Histiopteris incisa (Thunb.) J.Sm.

  • Authority

    Proctor, George R. 1989. Ferns of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 53: 1-389.

  • Family

    Dennstaedtiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Histiopteris incisa (Thunb.) J.Sm.

  • Description

    Species Description - Rhizome woody, 5-10 mm in diam., bearing numerous bright-brown, lance-attenuate, clathrate scales chiefly near the apex, intermingled with abundant golden-brown hairs. Fronds mostly 1-4 m long; stipes short, lustrous purple-brown, less than 1 m long. Blades deltate-oblong or -elongate, usually 2-pinnate-pinnatifid often 1 m broad or more; ultimate segments rounded-obtuse and relatively broad in sterile blades or pinnae, mostly elongate-deltate and acute if fertile.

  • Discussion

    Fig. 35.

    Basionym. P^m"5/«d5^ Thunberg, Prodr. Pl. cap, 171 1800.

    Type. Thunberg, from South Africa (UPS, not seen).

    Syn. Litobrochia incisa (Thunberg) K. Presl, Tent. pterid. 149. 1836.

  • Distribution

    General Distribution. Pantropical, chiefly on mountains; also in south-temperate areas of South Africa, Tasmania, and New Zealand.