Olfersia cervina (L.) Kuntze

  • Authority

    Mickel, John T. & Beitel, Joseph M. 1988. Pteridophyte Flora of Oaxaca, Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 46: 1-580.

  • Family

    Dryopteridaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Olfersia cervina (L.) Kuntze

  • Description

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    Species Description - Rhizome long-creeping, 1-2 cm diam.; rhizome scales golden to orange-brown, linear-lanceolate, 10-20 mm long, 1 mm wide, apex twisted, hairlike, margin entire; fronds clumped; stipe stramineous, shorter than blade, scaly at base; sterile blade narrowly oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 30-85 cm long, 20-35 cm wide, glabrous except for rare, catenate hairs along abaxial costae; pinnae lanceolate to lanceolate-oblong, 15-25 cm long, 3-9 cm wide, broadly and unequally cuneate at base, often excavate basiscopically, apex long-acuminate, entire; fertile blade skeletonized, pinnules 0.8-1 cm long, 2-3 mm wide, entire.

  • Discussion

    Os munda cervina Linnaeus, Sp. pl. 2: 1065. 1753. Acrostichum cervinum (Linnaeus) Swartz, Syn. fil. 14. 1806. Polybotrya cervina (Linnaeus) Kaulfuss, Enum. filie. 55. 1824. Dorcapteris cervina (Linnaeus) Presl, Epimel. bot. 167. 1852. Lectotype (chosen by Proctor, Fl. L. Antill. 2: 223. 1977). Plumier, Traité foug. Amér., t. 154. 1705, based on material from Mome Rouge, Martinique.

  • Distribution

    Terrestrial, on fallen logs and occasional tree trunks in wet montane forest; Ixtlán, Putla; 450-1000 m. Mexico (Ver, Oax, Chis); Guat to Pan; WI, Trin; Ven & Col, to Bol & Braz.

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