View source for Thelypteris serrata

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|accepted_name=Thelypteris serrata
|accepted_authority=(Cavanilles) Alston
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Kew Bull.
|place=1932: 309. 1932
|year=1932
}}
|common_names=Dentate lattice-vein fern
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Meniscium serratum
|authority=Cavanilles
|rank=species
|publication_title=Descr. Pl.,
|publication_place=548. 1802
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Dryopteris serrata
|authority=(Cavanilles) C. Christensen
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Thelypteridaceae;Thelypteris;Thelypteris subg. Meniscium;Thelypteris serrata
|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. Meniscium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Thelypteris serrata]]</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>short-creeping, 4–10 mm diam. <b>Leaves</b> monomorphic, evergreen, ca. 65–200 cm or more. <b>Petiole</b> tan, (25–)40–120 cm × 4–10 mm, at base with scales absent or ephemeral. <b>Blade</b> 40–100 cm or more, gradually reduced distally with lanceolate apical pinna that is 1/4 to equaling longest lateral pinna; buds sometimes present at base of proximal pinna. <b>Pinnae</b> lanceolate, 15–25 pairs, (10–)15–25 × (1.5–)2.5–3.5(–4.5) cm, rounded to truncate at base, margin hooked-serrate; main lateral veins of fertile pinnae 3–5 per cm, with rows of 10–18 areoles between costa and margin, cross-veins somewhat curved. <b>Indument</b> abaxially of spreading, irregularly crimped hairs ca. 0.2–0.3 mm on costae and sometimes veins adaxially; blades glabrous adaxially. <b>Sori</b> oblong-arcuate, uniseriate between main lateral veins on cross-veins, often appearing confluent at maturity; indusia lacking; sporangia glabrous. <b>2n</b> = 72.</span><!--

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|habitat=Cypress sloughs and swamps
|elevation=0–50 m
|distribution=Fla.;s Mexico;West Indies in the Antilles;Central America;South America to n Argentina.
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name=Thelypteris serrata
|authority=(Cavanilles) Alston
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Dryopteris serrata
|basionyms=Meniscium serratum
|family=Thelypteridaceae
|habitat=Cypress sloughs and swamps
|elevation=0–50 m
|distribution=Fla.;s Mexico;West Indies in the Antilles;Central America;South America to n Argentina.
|reference=None
|publication title=Kew Bull.
|publication year=1932
|special status=
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|genus=Thelypteris
|subgenus=Thelypteris subg. Meniscium
|species=Thelypteris serrata
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