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Polypodiaceae
Pecluma

not marked as a favorite taxon Pecluma dispersa (A.M. Evans) M.G. Price. Common name: Widespread Polypody. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: On limestone outcrops, less typically epiphytic in mesic or wet rockland (and other) hammocks. Distribution: FL peninsula; West Indies; Mexico through Central America to South America.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: An apogamously reproducing species, probably an allopolyploid of the diploid P. atra and the tetraploid P. plumula.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl1, FNA2, K4, Meso1, Mex, NS, POWO, WH3, Mickel & Smith (2004), Smith et al (2018); = Polypodium dispersum A.M.Evans — SFla. Basionym: Polypodium dispersum A.M.Evans 1968

Links to other floras: = Pecluma dispersa - FNA2

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image #1 of Pecluma dispersa© Alan M. Cressler | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Pecluma dispersa© Alan Cressler: Pecluma dispersa, Panasoffkee Outlet River, Chert Ledges, Sumter County, Florida 3 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Pecluma dispersa© Alan Cressler: Pecluma dispersa, Panasoffkee Outlet River, Chert Ledges, Sumter County, Florida 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷

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