Thelypteris sancta

Characteristics

Pteridophytes
THELYPTERIDACEAE
Thelypteris
Thelypteris sancta (L.)Ching
CARIBBEAN MAIDEN FERN
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Recent taxonomies place this species in the genus Amauropelta (Alvarez-Fuentes 2010; Almeida et al. 2016; PPG 2016).
Native FAC (NWPL)
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Classification

POLYPODIALES
Thelypteris
Thelypteris sancta (L.)Ching - CARIBBEAN MAIDEN FERN

Citation

THELYPTERIS SANCTA (Linnaeus) Ching, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol., Bot. 10: 254. 1941.
Acrostichum sanctum Linnaeus 1759.
JAMAICA: Without data (lectotype: Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 1: t. 49(2). 1707). Lectotypified by Proctor, in R. A. Howard, Fl. Less. Antill., Pterid. 277. 1977.
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Specimens and Distribution

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Plant Photos

Thelypteris sancta - 159
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Thelypteris sancta - 159
Thelypteris sancta - Keith Bradley View Full Size
Thelypteris sancta - 159
Thelypteris sancta - Keith Bradley View Full Size
Thelypteris sancta - 159
Thelypteris sancta - Keith Bradley View Full Size
Thelypteris sancta - 159
Thelypteris sancta - Keith Bradley View Full Size
Thelypteris sancta - 159
Thelypteris sancta - Keith Bradley View Full Size