Ferns of Barbados

Davalliaceae

 Nephrolepis biserrata (Sw.) Schott
Gen. Fil. t 3. 1834.

Basionym: Aspidium biserratum Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 32. 1801.
Synonyms of this taxon attributed to Barbados None
General Distribution Florida, S. Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyanas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Greater Antilles, Virgin Islands, Lesser Antilles, Barbados, Paleotropics, [Pantropical]
Flora of the Lesser Antilles Antigua, St.Eustatius, St.Kitts, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St.Lucia
Ferns of Puerto Rico & the Virgin Islands Puerto Rico, St.Croix, St.Thomas
Flora Mesomericana Mexico (Tabasco, Chiapas & Yucatan peninsula), Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama


Illustrated description from Native Plants of South Florida

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

Growing 'Macho fern'

Photo of cv. furcans - 'Fishtail fern'

 

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