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:
Polypodiaceae
Polypodiaceae
Description:
Species Description - Rhizomes short-creeping, surrounded by mass of brown, tomentose rootlets, with ovate, acute, brown scales 2-6 mm long. Fronds clustered; petiole nearly lacking or thick and subquadrangular; blade narrowly elliptic, 30-120 X 4-8 cm, long-decurrent at base, acute at apex; lateral veins oblique, prominent, united by arcuate veinlets, the vein complex enclosing 2 or 3 free veinlets, often with secondary areoles. Sori in 2 series between veins.
Distribution and Ecology - Common, in lowland forest
Species Description - Rhizomes short-creeping, surrounded by mass of brown, tomentose rootlets, with ovate, acute, brown scales 2-6 mm long. Fronds clustered; petiole nearly lacking or thick and subquadrangular; blade narrowly elliptic, 30-120 X 4-8 cm, long-decurrent at base, acute at apex; lateral veins oblique, prominent, united by arcuate veinlets, the vein complex enclosing 2 or 3 free veinlets, often with secondary areoles. Sori in 2 series between veins.
Distribution and Ecology - Common, in lowland forest