Characteristics
Pteridophytes
Ceratopteris thalictroides (L.)Brongn.
WATERSPRITE
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The very similar C. richardii is sometimes recognized but only distinguishable by its 16-spored sporangia (vs. 32 in C. thalictroides). However, C. richardii apparently is not found in Florida.
Not Native
OBL (NWPL)
Classification
Citation
CERATOPTERIS THALICTROIDES (Linnaeus) Brongniart, Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1821: 186. 1822.
Acrostichum thalictroides Linnaeus 1753.
SRI LANKA: Without data, Hermann Herbarium 3: 42, specimen 377 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Pichi Sermolli, Webbia 12: 650. 1957.
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Ceratopteris thalictroides
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Ceratopteris thalictroides
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Ceratopteris thalictroides
- Dennis Girard
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Ceratopteris thalictroides
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