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Tectaria incisa Cav.
EOL Text
United States
Origin: Unknown/Undetermined
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
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Global Range: Not reported from Bahamas (Correll and Correll 1982); not in Long & Lakela (1971); Puerto Rico and continental tropical America from Mexico to Brazil and Bolivia (Liogier 1982).
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Fla.; Mexico; West Indies in Antilles; Central America; South America to n Argentina.
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Stems erect, compact. Petiole straw-colored to tan or chestnut brown, equaling or slightly longer than blade, pubescent on both surfaces, base scaly; scales narrowly lanceolate, 3--8 × 0.2--0.7 mm. Blade oblong or ovate-oblong, 1-pinnate, 0.15--1.2 × 0.2--0.5 m. Rachis and costae puberulent abaxially. Pinnae (2--)3--6 pairs, 12--25 cm, base oblique, with 1--2 proximal basiscopic lobes, margins crenate without proliferous buds in axils. Areoles with included veinlets. Indusia attached laterally. 2 n = 160.
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Comments: Solution holes or oolitic rock walls in extreme southern Florida. Lellinger (1985): terrestrial in wet hammocks; Puerto Rico: wet shady ravines at lower elevations (Liogier et al. 1982); Jamaica: moist shaded gullies and wooded rocky hillsides, chiefly in limestone substrate (Proctor 1985).
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Hammocks; 0m.
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Note: For many non-migratory species, occurrences are roughly equivalent to populations.
Estimated Number of Occurrences: 81 to >300
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 5
Specimens with Barcodes: 5
Species With Barcodes: 1
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked