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 scarcely creeping, covered with reddish-brown, later bicolorous, ciliate scales 4-8 mm long. Fronds subdimorphic, entire, widely spaced; petiole very short or absent. Sterile fronds linear, 5-20 X 1-2.5 cm, with entire margins, the veins reticulate, the areoles irregular, with 0 to several included veinlets. Fertile fronds elliptic or linear, 5-15 mm wide. Sori medial, located on veinlet in areole.
Distribution and Ecology - Common, in lowland forest.
Species Description - Rhizomes scarcely creeping, covered with reddish-brown, later bicolorous, ciliate scales 4-8 mm long. Fronds subdimorphic, entire, widely spaced; petiole very short or absent. Sterile fronds linear, 5-20 X 1-2.5 cm, with entire margins, the veins reticulate, the areoles irregular, with 0 to several included veinlets. Fertile fronds elliptic or linear, 5-15 mm wide. Sori medial, located on veinlet in areole.
Distribution and Ecology - Common, in lowland forest.