Pityrogramma calomelanos (L.) Link

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Pteridaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Pityrogramma calomelanos (L.) Link

  • Description

    Species Description - Rootstock short, rather stout, erect or nearly so. Leaves tufted, erect or arching, ovate to ovate-lanceolate in outline, 2-pinnate, 2-8 dm. long, the dark brown shining petiole usually shorter than the blade; rachis dark brown, shining; pinnae lanceolate, acuminate, usually white-pulverulent beneath; pinnules lanceolate, acute or acuminate, dentate or entire, chartaceous, decurrent, the upper commonly confluent.

  • Distribution

    Sink-hole, Smith Hill Coppice, Andros : West Indies ; continental tropical America. Silver- Fern.

    South Andros Bahamas South America| West Indies|