(French West Indies)boj_1 - CNCFlora

Polypodium semicordatum Sw., Prodr. 132. 1788.
Type: Jamaica, Swartz s.n. (holotype S;! isotypes
B-Willd. 19742, UPS-Thunb. 24710).
Aspidium semicordatum (Sw.) Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader)
1800(2): 31. 1801.
Hemicardion nephrolepis Fée, Mém. Fam. Foug. 5:
282. 1852, nom. superfl., based on Aspidium semicordatum
(Sw.) Sw.
Habitat: rare, terrestrial fern in rocky places in mesophile
forest.
Material examined: BASSE TERRE: Bains Jaunes, Le
Gallo 3105 (P); Vallée Turlet, Le Gallo 3108 (P);
coastal ravine near the Monts Caraïbes (Vivant,
1987b).
237. Lomariopsis sorbifolia (L.) Fée, Mém. Fam.
Foug. 2: 69. 1845.
Acrostichum sorbifolium L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1069. 1753.
Lectotype (designated by Proctor, 1977): Martinique,
Morne de la Calebasse, Petiver, Pter. Amér.:
153, tab. 9, fig. 8. 1712.
Lomariopsis sorbifolia (L.) Fée var. caudata Fée,
Mém. Fam. Foug. 2: 70. 1845. Lectotype (designated
by Proctor, 1989): Guadeloupe, Anon. (RB),
not located, not present in RB.
Habitat: lithophytic or climbing on trees in
rainforests.
Material examined: BASSE TERRE: Trace Étang
Roche to Étang de l’As de Pique, Christenhusz 4070
(TUR); Domaine de Valombreuse (M. J. M. Christenhusz,
pers. observ.).
238. Nephrolepis biserrata (Sw.) Schott, Gen. Fil.
tab. 3. 1834.
Aspidium biserratum Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2):
32. 1801. Type: Mauritius, Gröndal s.n. (holotype
S!).
Habitat: pantropical, terrestrial or epiphytic fern,
often on tree trunks, palm crowns and in the canopy.
[Nephrolepis brownii (Desv.) Hovenkamp & Miyam.,
Blumea 50: 293. 2005. Nephrodium brownii Desv.,
Prodr. 252. 1827. Lectotype (designated here): Australia,
Park II, East Coast, R. Brown 20 (K!, duplicate
BM).
Nephrolepis multiflora sensu Proctor (1977).
Habitat: commonly cultivated species of tropical Asia,
widely naturalized on Guadeloupe, growing terrestrially
in natural habitats such as mountain savannas
INDEX PTERIDOPHYTORUM GUADALUPENSIUM 263
(La Soufrière), thickets, open ground, gardens
(Domaine de Valombreuse) and walls (Pointe-à-Pitre).
Material examined: BASSE TERRE: La Soufrière,
Christenhusz 3916 (L, TUR); Chalk mine at Vieux
Fort (Vivant, 1987b). GRAND TERRE: Chalk mines
at Gosier (Vivant, 1987b). MARIE GALANTE
(Proctor, 1977).]
[Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott, Gen. Fil. tab. 3.
1834. Polypodium exaltatum L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2:
1326. 1759. Lectotype (designated by Alston, 1933):
Jamaica, Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 1: 77, tab. 31. 1707.
Epitype (designated here): Harlow s.n., Herb.
Sloane 1: 55 (BM-SL).
Habitat: a single population of this terrestrial species
is known from Matouba, at ‘La Marguerite’ (Vivant,
1990), where it is a remnant of former cultivation.]
239. Nephrolepis rivularis (Vahl) Mett. ex Krug, Bot.
Jahrb. Syst. 24: 122. 1897.
Polypodium rivulare Vahl, Eclog. Amer. 3: 51. 1807.
Type: Montserrat, Ryan s.n. [11] (holotype C).
Aspidium eminens Wikstr., Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.
Akad. Handl. 1825: 436. 1826. Type: Guadeloupe,
Forsström s.n. (holotype S!)
Habitat: common epiphytic, lithophytic or terrestrial
fern in rainforests, often near streams.
Material examined: BASSE TERRE: Cascade aux
Écrevisses, Christenhusz 2733 (L, NY, TUR); Trace
Étang Madère to Étang Roche, Christenhusz 2790 (L,
TUR); Sofaïa, Christenhusz 3953 (L, TUR); Cascade
Vauchelet, Christenhusz 4085 (L, NY, P, TUR); Rivière
Quiock, Christenhusz 4110 (L, TUR); 4121 (L, TUR);
Saut d’Eau du Matouba (M. J. M. Christenhusz, pers.
observ.). MARIE GALANTE (Proctor, 1977).
Several Nephrolepis species are cultivated on
Guadeloupe and may persist or escape from gardens
(Proctor, 1977, Vivant 1988, 1989a, 1996):
1. Nephrolepis cv. ‘Bostoniensis’ (near Gosier).
2. N. ‘Duffii’ (cemetery of Port Louis and near
Montebello).
3. N. biserrata ‘Furcans’ (at Montebello).
4. N. hirsutula ‘Superba’. (Vallon de Poucel, near
Gosier).
TECTARIACEAE
240. Ctenitis excelsa (Desv.) Proctor, Rhodora 63: 34.
1961.
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