Didymoglossum punctatum (Poiret) Desvaux ssp. floridanum (Wessels Boer) Weakley & G.D. Gann. Common name: Florida Bristle-fern, Florida Filmy-fern. Phenology: Apr-Jul. Habitat: Hammocks, on limestone around sinkhole margins and on boulders, rarely on tree roots or lower trunks. Distribution: Endemic to peninsular FL (Sumter and Miami-Dade counties).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: Three additional subspecies were recognized (in Trichomanes) by Wessels Boer (1962); one in the Lesser Antilles and two in continental Central and South America.
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, Gann & Weakley (2017) in Weakley et al (2017); = Trichomanes floridanum — POWO; = Trichomanes punctatum Poir. ssp. floridanum Wess.Boer — Fl1, FNA2, NS, WH3, Wessels Boer (1962); < Didymoglossum punctatum (Poir.) Desv. — Ebihara et al (2006); < Trichomanes punctatum Poir. — SFla; >< Trichomanes punctatum Poir. — Sf; > Trichomanes sphenoides Kunze — S13, Sf, misapplied. Basionym: Trichomanes punctatum Poir. ssp. floridanum Wess.Boer 1962
Links to other floras: = Trichomanes punctatum ssp. floridanum - FNA2
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Heliophily ⓘ: 1
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© Alan Cressler: Didymoglossum punctatum subsp. floridanum, Tropical Hardwood Hammock, Miami-Dade County, Florida 8 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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