Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1979

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

A systematic investigation was conducted on the species of Nephrolepis in Florida. More than 100 morphological characters were evaluated on several hundred specimens collected throughout the state. Statistical analysis and comparative morphology indicate four species to occur in Florida, N. biserrata (Sw.) Schott, N. cordifolia (L.) Presl, N. exaltata (L.) Schott, and N. multiflora (Roxb.) Jarrett ex Morton. A new hybrid, N. x averyi Nauman, was discovered. Ecology, distributions, spore morphology, hybridization and classification of the genus are discussed. A key to the Florida species with descriptions, synonymy and distributions is provided.

Extent

139 p.

Comments

Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1979.|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1979.

Identifier

FADT13988

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