Wild Ferns (and their allies)
| Thelypteridaceae family Thelypteris poiteana (Bory) Proctor, Bull. Inst. Jamaica, Sci. Ser. 5: 63. 1953. Bas.: Lastrea poiteana Bory (1825). Indigenous rare terrestrial herb of shady wet spots. Melvin found this species in January 2012 in the Mamiku river valley along a small creek. Also seen Derache roadside and Gros Piton. St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, Barbados, Greater Antilles, Tobago, Trinidad, Mesoamerica, South America. |
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