Monographs Details:
Authority:
Proctor, George R. 1989. Ferns of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 53: 1-389.
Proctor, George R. 1989. Ferns of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 53: 1-389.
Family:
Thelypteridaceae
Thelypteridaceae
Description:
Species Description - General Distribution. Greater and Lesser Antilles. Distribution in Puerto Rico. Of wide occurrence; recorded from Aguas Buenas, Aibonito, Bayamon, Cayey, Florida, Loiza, Maricao, Naguabo, Orocovis, Quebradillas, Rio Grande, San Juan, and Vega Baja. Virgin Islands. St. Thomas, St. John, and Tortola. Habitat. Clearings, shaded banks and hillsides, borders of thickets and swamps, and along rocky stream beds, at low to high elevations (sea-level-1078 m), common.
Species Description - General Distribution. Greater and Lesser Antilles. Distribution in Puerto Rico. Of wide occurrence; recorded from Aguas Buenas, Aibonito, Bayamon, Cayey, Florida, Loiza, Maricao, Naguabo, Orocovis, Quebradillas, Rio Grande, San Juan, and Vega Baja. Virgin Islands. St. Thomas, St. John, and Tortola. Habitat. Clearings, shaded banks and hillsides, borders of thickets and swamps, and along rocky stream beds, at low to high elevations (sea-level-1078 m), common.
Discussion:
Basionym. Bryopteris dentata var. inconstans C. Christensen, Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handl. ser. 3, 16(2): 27. 1936.
Lectotype. Ekman H 10524, from D a m e Marie, Haiti (S, isolectotype US).
Syn. Thelypteris quadrangularis var. inconstans (C. Christensen) A. R. Smith, Univ. Cahf Publ. Bot, 59:66, 1971.