Pecluma dispersa (A.M.Evans) M.G.Price

Widespread rockcap fern (en)

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Polypodiaceae > Polypodioideae > Pecluma

Characteristics

Stems 4--6 mm diam.; scales blackish, linear-lanceolate. Leaves erect or arching. Petiole black, 1/4--1/3 length of blade, hairs short, mostly simple, multicellular; scales deltate to linear, base broadly hastate-lacerate. Blade narrowly ovate, 20--70 × 5--11 cm; base narrowly truncate; apex acute. Segments narrowly ovate to linear, 3--5 mm wide; segments at base of blade abruptly reduced, usually reflexed. Veins 1--2-forked. Sori round or oval, sporangia with 32 spores. n = 2 n = 111, apogamous.
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Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Pecluma dispersa world distribution map, present in Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:186176-2
WFO ID wfo-0001114632
COL ID 76883
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Synonyms

Pecluma dispersa Polypodium dispersum