Anemia mexicana Klotzsch

Mexican fern (en)

Species

Pteridophytes > Schizaeales > Anemiaceae > Anemia

Characteristics

Stems ca. 2 mm diam. Leaves partially dimorphic (sporangia limited to proximal pair of pinnae), (15--)22--45 × 8--16 cm. Petiole straw-colored, 1/2--2/3 length of leaf, ca. 1 mm wide, glabrate. Blade deltate-lanceolate, 1-pinnate, somewhat leathery. Pinnae 4--7 pairs, mostly alternate, lanceolate, base truncate, margins minutely serrulate, proximal margins often slightly excavate, apex acuminate, hirsute with minute white hairs to glabrous on abaxial surface, glabrous adaxially. Fertile pinnae usually taller than sterile blades. Spores with ridges parallel and closely placed. 2 n = 76.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Images

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Distribution

Anemia mexicana world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17020820-1
WFO ID wfo-0001110699
COL ID 672QG
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Synonyms

Anemia mexicana Anemia mexicana var. mexicana Ornithopteris mexicana

Lower taxons

Anemia mexicana var. makrinii