Thelypteris hispidula &amp;mdash; Details

hispidula: minutely rough with stiff hairs (hispidulous)

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Distribution

Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Nephrodium hilsenbergii C. Presl:
Mauritius (Africa & Madagascar)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

SPECIMEN BASED RECORD. Published protolog data. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/9990002

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Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Christella hilsenbergii (C. Presl) Holttum:
Ghana (Africa & Madagascar)
Ivory Coast (Africa & Madagascar)
Kenya (Africa & Madagascar)
Madagascar (Africa & Madagascar)
Mauritius (Africa & Madagascar)
Mozambique (Africa & Madagascar)
Nigeria (Africa & Madagascar)
Reunion (Africa & Madagascar)
Sudan (Africa & Madagascar)
Seychelles (Africa & Madagascar)
Tanzania (Africa & Madagascar)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

Holttum, R. E. 1974. Thelypteridaceae from Africa and adjacent islands. J. S. African Bot. 40(2): 123–168. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/22385

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Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Thelypteris quadrangularis var. repens A.R. Sm.:
Brazil (South America)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

SPECIMEN BASED RECORD. Published protolog data. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/9990002

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Dryopteris limonensis Christ:
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

SPECIMEN BASED RECORD. Published protolog data. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/9990002

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Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Thelypteris hispidula var. quadrangularis Fée:
Venezuela (South America)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

Steyermark, J. 1995. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Project. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/158

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Thelypteris quadrangularis (Fée) Schelpe:
Ecuador (South America)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

Lawesson, J. E., H. Adsersen & P. Bentley. 1987. An updated and annotated check list of the vascular plants of the Galapagos Islands. Rep. Bot. Inst. Univ. Aarhus 16: 1–74. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/43197
Porter, D. M. 1983. Vascular plants of the Galapagos: Origins and dispersal. 33–54. In M. B. R. I. Bowman & A. E. Leviton Patt. Evol. Galapagos Org. Pacific Division, AAAS, San Francisco. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/43214
Wiggins, I. L. & D. M. Porter. 1971. Fl. Galápagos Isl. i–xx, 1–998. Stanford University Press, Stanford. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/73

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Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Thelypteris hispidula (Decne.) C.F. Reed:
Brazil (South America)
Colombia (South America)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Venezuela (South America)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

Forzza, R. C. & et al. 2010. 2010 Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil. http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100002289
Steyermark, J. 1995. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Project. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/158
Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55: 1–584. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1033072
Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. 2008. 1–860. In O. Hokche, P. E. Berry & O. Huber Nuevo Cat. Fl. Vasc. Venezuela. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1033110
Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. 2011. Flora de Antioquia. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares, vol. 2. Listado de las Plantas Vasculares del Departamento de Antioquia. Pp. 1-939. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100008595
García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. Meave del Castillo. 2011. Divers. Florist. Oaxaca 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100009052

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National Distribution

United States

Origin: Unknown/Undetermined

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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Physical Description

Morphology

Description

Varieties 4 (1 in the flora): tropical and subtropical, North America, Mexico, West Indies in the Antilles, Central America, South America, Asia, Africa.

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Diagnostic Description

Synonym

Aspidium hispidulum Decaisne, Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 3: 346. 1834; Christella hispidula (Fée) Holttum; Cyclosorus quadrangularis (Fée) Tardieu-Blot; Dryopteris hispidula (Decaisne) Kuntze; D. quadrangularis (Fée) Alston; Thelypteris quadrangularis (Fée) Schelpe

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Ecology

Habitat

Comments: Terrestrial im moist soil, often weedy in disturbed places (Lellinger 1985).

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Conservation

Conservation Status

National NatureServe Conservation Status

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked

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NatureServe Conservation Status

Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure

Reasons: Widespread (in U.S., SC to FL and TX; elsewhere Greater and Lesser Antilles, Tobago, Trinidad, continental tropical America from Mexico to Bolivia, tropical Africa, Malesia. Frequent within range.

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Notes

Comments

This species and the next are included in Christella subg. Christella by R. E. Holttum (1982).

The relationship between Old World and New World varieties is unstudied.

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