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Goniopteris reptans (J.F. Gmelin) C. Presl. Common name: Creeping Star-hair fern. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Hammocks, around limestone or sandstone outcrops, sinkholes. Distribution: FL peninsula, from Alachua County south to s. FL; West Indies; s. Mexico, Central America, and n. South America.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Sf, Fawcett & Smith (2021), Lange & Angelo (2020); = Thelypteris reptans (J.F.Gmel.) C.V.Morton — Bah, Fl1, FNA2, Meso1, Mex, POWO, SFla, WH3; ? Asplenium radicans L. — K4; ? Dryopteris radicans (L.) Maxon — S13; > Thelypteris reptans (J.F.Gmel.) C.V.Morton var. reptans — NS; Polypodium reptans J.F. Gmelin. Basionym: Polypodium reptans J.F.Gmel. 1791

Links to other floras: = Thelypteris reptans - FNA2

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