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FNA | Family List | FNA Vol. 2 | Polypodiaceae | Pecluma

1. Pecluma ptilodon (Kunze) M. G. Price, Amer. Fern J. 73: 115. 1983.

Polypodium ptilodon Kunze, Linnaea 9: 42. 1834

Varieties 4 (1 in the flora): North America, Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America.


1 (1) Plants terrestrial or on logs or tree bases; segments at base of blade gradually reduced to auricles; petiole scales threadlike and inconspicuous or absent; veins 2–3-forked. 1a. Pecluma ptilodon var. caespitosa   (1)
+ Plants epiphytic or on rock; segments at base of blade abruptly reduced, or base narrowed to truncate; petiole scales cordate and appearing inflated or hastate and flat; veins 1–2-forked.   (2)
       
2 (2) Leaves linear-elliptic; segments linear, proximal segments not deflexed, reduced abruptly to mere lobes; petiole scales cordate and appearing inflated; veins 1-forked; spores 64 per sporangium. 2. Pecluma plumula   (2)
+ Leaves narrowly ovate; segments narrowly ovate to linear, proximal segments deflexed, occasionally reduced to auricles; petiole scales hastate, flat; veins 2-forked; spores 32 per sporangium. 3. Pecluma dispersa   (1)


 

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