Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Nephrolepidaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Species Description - Petioles 7-15 cm. long; leaf-blades 1 m. long or less. Pinnae sessile, lanceolate, sometimes crenulate, 2.5-8 cm. long, the upper side auricled at the base, the lower rounded, the rachis nearly naked; sori almost marginal, covered with firm distinctly reniform indusia.
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Distribution
In a cave, East Caicos: Bermuda: Florida: West Indies; continental tropical America ; Old World tropics. Sword-fern. Boston Fern.
Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Bermuda South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|