Campyloneurum angustifolium (Sw.) Fée
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Authority
Mickel, John T. & Beitel, Joseph M. 1988. Pteridophyte Flora of Oaxaca, Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 46: 1-580.
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Family
Polypodiaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Rhizome short-creeping, 4-7 mm diam., patinose; rhizome scales 3-5 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, clathrate, brownish, lanceolate-deltate, with overlapping-cordate base; fronds 15-62 cm long, clumped; stipe lacking or extremely short; blade linear-elliptic, long-acuminate at apex, gradually tapering to base, 4-12(-l 6) mm wide; rachis pale, glabrous, lighter than the lamina, main lateral veins immersed and inconspicuous; sori round, in 1-2 irregular rows.
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Discussion
Polypodium angustifolium Swartz, Prodr. veg. ind. occ. 130. 1788. Type. Jamaica. Presumably Swartz (S). Campyloneurum angustifolium is commonly confused with C. amphostenon, which see description of for distinguishing characters.
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Distribution
Epiphytic and epipetric in wet montane forest; Cuicatlán, Ixtlán, Juchitán, Juquila, Mixe, Pochutla, Putla, Tehuantepec, Teo-titlán, Tlacolula, Tuxtepec, Villa Alta; 50-1450 (-2250) m. Mexico (Chih, Dgo, Sin, Nay, Jal, Mich, Gro, Mex, Qro, DF, SLP, Tam, Hgo, Ver, Pue, Oax, Chis, Tab); US (Fla); Guat to Pan; WI; Ven & Col to nw Arg.
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