Family: Tectariaceae
Group: Pteridophyte
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Lithophyte
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Rare
Native Range:
The West Indies,
South Florida, southern Mexico (Yucatan Peninsula) and Central America (Guatemala, where collected once).
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for sinkholes, wells and caves in the northwestern and central Commonwealth (Abaco, Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera, Cat Island). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 46-47, with illustrations) for banana holes and solution holes and on shady rocky ledges, especially in coppices, in the northwestern and central Commonwealth (regions 10-4).
Comments:
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Synonyms:
Tectaria lobata, Tectaria minima.
