Thelypteris resinifera (Desv.) Proctor

Resinous maiden fern (en)

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Thelypteridaceae > Thelypteridoideae > Thelypteris

Characteristics

Stems erect, (3--)5--12 mm diam. Leaves monomorphic, evergreen, clustered, (15--)25--100(--135) cm; croziers often mucilaginous. Petiole straw-colored, 2--15(--25) cm × 1--4(--6) mm, at base with brownish, ovate-lanceolate, ± glabrous scales. Blade to 110 cm, proximally with 6--12 pairs of smaller pinnae, distally tapering gradually to a pinnatifid apex. Proximal pinnae hastate or auriculate; longest (medial) pinnae 2--14(--20) × 0.4--2.5 cm, incised to within 1 mm of costa; segments 2--3 mm wide, strongly oblique and somewhat curved; veins meeting margin above sinus. Indument abaxially of hairs 0.2--0.5 mm on rachises, costae, and sometimes veins and blade tissue, also of numerous glands, these yellowish to often reddish, resinous, shiny, sessile, hemispheric; blade tissue adaxially glabrous or sparsely hairy. Sori round, medial to submarginal; indusia tan, glandular, and sparsely hairy. 2 n = 58.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Thelypteris resinifera world distribution map, present in Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:252291-2
WFO ID wfo-0001109439
COL ID CK3Z
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Synonyms

Dryopteris litigiosa Thelypteris resinifera Polypodium litigiosum Polypodium resiniferum Dryopteris resinifera Dryopteris aequatorialis Thelypteris panamensis Nephrodium panamense Lastrea leiboldiana Aspidium ghiesbreghtii Aspidium exsudans Lastrea resinifera Lastrea aequatorialis Thelypteris aequatorialis Thelypteris pseudosancta Dryopteris pseudosancta Thelypteris resinifera var. resinifera Dryopteris panamensis var. gonzalezii Amauropelta resinifera

Lower taxons

Thelypteris resinifera var. caribaea Thelypteris resinifera var. proxima