Wild Ferns (and their allies)
| Lomariopsidaceae family Nephrolepis rivularis (Vahl) Mettenius ex Krug in Urban, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24(1): 122. 1897. Bas.: Polypodium rivulare Vahl (1807). Indigenous rare epiphytic herb and on rocks in semi-evergreen seasonal forest. Common Gros Piton summit. Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, rest of West Indies, Tobago, Trinidad, Mesoamerica, South America. In the last 20 years, the naturalized and invasive, very similar, Nephrolepis brownii has become very common in many areas, probably replacing this species. |
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