Tectaria amesiana A.A.Eaton

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Tectariaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Tectaria amesiana A.A.Eaton

  • Description

    Species Description - Bootstock short, stout. Leaves 4 dm. long or less; petioles rather slender, about as long as the blades or shorter; blades narrowly ovate or ovate-lanceolate in outline, rather thin, pinnate-pinnatifid, the segments and lobes obtuse or rounded, the lower 1 to 3 pairs of pinnae short-stalked; sori scattered or in 1 or 2 more or less rows parallel with the venation, 1-1.5 mm. in diameter.

  • Distribution

    In sink-holes, wells and caves, Abaco, Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera, Cat Island : Florida ; Cuba. Small Halberd-fern.

    Great Abaco Bahamas South America| South Andros Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Cat Island Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America|