Characteristics
Pteridophytes
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
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.
Species Distribution Map
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Specimens and Distribution
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