Campyloneurum angustifolium

(Swartz) Fée

5: 257. 1852.

Common names: Narrow strap fern
Basionym: Polypodium angustifolium Swartz
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.
Revision as of 13:27, 27 July 2019 by FNA>Volume Importer

Stems short-creeping, 3–7 mm diam. Leaves usually many, arching to pendent. Petiole essentially absent to ca. 3–5(–8) cm. Blade yellowish to dark green, elongate-linear, ± falcate, 30–60 × 0.5–1.5 cm, papery; base and apex long-attenuate; margins often slightly revolute. Veins obscure, primary veins inconspicuous, slightly to strongly curved, areoles in 1–4 series between costa and margin, with free included veinlets. Sori in 1–2 rows on each side of costa.


Habitat: Epiphytic on oaks, pond apples, magnolias, and other rough-barked trees in hammocks and swamps in the everglade keys, substrate subacid
Elevation: 0 m

Distribution

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Fla., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America.

Discussion

In the flora Campyloneurum angustifolium occurs only in Collier County, Florida. It was reported earlier from Dade and Seminole counties.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Clifton E. Nauman +
(Swartz) Fée +
Polypodium angustifolium +
Narrow strap fern +
Fla. +, Mexico +, West Indies +, Central America +  and South America. +
Epiphytic on oaks, pond apples, magnolias, and other rough-barked trees in hammocks and swamps in the everglade keys, substrate subacid +
Tent. Pterid. +
Campyloneurum angustifolium +
Campyloneurum +
species +