tex.;e;s Mexico;West Indies;Bermuda;Central America to Costa Rica;South America from Colombia to n Brazil.
|reference=None
|publication title=Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.
|publication year=1967
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V2/V2_315.xml
|genus=Thelypteris
|subgenus=Thelypteris subg. Cyclosorus
|species=Thelypteris kunthii
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