Pecluma plumula (Willd.) M.G.Price

Plumed rockcap fern (en)

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Polypodiaceae > Polypodioideae > Pecluma

Characteristics

Stems ca. 5 mm diam.; scales dark brown, linear-lanceolate. Leaves pendent, sometimes erect in small plants. Petiole black, 1/10--1/5 length of blade, hairs few, unbranched; scales ovate to cordate, conspicuous, inflated. Blade linear-elliptic, 15--50 × 3--7 cm; base abruptly cuneate; apex tapering to acute. Segments linear, 1.5--2.5 mm wide, sparsely short-pubescent; segments at base of blade abruptly reduced to lobes, not deflexed. Veins 1-forked. Sori round; sporangia with 64 spores. 2 n = 148.
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Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Pecluma plumula unspecified picture
Pecluma plumula unspecified picture

Distribution

Pecluma plumula world distribution map, present in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Martinique, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:186187-2
WFO ID wfo-0001114631
COL ID 767W5
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INPN ID 731470
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Synonyms

Polypodium plumula Ctenopteris plumula Pecluma plumula Polypodium elegans Polypodium inversum Polypodium pulchrum Polypodium taxifolium var. pulchrum