Diplazium urticifolium Christ
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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
Athyriaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Rhizome erect, stout, trunklike (with very coarse roots); rhizome scales dark brown, ovate-lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 4-5(-8) mm long, 2-3 mm wide, entire; fronds clumped; stipe 1030 cm long, 1/3-3/5 the frond length, greenish to stramineous, grooved, glabrous, scaly at very base; blade 16-55 cm long, 10-30 cm wide, once-pinnate, narrowly oblong, apex pinnatifid; free pinnae 7-16 pairs, linear-deltate, 1.5-3 cm wide, apex long acuminate, base equally truncate, stalked (1.5-4 mm long), margin crenate, lobes cut 1/3 or less of distance to costae, lobes curved acroscopically, glabrous; veins free, with erect, minute (0.1 mm long) stubble in rachis and costular grooves above; sori 1-3 pairs per lobe, often diplazioid, indusia 2-6 mm long, 0.5-0.8 mm wide, entire.
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Discussion
Type. Costa Rica. “Vallée de Tuis,” Pittier 11293 (P?; isotype US!, frag. NY!). See discussion of D. striatum for differences.
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Distribution
Terrestrial in montane rain forests on Atlantic slope; Choapan, Ixtlán, Teotitlán, Villa Alta; 1050-1750 m. Mexico (Ver, Pue, Oax, Chis); Bel to Pan.
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