Tectaria heracleifolia (Willd.) Underw.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Tectariaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Rootstock stout, brown-scaly. Leaves 2-10 dm. high; petioles brown, shining, as long as the blades or shorter; blades various in form, rather firm in texture, the finely developed ones broadly triangular, little longer than wide, at least the lower lobes or segments long-acuminate; less developed Naves ovate, the apex long-acuminate; sori usually many, in 2 more or less complete rows parallel with the lateral veins, 2-2.5 mm. in diameter.
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Distribution
Coppices, New Providenee : Florida: Texas; West Indies; continental tropical America. Halberd Fern.
New Providence Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Texas United States of America North America| West Indies|