Niphidium crassifolium (L.) Lellinger

  • Authority

    Mickel, John T. & Smith, Alan R. 2004. The pteridophytes of Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 88: 1-1054.

  • Family

    Polypodiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Niphidium crassifolium (L.) Lellinger

  • Description

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    Species Description - Rhizomes short-creeping, 7–10 mm diam.; rhizome scales 5–7 x 1.5–2 mm, clathrate, margins membranous, pale, entire; fronds 35–125 cm long, clumped; stipes absent to 30 cm long; blades narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, bases gradually narrowed, apices acuminate, 4.5–11(–14) cm wide, glabrous, coriaceous, rachises with a few scattered scales 2–3 mm long; main lateral veins prominent to blade margins, minor veins netted, crossveins obscure; sori large, round, mostly ca. 3(2–5) mm diam., solitary in major areoles, forming single rows of 6–10 sori between main veins; sporangia setose (several short hairs per sporangium), paraphyses usually common among sporangia. 2n =148 (Jam).

  • Discussion

    Polypodium crassifolium L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1083. 1753. Pessopteris crassifolia (L.) Underw. & Maxon, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 485. 1908. Lectotype (chosen by Lellinger, 1972: 106). Petiver, Pterid. Amer., t. 6, f. 1. 1712, which is a redrawing of Plumier, Traite´ Foug. Ame´r., pl. 142, 1705, illustrating a plant from Martinique.

  • Distribution

    Epiphytic or epipetric, montane rain forests, pine-oak and Liquidambar forests, tropical rain forests, seasonal evergreen forests; 120–1800 m. Mexico; Guat, Bel, Hond, Salv, Nic, CR, Pan; Gr & L Ant; Col, Ven, Trin, Guy, Sur, Fr Gui, Ec, Peru, Braz, Bol, Parag.

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