Dennstaedtia bipinnata (Cav.) Maxon

Cuplet fern (en)

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Dennstaedtiaceae > Dennstaedtia

Characteristics

Stems long-creeping, 5--6 mm diam. Leaves clustered to well separated, arching, 1.5--2.5 × ca. 1 m. Petiole straw-colored to brown, darker at base, lustrous, 1/2 to equal length of blade, sparsely pubescent with soft, jointed hairs at base when young. Blade bright green, lustrous, ovate, 2--4-pinnate, 1/2 to nearly as wide as long, base obtuse, apex acute, sparsely pubescent throughout to nearly glabrous abaxially. Basal segments of pinnules opposite; ultimate segments mostly oblong-ovate, base inequilaterally cuneate, margins incised-dentate. Sori globose to almost cylindric; indusia tubular or cylindric. Spores trilete, prominently 3-lobed, surface irregularly tuberculate. 2 n = 188.
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Growth form herb
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Light 1-3
Soil humidity 5-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

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Distribution

Dennstaedtia bipinnata world distribution map, present in Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77883-2
WFO ID wfo-0001109565
COL ID 34T2S
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INPN ID 834289
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Synonyms

Sitolobium adiantoides Sitolobium apiifolium Dicksonia adiantoides Sitobolium adiantoides Polypodium bacciferum Dicksonia globuligera Dennstaedtia adiantoides Dicksonia bipinnata Dennstaedtia bipinnata