Biology:Pelazoneuron kunthii

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Short description: Species of fern

Pelazoneuron kunthii
Thelypteris kunthii at Coker Arboretum.jpg

Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Thelypteridaceae
Genus: Pelazoneuron
Species:
P. kunthii
Binomial name
Pelazoneuron kunthii
(Desv.) A.R.Sm. & S.E.Fawc.[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Christella normalis (C.Chr.) Holttum
  • (Desv.) Christenh. (R.P.St.John) M.Broun
  • (C.Chr.) Copel. Nephrodium kunthii
  • Dryopteris unca Desv.
  • Dryopteris normalis (R.P.St.John) M.Broun
  • Jenman R.P.St.John
  • Thelypteris kunthii Filix-mas augescens var. normalis
  • (Desv.) C.V.Morton Cyclosorus kunthii
  • C.Chr. (C.Chr.) Farw.
  • E.P.St.John Nephrodium patens
  • Thelypteris normalis Lastrea kunthii
  • (C.Chr.) Moxley Thelypteris saxatilis
  • Dryopteris saxatilis Moore
  • R.P.St.John Thelypteris macrorhizoma
  • Thelypteris unca Lastrea normalis

Pelazoneuron kunthii, synonyms Christella normalis and Thelypteris kunthii, sometimes known as Kunth's maiden fern[3] or southern shield fern, is the most common of the maiden ferns in the southeastern United States south of the fall line. It ranges westward to eastern Texas . It usually grows in moist to dry terrestrial situations, but can also be epipetric. It often grows as a greenhouse escape in areas north of its usual range.

References

Lellinger, David B. A Field Manual of the Ferns & Fern-Allies of the United States & Canada. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. 1985.

External links

  • Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2019. Atlas of Florida Plants (http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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