Campyloneurum phyllitidis (L.) C.Presl

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Polypodiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Campyloneurum phyllitidis (L.) C.Presl

  • Description

    Species Description - Rhizome short-creeping, 5-8 mm diam.; rhizome scales 3-4 mm long, 1.3-1.5 mm wide, clathrate, deltate-lanceolate, acuminate but not hairlike; fronds (30-)50-105 cm long, 5.5-10 cm wide, clumped; stipe lacking or extremely short; blade narrowly oblanceolate, gradually tapering to the base, apex acute (mostly young material) to acuminate, 5.5-8(-12) cm wide, glabrous; main lateral veins prominent and larger than crossveins; sori 6-15-seriate between the midvein and margin, often two per areole with no dividing vein, or with dividing vein half to complete; conspicuous nectaries in acroscopic axils of lateral veins.

  • Discussion

    Polypodium phyllitidis Linnaeus, Sp. pl. 2: 1083. 1753. Lectotype (chosen by Proctor, Fl. L. Antill. 2: 341. 1977). Plumier, Descr. pl. Amér., t. 38. 1693, representing a plant from “Antilles.” The venation in Oaxacan material of this species is highly variable, with the primary areoles being often subdivided, not only by acro-scopically developing veinlets but also by some developing basiscopically and/or branching laterally. The fronds are broad and the margins undulate to a greater degree than in other parts of the range of this species. Whether our material represents a distinct variety or merely a greater expression of these characters can be answered only after an intensive study of the genus.

  • Distribution

    Epiphytic or epipetric in wet montane forest; Juchitán, Pochutla, Tuxtepec; 30-600 m. Mexico (Jal, Mich, SLP, Ver, Pue, Oax, Chis, Tab, Yuc, QR); US (Fla); Guat to Pan; WI, Trin; Ven to Bol, Braz & n Arg.

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