Anogramma leptophylla (L.) Link

  • Authority

    Mickel, John T. & Beitel, Joseph M. 1988. Pteridophyte Flora of Oaxaca, Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 46: 1-580.

  • Family

    Pteridaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Anogramma leptophylla (L.) Link

  • Description

    Species Description - Rhizome short-creeping, 1 mm diam., with 1 mm long hairs; fronds 2-25 cm long, clumped; stipe ½-2/3 the frond length, stramineous to reddish-brown at base, glabrous except for scattered hairs 1 mm long at base; blade lanceolate, bipinnate to tripinnate; pinnae 4-6 pairs, segments obovate, cuneate at base, apex obtuse, glabrous; sori naked, along veins; spores dark brown.

  • Discussion

    Polypodium leptophyllum Linnaeus, Sp. pl. 2: 1092. 1753. Gymnogramma leptophylla (Linnaeus) Des-vaux, Berlin. Mag. 5: 305. 1811. Lectotype (following Morton, Amer. Fern J. 60: 101-103. 1970). LINN 1251.56, photo A. Gymnogramme leptophylla (Linnaeus) Desvaux var. mexicana Kunze, Linnaea 18: 310. 1844. Type. Mexico, Leibold 25 (B!). Pityrogramma guatemalensis Domin, Spisy Prir. Fak. Karlovy Univ. 88: 9. 1928. Anogramma guatemalensis (Domin) Christensen, Index filic, suppl. 3: 26. 1934. Type. Guatemala. “Fuego,” Salvin & Godman 172 (K, photo UC, frag. NY!). Anogramma leptophylla is a variable species as to size and nature of ultimate segments. Frond segments vary from flabellate to long and finely dissected (variant known as A. guatemalensis); see A. R. Smith, 1981; R. Tryon, 1962; Tryon and Tryon, 1982.

  • Distribution

    Terrestrial on mossy banks in oak and other deciduous forests; Etla, Ixtlán, Juquila, Miahuatlán, Pochutla, Putla, Sola de Vega, Teo-titlán, Tlaxiaco, Villa Alta; 800-2600 m. Mexico (Chih, Sin, Jal, Col, Mich, Gro, Mex, Mor, Ver, Tam, Oax, Chis); Guat to Pan; Ec, Peru; Old World.

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