Characteristics
Pteridophytes
Hypolepis repens (L.)C.Presl
CREEPING BRAMBLE FERN
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Based on morphology, Florida material was recently described as a Florida endemic, Hypolepis barringtonii, which is a generally smaller plant with fewer prickles than H. repens s.str. (Schwartsburd 2018).
Native
FACW (NWPL)
FACW (DEP)
Classification
Citation
HYPOLEPIS REPENS (Linnaeus) C. Presl, Tent. Pterid. 162. 1836.
Lonchitis repens Linnaeus 1753.
MARTINIQUE: Without data (lectotype: Plumier, Traité Foug. Amér. t. 12. 1705). Lectotypified by Proctor, in R. A. Howard, Fl. Less. Antill., Pterid. 130. 1977.
Species Distribution Map
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