Family: Thelypteridaceae
Group: Pteridophyte
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Lithophyte
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
Endemic to the West Indies (Bahamas, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico).
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for sinkholes and pinelands on Andros. Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 49) for the walls of solution pits in coppices in the northwestern Bahamas (region 9). Collected at Fresh Creek, Andros (Correll 41281, FTG; Correll 49354, FTG; Sauleda 1678, FTG).
Comments:
For a specimen image, visit the
New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium.
Synonyms:
Dryopteris cordata, misapplied;
Thelypteris cordata var.
cordata, misapplied.
