Authority:

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

Family:

Dryopteridaceae

Description:

Species Description - Rhizome long-creeping, 1-2 cm diam.; rhizome scales golden to orange-brown, linear-lanceolate, 10-20 mm long, 1 mm wide, apex twisted, hairlike, margin entire; fronds clumped; stipe stramineous, shorter than blade, scaly at base; sterile blade narrowly oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 30-85 cm long, 20-35 cm wide, glabrous except for rare, catenate hairs along abaxial costae; pinnae lanceolate to lanceolate-oblong, 15-25 cm long, 3-9 cm wide, broadly and unequally cuneate at base, often excavate basiscopically, apex long-acuminate, entire; fertile blade skeletonized, pinnules 0.8-1 cm long, 2-3 mm wide, entire.

Discussion:

Os munda cervina Linnaeus, Sp. pl. 2: 1065. 1753. Acrostichum cervinum (Linnaeus) Swartz, Syn. fil. 14. 1806. Polybotrya cervina (Linnaeus) Kaulfuss, Enum. filie. 55. 1824. Dorcapteris cervina (Linnaeus) Presl, Epimel. bot. 167. 1852. Lectotype (chosen by Proctor, Fl. L. Antill. 2: 223. 1977). Plumier, Traité foug. Amér., t. 154. 1705, based on material from Mome Rouge, Martinique.

Distribution:

Mexico North America| Brazil South America| Bolivia South America| Colombia South America| Venezuela South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America| West Indies| Panama Central America| Guatemala Central America|