Vittaria lineata (L.) Sm.

  • Authority

    Proctor, George R. 1989. Ferns of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 53: 1-389.

  • Family

    Pteridaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Vittaria lineata (L.) Sm.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Rhizome short-creeping, dorsiventral, bearing numerous lance-linear scales mostly 4-8 mm long, 0.1-0.3(0.5) mm broad, the filiform unicostate apex 1/3-1/2 as long as the entire scale. Fronds numerous, usually pendent, (15-)25-130 cm long, 2-4 mm broad; stipes nearly lacking, but if present, then greenish and flattened. Costa broadly and shallowly grooved on adaxial side, otherwise obscure and barely evident; margins usually somewhat thickened and revolute; cross veins short and distant, the areoles thus longitudinally linear; tissue dark green, opaque, the texture rather tough but pliant. Soral lines in deep grooves parallel with and 0.4-0.6 mm from the margins.

  • Discussion

    Basionym. Pteris lineata Linnaeus, Sp. pl. 2: 1073. 1753.

    Lectotype. Plumier, Descr. pl. Amer., t. 41 (=Traite foug. Amer., t. 143), based on material from "la source de la Riviere froide," near Port de Paix, Haiti.

  • Distribution

    General Distribution. Southeastem United States, Bahamas, Greater and Lesser Antilles, and continental tropical America from Mexico to Paraguay. Distribution in Puerto Rico. Widespread in suitable habitats; recorded from Adjuntas, Arecibo, Cayey, Jayuya, Lares, Luquillo, Maricao, Naguabo, Rio Grande, Villalba, and Yabucoa. Habitat. On shaded tree-trunks or mossy logs, sometimes on the bases of epiphytic bromeliads, at low to high elevations (100-1200 m), frequent.

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