Thelypteris interrupta (Willd.) K.Iwats.

Willdenow's maiden fern (en)

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Thelypteridaceae > Thelypteridoideae > Thelypteris

Characteristics

Stems long-creeping, cordlike, 3--6 mm diam. Leaves monomorphic, evergreen, 3--6 cm apart, 50--150(--250) cm. Petiole straw-colored to tan, 20--125 cm × 3--6 mm, scaleless. Blade 30--125 cm, broadest at base, gradually narrowed distally to pinnatifid apex. Pinnae 7--30 × 1--2 cm, incised 1/3--1/2(--3/5) of width; segments deltate, rounded to acute; proximal pair of veins from adjacent segments united at acute or obtuse angle below sinus, with excurrent vein 2--4 mm. Indument abaxially of hairs 0.1--0.3 mm on costae and veins, or hairs often lacking, costae also with tan, ovate scales; veins, costules, and costae adaxially glabrous or sparsely pubescent; blade tissue without hairs on both sides, or hairy abaxially, usually with red to orange, shiny, sessile, hemispheric glands abaxially. Sori round, medial to supramedial; indusia tan, glabrous to hairy; sporangia with red-or orange-capped, stalked, globose glands arising from sporangial stalks. 2 n = 144.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Root system creeping-root rhizome
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses food material medicinal
Edible fronds leaves roots
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Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions.
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Images

Leaf

Thelypteris interrupta leaf picture by ahmad qazi (cc-by-sa)
Thelypteris interrupta leaf picture by Antonio Saldua (cc-by-sa)
Thelypteris interrupta leaf picture by Antonio Saldua (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Thelypteris interrupta world distribution map, present in Angola, Argentina, American Samoa, Australia, Burundi, Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Botswana, Central African Republic, Chile, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Congo, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Algeria, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Micronesia (Federated States of), Ghana, Guinea, Guadeloupe, Gambia, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, French Guiana, Guam, Guyana, Honduras, Indonesia, India, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Liberia, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Madagascar, Maldives, Mexico, Marshall Islands, Myanmar, Mozambique, Montserrat, Martinique, Mauritius, Malawi, Malaysia, Mayotte, Namibia, Niger, Nicaragua, Nepal, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Paraguay, Réunion, Rwanda, Sudan, Senegal, Singapore, Solomon Islands, El Salvador, Suriname, eSwatini, Chad, Thailand, Tonga, Taiwan, Province of China, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Uruguay, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Vanuatu, Samoa, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Thelypteris interrupta threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17458930-1
WFO ID wfo-0001109418
COL ID 32XDV
BDTFX ID 51827
INPN ID 454855
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Aspidium dissectum Aspidium lucens Aspidium plantianum Aspidium propinquum Aspidium resiniferum Dryopteris propinqua Nephrodium consanguineum Nephrodium contiguum Nephrodium ecklonianum Nephrodium ecklonii Nephrodium gongyloides Nephrodium lucens Nephrodium microcarpum Nephrodium plantianum Tectaria marginalis Nephrodium resiniferum Phymatodes secunda Nephrodium inaequilaterum Polystichum propinquum Polystichum serratum Polypodium secundum Goniopteris cheilocarpa Goniopteris pennigera Nephrodium unitum Aspidium ecklonii Thelypteris interrupta Nephrodium gongylodes Cyclosorus interruptus Cyclosorus tottus Nephrodium propinquum Nephrodium paludosum Dryopteris interrupta Aspidium continuum Nephrodium obtusatum Dryopteris obtusata Aspidium obtusatum Aspidium serratum Nephrodium continuum Polypodium tottum Hypopeltis marginifera Hypopeltis propinquoides Aspidium venulosum Pteris interrupta Nephrodium venulosum Thelypteris totta Aspidium unitum var. glabrum Dryopteris gongylodes var. glabra Aspidium unitum var. hirsutum Thelypteris totta var. hirsuta Dryopteris gongylodes var. hirsuta Nephrodium gongylodes var. ecklonii Nephrodium unitum var. propinquum