Dennstaedtia globulifera Hieron.

Southern hayscented fern (en)

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Dennstaedtiaceae > Dennstaedtia

Characteristics

Stems long-creeping, 3--10 mm diam. Leaves clustered to well separated to distant, erect or arching, 2--3 × (1--)2(--3) m. Petiole yellowish to brown throughout, lustrous, ca. 1/3 length of blade, sparsely pubescent with soft, jointed hairs. Blade green, dull, ovate to deltate, 3(--4)-pinnate, nearly as wide as long, base truncate, apex acute, with reddish jointed hairs on veins abaxially, glabrous adaxially. Basal segments of pinnules alternate; ultimate segments ovate to elliptic, base ± equilateral, margins lobed ca. 1/2 distance to midrib. Sori globose; indusia globose. Spores trilete, strongly 3-lobed, surface coarsely verrucose. 2 n = ca. 94.
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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 globulifera world distribution map, present in Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77898-2
WFO ID wfo-0001109567
COL ID 34T3T
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Synonyms

Dicksonia flaccida Microlepia oedematosa Sitolobium tenerum Dicksonia exaltata Polypodium globuliferum Dicksonia tenera Dicksonia globulifera Dicksonia altissima Dicksonia punctulata Dennstaedtia globulifera Dicksonia lagerheimii Dennstaedtia lagerheimii Dennstaedtia tomandarei Dennstaedtia bradeorum Dennstaedtia gracilis Dennstaedtia tenera var. dentata Dennstaedtia tenera