Odontosoria scandens (Desv.) C.Chr.

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• This name is reported by Lindsaeaceae as an accepted name in the genus Odontosoria (family Lindsaeaceae).

  The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as an accepted name (record 50274328)

General Information

Rhizome short-creeping, woody, 2.5-4 mm thick, densely clothed toward apex with lustrous reddish-brown, narrowly lance-attenuate scales up to 1.5 mm long and 0.3 mm broad. Fronds up to 2 m long (often less); stipes much shorter than the blades, distantly aculeolate or almost smooth; pinnae several or many distant pairs, laxly spreading or drooping, (6-) 15-40 cm long, the costa retrorsely short-aculeate, occasionally with an isolated reduced secondary pinna near base; secondary pinnae 1-4 subequal pairs and a similar very elongate terminal one, narrowly linear, mostly 6-40 cm long, 0.7-2 cm broad, distant, 1-pinnate throughout; ultimate pinnules adjacent, rounded-trapeziform to obliquely ovate-oblong or deltate-ovate, the outer margins lightly crenate, or the larger basal pinnules sometimes pinnately parted; tissue spongiose-coriaceous, wholly concealing the veins, glabrous. Sori numerous, small, close, completely immersed.

• Provided by: [B].Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden

Distribution

General Distribution. Cuba, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico.Distribution in Puerto Rico. Known from many scattered localities in mountainous areas; recorded from Adjuntas, Jayuya, Maricao, Ponce, Rio Grande, and Utuado.Habitat. Montane thickets, forest borders, open banks, and (rarely) crevices of cliflfs at high elevations (850-1300 m), locally frequent.

• Provided by: [B].Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden

Odontosoria scandens (Desv.) C.Chr. (worldfloraonline.org)

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