Polypodium squamatum L.

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Polypodiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Polypodium squamatum L.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Rootstock stout, creeping, covered with linear, ciliate scales. Stipes scaly, 5-25 cm. long; blades oblong-lanceolate in outline, 2-4 dm. long, 4-10 cm. wide, coriaceous, evergreen, cut nearly or quite to the rachis into entire linear, acute or obtusish segments; rachis and under surface of the leafsegments densely covered with appressed scales with linear, ciliate appendages; veins hidden.

  • Distribution

    On trees, Conch Sound, Andros : Jamaica ; Cuba ; Hispaniola ; Puerto Rico. Scaly Polypody.

    Andros Island Bahamas South America| Jamaica South America| Cuba South America| West Indies| Puerto Rico South America|