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1. Pecluma ptilodon (Kunze) M. G. Price, Amer. Fern J. 73: 115. 1983.
Polypodium ptilodon Kunze, Linnaea 9: 42. 1834
Varieties 4 (1 in the flora): North America, Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America.
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Plants terrestrial or on logs or tree bases; segments at base of blade gradually reduced to auricles; petiole scales threadlike and inconspicuous or absent; veins 2–3-forked. 1a. Pecluma ptilodon var. caespitosa |
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Plants epiphytic or on rock; segments at base of blade abruptly reduced, or base narrowed to truncate; petiole scales cordate and appearing inflated or hastate and flat; veins 1–2-forked. |
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Leaves linear-elliptic; segments linear, proximal segments not deflexed, reduced abruptly to mere lobes; petiole scales cordate and appearing inflated; veins 1-forked; spores 64 per sporangium. 2. Pecluma plumula |
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Leaves narrowly ovate; segments narrowly ovate to linear, proximal segments deflexed, occasionally reduced to auricles; petiole scales hastate, flat; veins 2-forked; spores 32 per sporangium. 3. Pecluma dispersa |
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