Family: Pteridaceae
Group: Pteridophyte
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
The West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba) and South Florida.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for sinkholes in the northwestern Commonwealth (Grand Bahama, Andros, New Providence). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 42) for on rocky banks and ledges and the walls of sinkholes in the northwestern and central Commonwealth (regions 10-6, 4).
Comments:
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Synonyms:
Pteris longifolia var.
bahamensis; Pycnodoria longifolia of Britton & Millspaugh (1920), not (L.) Britton.
