Anetium citrifolium (L.) Splitg.

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Pteridaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Anetium citrifolium (L.) Splitg.

  • Description

    Species Description - With characters of the genus. Rhizome scales lance-attenuate, highly iridescent. Fronds elliptic-oblong to oblanceolate, variable, 8-40 cm long, 2.4-7 cm broad.

  • Discussion

    Fig. 44.

    Basionym. Acrostichum citrifolium Linnaeus, Sp. pL 2: 1067. 1753.

    Type. Plumier, Traite foug. Amer., t. 116, based on material from Cabsterre, parish of Ste. Marie, Martinique. A n authentic Plumier specimen exists in Herb. Jussieu, No. 991, P.

    Syn. Hemionitis parasitica Linnaeus, Syst, nat, ed, 10, 2: 1322. 1759. (Type. P. Browne, from Jamaica, LINN 1248.2.)

    Antrophyum citrifolium (Linnaeus) Fee, Mem, foug. 4: 51. 1851.

    Pteridanetium citrifolium (Linnaeus) Copeland, Gen. fil. 224. 1947.

  • Distribution

    General Distribution. Greater Antilles except

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