Ctenitis sloanei (Poeppig ex Sprengel) C.V. Morton. Common name: Red-hair Comb Fern, Florida Tree Fern. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Moist tropical hammocks, often on limestone. Distribution: C. and s. peninsular FL; West Indies; Mexico (CHP); Central America; South America.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl1, FNA2, K4, Meso1, NS, POWO, SFla, WH3; Polypodium sloanei Poepp. ex Spreng. ? Dryopteris ampla (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Kuntze — Mex, S13, Sf, misapplied. Basionym: Polypodium sloanei Poepp. ex Spreng. 1827
Links to other floras: = Ctenitis sloanei - FNA2
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Heliophily ⓘ: 3
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