Acrostichum L.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Pteridaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Swamp-inhabiting, large ferns, with pinnate leaves growing in crowns. Sporanges spread over the whole surface of the leaf-blades, or of the upper segments. Veins forming copious areolae without free veinlets. [Greek, signifying a summit row.] A few species, natives of warm temperate and tropical America. Type species: Acrostichum aureum L.