Monographs Details:
Authority:
Mickel, John T. & Smith, Alan R. 2004. The pteridophytes of Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 88: 1-1054.
Mickel, John T. & Smith, Alan R. 2004. The pteridophytes of Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 88: 1-1054.
Family:
Lonchitidaceae
Lonchitidaceae
Description:
Species Description - Rhizomes creeping, 10 mm diam.; rhizome hairs light brown, septate, 1–3 mm long; fronds 1–3 m long, subdistant; stipes ca. 1/3 the frond length, light green to stramineous, densely hairy, soft; blades deltate or ovate-deltate, hairy throughout; pinnae 12–16 pairs, alternate to subopposite, stalked, unequally deltate, segments oblong or roundish, 5–9 mm long and wide, lobed to entire; veins free, ending short of margins on sterile segments; sori submarginal, scarious, subentire, 1–10 x 1 mm; 2n=200 (Jam).
Species Description - Rhizomes creeping, 10 mm diam.; rhizome hairs light brown, septate, 1–3 mm long; fronds 1–3 m long, subdistant; stipes ca. 1/3 the frond length, light green to stramineous, densely hairy, soft; blades deltate or ovate-deltate, hairy throughout; pinnae 12–16 pairs, alternate to subopposite, stalked, unequally deltate, segments oblong or roundish, 5–9 mm long and wide, lobed to entire; veins free, ending short of margins on sterile segments; sori submarginal, scarious, subentire, 1–10 x 1 mm; 2n=200 (Jam).
Discussion:
Anisosorus hirsutus (L.) Maxon, Pteridophyt. Porto Rico 429. 1926. Lectotype (chosen by Brongniant in Bory, Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. 9: 490. 1825). Plumier, Traite´ Foug. Ame´r., pl. 20, 1705, illustrating a plant from Morne Rouge, Martinique.
Pteris laciniata Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 5(1): 397. 1810. Type. “India orientale.” Flu¨gge´ s.n. (B-Willd. 20013!).
Distribution:
Bolivia South America| Brazil South America| Peru South America| Ecuador South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America| Venezuela South America| West Indies| Panama Central America| Nicaragua Central America| Honduras Central America| Guatemala Central America| México Mexico North America|
Bolivia South America| Brazil South America| Peru South America| Ecuador South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America| Venezuela South America| West Indies| Panama Central America| Nicaragua Central America| Honduras Central America| Guatemala Central America| México Mexico North America|