Monographs Details:
Authority:
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Family:
Polypodiaceae
Polypodiaceae
Description:
Species Description - Tufted ferns, with large narrow entire leaves. Sori dorsal, mostly in 1 or 2 rows on each side of the primary veins; indusium none. Primary venation regularly pinnate, the veins connected by nearly parallel veinlets forming regular areoles. [Greek, crooked-nerved.] Twenty species or more, natives of tropical and subtropical regions, the following typical.
Species Description - Tufted ferns, with large narrow entire leaves. Sori dorsal, mostly in 1 or 2 rows on each side of the primary veins; indusium none. Primary venation regularly pinnate, the veins connected by nearly parallel veinlets forming regular areoles. [Greek, crooked-nerved.] Twenty species or more, natives of tropical and subtropical regions, the following typical.
Distribution:
Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Bahamas South America| Andros Island Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Crooked Island Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|
Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Bahamas South America| Andros Island Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Crooked Island Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|