Microgramma heterophylla (L.) Wherry

Clinging snakefern (en)

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Polypodiaceae > Polypodioideae > Microgramma

Characteristics

Stems appressed to substrate, 0.5--1.2 mm diam.; scales reddish to dark brown, linear-triangular. Leaves irregularly spaced. Petiole to ca. 2 cm. Blade 4--15 × ca. 1 cm, margins entire to undulate and ± shallowly crenulate, glabrous. Veins forming 1 series of linear polygonal costal areoles without free included veinlets, medial row of larger rectangular to polygonal areoles (usually with 1--2, simple or forked, free included veinlets), and a series of short, casually anastomosing marginal veinlets. Sori terminal on included veinlets; indument of few paraphyses longer than sporangia.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Uses medicinal
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Images

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Distribution

Microgramma heterophylla world distribution map, present in Antigua and Barbuda, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bahamas, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17444900-1
WFO ID wfo-0001109166
COL ID 42X6L
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Synonyms

Polypodium quercicans Craspedaria plumieri Goniophlebium serpens Marginaria serpens Phymatodes swartzii Phymatodes exigua Craspedaria heterophylla Microsorum heterophyllum Drynaria serpens Polypodium swartzii Microgramma heterophylla Polypodium heterophyllum Polypodium serpens Polypodium exiguum Phlebodium serpens Craspedaria serpens Anapeltis serpens Craspedaria swartzii Polypodium runcinatum