Acrostichum excelsum Maxon

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Pteridaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Acrostichum excelsum Maxon

  • Description

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    Species Description - Rootstocks erect, solitary, or in masses. Petioles tufted, unarmed, erect, woody, 1-6.5 dm. long, flattish, channeled; blades leathery, 1-3 m. long, 3-4.5 dm. wide; pinnae 10 pairs or more, close or distant, the venation somewhat oblique to the midvein; sporanges confined to the upper half or third of the leaf-blade, or all segments spore-bearing, or all without spores; segregate of corpuscles covering sporanges sausage-shaped.

  • Discussion

    About fresh-water pools and in sink-boles, Andros, New Providence: Florida; Bermuda : West Indies and continental tropical America. Giant Fern. Young plants collected by Percy Wilson on Cat Island (7186), show that one or the other of these Acrostichuma grows on that island.

  • Distribution

    Andros, New Providence: Florida; Bermuda : West Indies and continental tropical America.

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