Goniopteris tetragona (Swartz) C. Presl. Common name: Free-tip Star-hair Fern. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Moist hammocks, especially on and around limestone outcrops. Distribution: N. and c. FL peninsula; West Indies; Mexico, Central America and n. South America.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, Fawcett & Smith (2021), Lange & Angelo (2020), Smith & Kessler (2017); = Dryopteris tetragona (Sw.) Urb. — S13; = Thelypteris tetragona (Sw.) Small — Fl1, FNA2, Meso1, NS, POWO, Sf, WH3; Polypodium tetragonum Swartz. Basionym: Polypodium tetragonum Sw. 1788
Links to other floras: = Thelypteris tetragona - FNA2
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Heliophily ⓘ: 1
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