Family: Polypodiaceae
Group: Pteridophyte
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Epiphyte
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
The West Indies, peninsular Florida, Mexico, Central America and South America.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh as an epiphyte on trees and in sinkholes in coppices in the northwestern and southeastern Commonwealth (Abaco, Grand Bahama, Andros, New Providence, Crooked Island). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 36-37) for trees, logs and in sinkholes in coppices nearly throughout the Commonwealth (regions 10-8, 5, 3). Although not listed in Correll & Correll for the Turks and Caicos Islands, it is present there (B.N. Manko, personal communictaion 2012).
Comments:
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Synonyms:
Polypodium phyllitidis.
