Authority:

Mickel, John T. & Smith, Alan R. 2004. The pteridophytes of Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 88: 1-1054.

Family:

Dryopteridaceae

Description:

Species Description - Rhizomes short- to moderately creeping, 2–3 mm diam.; rhizome scales lanceolate, lustrous dark brown to black, with pale brown bases, margin, and tip, 1–2 mm long, entire or with a few weak teeth, scales often somewhat deciduous and leaving partially naked rhizomes; fronds slightly spaced, to 33 x 0.5–1 cm; phyllopodia distinct, 4–8 mm long; stipes 1/10–1/5 the frond length, glabrous or with minute appressed scales; blades linear-elliptic, coriaceous, gradually acuminate at both ends; veins obscure, free, simple or once-forked, ca. 1 mm apart, at ca. 70ºangle to costa; hydathodes absent; blade surfaces glabrous or with very sparse minute stellate trichomidia on the abaxial surfaces; fertile fronds slightly shorter than the sterile fronds, the stipes longer (1/3–1/2 the fertile frond length) and the blades broader (ca. 10 mm wide), scales absent; 2n=ca. 164 (Trin).

Distribution:

Mexico North America| Bolivia South America| Peru South America| Ecuador South America| Suriname South America| Guyana South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America| Venezuela South America| Colombia South America| West Indies| Colombia South America| Panama Central America| Costa Rica South America| El Salvador Central America|