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Acrostichum danaeifolium

Acrostichum danaeifolium Langsd. & Fisch.

giant leather fern

Synonym(s): Acrostichum excelsum
Acrostichum danaeifolium (Giant Leather Fern)
image by Cressler, Alan M.
NCBG PLANT INDEX
ID_PLANT: ACDA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Acrostichum danaeifolium
GENUS: Acrostichum
FAMILY: PTERID - Pteridaceae (Maidenhair Fern Family)
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USDA Symbol: ACDA
USDA Common Name: Inland Leatherfern
Native Status: L48 (N), PR (N), VI (N)
Distribution: USA (FL), USA+ (PR, VI)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb

NATIONAL WETLAND INDICATOR STATUS

Region:AGCPAKAWCBEMPGPHIMWNCNEWMVE
Status: OBL OBL

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2016 National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.3 (Lichvar, R.W., D.L. Banks, W.N. Kirchner, and N.C. Melvin. 2016. The National Wetland Plant List: 2016 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2016-30: 1-17. Published 28 April 2016. ISSN 2153 733X). Regions: AGCP-Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, AK-Alaska, AW-Arid West, CB-Caribbean, EMP-Eastern Mountains and Piedmont, GP-Great Plains, HI-Hawaii, MW-Midwest, NCNE-Northcentral and Northeast, WMCV-Western Mountains, Valleys & Coast
WEAKLEY FLORA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Acrostichum danaeifolium
COMMON NAME: Giant Leather Fern
SYNONYMY: [= FNA, K, WH3; = A. danaeaefolium - S, orthographic variant]
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HABITAT: Freshwater and brackish swamps and marshes.
COMMENTS: N. peninsular FL (Dixie County) south to s. FL; West Indies; Mexico, Central America and South America.
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ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Pteridaceae E.D.M. Kirchner 1831 (Maidenhair Fern Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 40 genera and about 1000 species. Here circumscribed to include Vittariaceae (see Smith et al. 2006). This family may be further subdivided, into families Adiantaceae (Adiantum, Vittaria), Sinopteridaceae (Myriopteris, Notholaena, Astrolepis, Pellaea), Cryptogrammaceae (Cryptogramma), Pteridaceae (Pteris), and Parkeriaceae (Acrostichum, Ceratopteris).
REFERENCE: Grusz & Windham (2013); Lellinger (1985); Windham in FNA (1993b); Tryon, Tryon, & Kramer in Kramer & Green (1990); Kramer in Kramer & Green (1990); Crane (1997). {add for FL: Acrostichum aureum, Adiantum melanoleucum, Adiantum villosum, Pityrogramma trifoliata, Pteris bahamensis, Pteris grandifolia, Pteris plumula}
ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Acrostichum Linnaeus 1753 (Leather Fern)
SUMMARY: A genus of 3 species, pantropical.
REFERENCE: Lloyd in FNA (1993b).
HERBARIUM RESOURCES
SERNEC: Find Acrostichum danaeifolium in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Acrostichum danaeifolium in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
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NCBG RECORD
ID IMAGE1: 12825
ID IMAGE2: 9836
ID IMAGE3: 12825
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
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