Ferns of Barbados

Pteridaceae

 Acrostichum aureum L.
Sp. Pl. 2:1069. 1753.
Synonyms of this taxon attributed to Barbados Acrostichum longifolium Willd.
General Distribution S. Florida, S. & W. Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyanas, Ecuador, Brazil, Paraguay, Greater and Lesser Antilles, Barbados, Trinidad, Palaeotropics,
S. China, Taiwan, Japan, N. Australia [Pantropical]
Flora of the Lesser Antilles Guadeloupe, Martinique, St.Lucia, Grenada, Barbados
Ferns of Puerto Rico & the Virgin Islands Puerto Rico
Flora Mesomericana Mexico (Tabasco, Chiapas & Yucatan peninsula), Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama


Illustrated description and how to distinguish A. aureum from A. danaeifolium Langsd. & Fisch.
from Native Plants of South Florida

Check description in title2.gif (1380 bytes) Flora Mesoamericana

Ethnobotanical Uses

Piai Raya Piai Laut, Malaysia

Mangrove Fern, a page from Singapore

Diversification of Gulf/Caribbean Mangrove Communities through Cenozoic Time
Online paper by Alan Graham, Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, U.S.A.

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