Plants of the Bahama Archipelago (BETA)

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Family: Pteridaceae

Group: Pteridophyte

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Herb

Substrate: Epiphyte

Native Status: Native

Native Range: The West Indies, southeastern United States (Florida, Georgia), Mexico, Central America and South America.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

History in the Bahamas: Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh as epiphytic on palmettos (Sabal palmetto) on Andros and New Providence. Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 55-55, with illustrations) as mostly epipyhtic on Sabal palmetto, rarely on logs, in the northwestern and central Commonwealth (regions 10-8, 5).

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