Pityrogramma calomelanos (L.) Link
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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
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.
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Distribution
Sink-hole, Smith Hill Coppice, Andros : West Indies ; continental tropical America. Silver- Fern.
South Andros Bahamas South America| West Indies|