Monographs Details:
Authority:
Mori, S. A., et al. 1997. Guide to the vascular plants of central French Guiana: Part 1. Pteridophytes, gymnosperms, and monocotyledons. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 76: 1-422.
Mori, S. A., et al. 1997. Guide to the vascular plants of central French Guiana: Part 1. Pteridophytes, gymnosperms, and monocotyledons. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 76: 1-422.
Family:
Dryopteridaceae
Dryopteridaceae
Description:
Species Description - Plants epiphytic. Rhizomes creeping, covered with black, triangular scales 1—2.5 mm long, with acuminate apices, the margins with hairs. Phyllopodia black, 3-8 mm long. Sterile fronds 8-30 cm X 2-6 mm; petiole nearly absent, winged distally, with some hairs and scales; blade linear, coriaceous, with revolute margins, bluish-green above, with stellate hairs on both surfaces, the veins parallel, free, simple or furcate. Fertile fronds 7-21 X 0.5-1.5 cm; petiole 5-18 cm long.
Distribution and Ecology - In lowland forest.
Species Description - Plants epiphytic. Rhizomes creeping, covered with black, triangular scales 1—2.5 mm long, with acuminate apices, the margins with hairs. Phyllopodia black, 3-8 mm long. Sterile fronds 8-30 cm X 2-6 mm; petiole nearly absent, winged distally, with some hairs and scales; blade linear, coriaceous, with revolute margins, bluish-green above, with stellate hairs on both surfaces, the veins parallel, free, simple or furcate. Fertile fronds 7-21 X 0.5-1.5 cm; petiole 5-18 cm long.
Distribution and Ecology - In lowland forest.