Nephrolepis undulata (Afzel. ex Sw.) J.Sm., Bot. Mag.

Smith, Alan R. & Kessler, Michael, 2018, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XXXVII. Nephrolepidaceae, Phytotaxa 334 (2), pp. 135-140 : 138-139

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.334.2.3
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scientific name	Nephrolepis undulata (Afzel. ex Sw.) J.Sm., Bot. Mag.
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Nephrolepis undulata (Afzel. ex Sw.) J.Sm., Bot. Mag. View in CoL 72(Compendium): 35 bis. 1846.

= Nephrolepis occidentalis Kunze, Linnaea View in CoL 18: 343. 1844.

Range: —Greater Antilles; northern Mexico to Bolivia (CO, LP, SC) and Brazil; Asia.

Ecology: —Uncommon; terrestrial, rarely epiphytic, mostly on banks and roadsides, in humid regions, survives unsuitable growth conditions such as droughts or fires with the underground tubers; to 1450 m.

Notes: —Rhizomes erect, almost non-existent, annual, stoloniferous, with ovoid, scaly tubers; rhizome scales concolorous, linear, entire, orange to pale brown; petioles stramineous, glabrous or with scattered scales; rachises glabrous except at pinna bases; pinnae apically acuminate, tapering gradually from the bases, thin-textured, with distinct veins; indusia lunate, 1.5–2 mm wide. Typically, this species has few (often only one), short leaves with usually less than 35 pinna pairs on each leaf.