Thelypteris reticulata (L.) Proctor

Latticevein fern (en)

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Thelypteridaceae > Thelypteridoideae > Thelypteris

Characteristics

Stems short-to long-creeping, 3--10 mm diam. Leaves monomorphic to somewhat dimorphic, evergreen, fertile leaves with longer petioles, to 2 m or more. Petiole tan, to ca. 1 m × 10 mm, at base with scales absent or ephemeral. Blade 50--120 cm, with apical pinna similar to lateral pinnae and 1/2 to nearly equaling longest lateral pinna; buds often present at base of proximal pinna. Pinnae to 20 pairs or more, widest at or near rounded or broadly cuneate base, 20--30 × 2--6 cm, margin entire to crenulate; main lateral veins of fertile pinnae 2--4 per cm, with 12--20 rows of areoles between costa and margin, secondary veins somewhat curved. Indument abaxially of mostly adpressed, curved hairs 0.2--0.3 mm on costae; blades glabrous adaxially. Sori oblong-arcuate, uniseriate between lateral veins on cross-veins; indusia lacking; sporangia glabrous. 2 n = 144.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

Leaf

Thelypteris reticulata leaf picture by Anthony Bahuaud (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Thelypteris reticulata world distribution map, present in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Colombia, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Mexico, Montserrat, Martinique, Puerto Rico, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:252295-2
WFO ID wfo-0001109440
COL ID 7BW7M
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INPN ID 833870
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Synonyms

Meniscium sessilifolium Phegopteris sorbifolia Cyclosorus reticulatus Thelypteris affinis Meniscium reticulatum Polypodium reticulatum Phegopteris reticulata Nephrodium reticulatum Dryopteris reticulata Dryopteris sorbifolia Meniscium elongatum Dryopteris dispar Meniscium affine Asplenium sorbifolium Thelypteris reticulata Phegopteris arborescens Meniscium sorbifolium Diplazium undulosum Callipteris undulosa Dryopteris reticulata var. arborescens Dryopteris sorbifolia var. confertivenosa Dryopteris sorbifolia var. punctivenulosa Lonchitis polypodioides Dryopteris reticulata var. sorbifolia