View source for Thelypteris ovata

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|accepted_name=Thelypteris ovata
|accepted_authority=R. P. St. John
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in Small, Ferns S. E. States
|place=230, with plate. 1938
|year=1938
}}
|common_names=Ovate maiden fern
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Christella ovata
|authority=(R. P. St. John) A. Löve & D. Löve
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Dryopteris ovata
|authority=(R. P. St. John) Broun
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Thelypteridaceae;Thelypteris;Thelypteris subg. Cyclosorus;Thelypteris ovata
|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 ovata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
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|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>usually long-creeping, 3–6 mm diam. <b>Leaves</b> monomorphic, evergreen, (0.5–)1–4 cm apart, (30–)55–135(–165) cm. <b>Petiole</b> straw-colored, 15–80 cm × 2–6 mm, at base with tan to brownish, linear-lanceolate, hairy scales. <b>Blade</b> about equaling petiole length, broadest at base, gradually to somewhat abruptly tapered to pinnatifid apex. <b>Pinnae</b> (5–)10–25 × 0.8–2.2 cm, incised 4/5 of width; segments oblique, somewhat curved, basal pair from middle pinnae often elongate parallel to rachis; proximal pair of veins from adjacent segments reaching margin at or just above sinus. <b>Indument</b> abaxially of hairs mostly 0.2–0.5 mm on costae, veins, and blade tissue, also sometimes of a few tan scales on costae and rachises; blades adaxially glabrous except along rachises and costae. <b>Sori</b> round, supramedial to inframarginal; indusia tan, hairy, hairs mostly 0.2–0.4 mm; sporangia glabrous. <b>2n</b> = 72.</span><!--

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|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;S.C.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America.
|discussion=<p>Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Scales usually absent on costae abaxially; blade tissue glabrous adaxially; petiole base and stem scales brownish.
|[[Thelypteris ovata var. ovata|Thelypteris ovata var. ovata]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Scales few, very narrow, on costae abaxially; blade tissue minutely pubescent or glabrous adaxially; petiole base and stem scales tan.
|[[Thelypteris ovata var. lindheimeri|Thelypteris ovata var. lindheimeri]]
|}
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name=Thelypteris ovata
|authority=R. P. St. John
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Christella ovata;Dryopteris ovata
|basionyms=
|family=Thelypteridaceae
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;S.C.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America.
|reference=None
|publication title=in Small, Ferns S. E. States
|publication year=1938
|special status=
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V2/V2_657.xml
|genus=Thelypteris
|subgenus=Thelypteris subg. Cyclosorus
|species=Thelypteris ovata
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