Authority:

Mickel, John T. & Beitel, Joseph M. 1988. Pteridophyte Flora of Oaxaca, Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 46: 1-580.

Family:

Diplaziopsidaceae

Description:

Species Description - Rhizome scales to 4 cm long, 1 mm wide; stipe to 100 cm long, ½ the frond length, base somewhat scaly; blade 100-200 cm long, 50-100 cm wide; pinnae 25-55 cm long, 6-12 cm wide, abruptly acuminate, base cordate-clasping, glabrous, lamina bright-green, succulent, papery and fragile on drying; indusia 15-30(-40) mm long, 0.5-0.8 mm wide, entire.

Discussion:

Asplenium marginatum Linnaeus, Sp. pl. 2: 1082. 1753. Diplazium marginatum (Linnaeus) Diels in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 1(4): 229. 1899. Type. Uncertain; LINN 1250.20 is this species; Linnaeus cited Petiver, Pter. Amer., t. 12, f. 2, 1712, which is a redrawing of Plumier, Traité foug. Amér., t. 106. 1705, illustrating a plant from either Martinique or Hispaniola.

Distribution:

Mexico North America| Brazil South America| Peru South America| West Indies| Panama Central America| Guatemala Central America|