Tectaria heracleifolia (Willd.) Underw.

Broad halberd fern (en)

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Tectariaceae > Tectaria

Characteristics

Stems erect, compact. Petiole straw-colored or rarely brown, 1--2 times length of blade, glabrous on both surfaces, base scaly; scales linear to lanceolate, 3--10 × 0.5--2 mm. Blade ovate to pentagonal, 1-pinnate or (in small plants) ternately lobed, (12--)20--40(--50) × 14--40(--45) cm. Rachis and costae glabrous abaxially. Pinnae 1--2(--3) pairs, 12--22 cm, base cordate, margins shallowly lobed, with pair of basal lobes and without proliferous buds in axils. Areoles with included veinlets. Indusia peltate. 2 n = 160.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Uses environmental use medicinal
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Distribution

Tectaria heracleifolia world distribution map, present in Antigua and Barbuda, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Barbados, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:249899-2
WFO ID wfo-0001109386
COL ID 5536J
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INPN ID 833853
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Synonyms

Tectaria heracleifolia Bathmium heracleifolium Aspidium heracleifolium Tectaria heracleifolia var. heracleifolia Aspidium trifoliatum subsp. heracleifolium Tectaria trifoliata var. heracleifolia Tectaria heracleifolia var. maxima Aspidium trifoliatum var. heracleifolium Bathmium trifoliatum var. heracleifolium