View source for Neurodium ← Neurodium You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Neurodium |accepted_authority=Fée |publications={{Treatment/Publication |place=4: 201. 1850 |year=1850 }} |common_names=Ribbon ferns |basionyms= |synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym |name=Paltonium |authority=C. Presl |rank=genus }} |hierarchy=Polypodiaceae;Neurodium |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Polypodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Neurodium]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek neuron, nerve, and -ium, resemblance; veinlets are embossed |volume=Volume 2 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>epiphytic. <b>Stems</b> short-creeping, branched, 2–4 mm diam., not whitish pruinose; scales bicolored, lanceolate, somewhat clathrate, margins dentate. <b>Leaves</b> essentially monomorphic, tufted, narrowed toward apex, to 45 cm. <b>Petiole</b> articulate to stem, greenish, round in cross section, grooved at base. <b>Blade</b> linear to lanceolate-elliptic, simple, not glaucous, glabrous, margins entire. <b>Veins</b> obscure, in irregular areoles that are generally longer than wide and parallel to costa, included veinlets 1–2, simple or forked, free. <b>Sori</b> in nearly continuous, nearly marginal band (coenosorus) in distal 1/2 of blade, sometimes also with 1–3 separate oblong to circular sori proximally; indument filamentous. <b>Spores</b> minutely tuberculate. <b>x</b> = 37.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Tropical;North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America. |discussion=<p>Species 1 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Neurodium |author=Clifton E. Nauman |authority=Fée |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms=Paltonium |basionyms= |family=Polypodiaceae |distribution=Tropical;North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America. |reference=None |publication title= |publication year=1850 |special status= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V2/V2_340.xml |genus=Neurodium }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Polypodiaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Polypodiaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/ID/Synonym (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Neurodium.