Actinostachys pennula (Sw.) Hook.

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett. 1969. The botany of the Guayana Highland-part VIII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 18: 1-290.

  • Family

    Schizaeaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Actinostachys pennula (Sw.) Hook.

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, and Trinidad. Costa Rica. Venezuelato Peru, Suriname, and Brazil. In the Guayana Highland common on sandy or rockysoil among grasses at 100-1500 m altitude in the western (Colombian) portion, fromCerro Sipapo to Cerro Duida, Amazonas, Venezuela, and in the Mazaruni River Basinand on the Kaieteur Plateau, British Guiana.

  • Discussion

    Schizaea penntda Swartz, Syn. Fil. 150, 379. 1806. Type. "America meridionalis,'' "Habitat in America calidiore" (S not seen).

    Schizaea trilateralis Schkuhr, Krypt. Gew. 1: 137, t. 136. 1809. Type. "Habitat in India occidentali circa Essequebum," British Guiana, Gartner (not seen).

    Acrostichum pennula (Swartz) Poir. in Lam., Encyc. Suppl. 1: 125. 1810.

    Schizaea penicillata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. in L., Sp. PI. ed. 4. 5: 86. 1810, nom illeg. Based on S. pennida Swartz.

    Actinostachys trilateralis (Schkuhr) J. Smith, Lond. Jour. Bot. 1: 202. 1842.

  • Distribution

    Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, and Trinidad. Costa Rica. Venezuelato Peru, Suriname, and Brazil. In the Guayana Highland common on sandy or rockysoil among grasses at 100-1500 m altitude in the western (Colombian) portion, fromCerro Sipapo to Cerro Duida, Amazonas, Venezuela, and in the Mazaruni River Basinand on the Kaieteur Plateau, British Guiana.

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