Campyloneurum phyllitidis
Tent. Pterid. 190, plate 7, figs. 18–20. 1836.
Common names: Long strap fern
Illustrated
Basionym: Polypodium phyllitidis Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 1083. 1753
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.
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Stems short-creeping, 4–10 mm diam. Leaves few to many, erect to arching. Petiole essentially absent to ca. 9 cm. Blade yellowish green, linear to linear-elliptic, 24–140 × 3–12 cm, leathery; base attenuate; margins entire to slightly undulate; apex acute (sometimes forked). Veins obvious, primary veins ± prominent, straight to slightly curved, areoles in 7–16(–18) series between costa and margin, with free included veinlets, a percurrent veinlet often dividing some areoles further. Sori in several rows on each side of costa. 2n = 148.
Habitat: Epiphytic in hammocks and swamps, sometimes on walls in limestone sinkholes where it is reduced in size, substrate circumneutral to subacid
Elevation: 0 m
Distribution
Fla., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America.
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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