Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Christella from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Christella species 1 (=kunthii)
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thelypteris kunthii
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Cyclosorus kunthii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-06-004:
Thelypteris kunthii
FAMILY
Aspidiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Thelypteris normalis
COMMON NAME:
Kunth's Maiden Fern, Southern Shield Fern, Southern Wood Fern
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Keith Bradley kab_t_kunthii_72799
March Miami-Dade County FL
Blade lanceolate, pinnae long-oblong, both with long tapering tips, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
JK Marlow jkm190423_7578
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Unexpectedly found in a quarried granite "wall" cozied up to Netted Chain Fern.
Will Stuart wil_4819342939_9ae5c20bf6
July Mecklenburg County NC
In cultivation
Veins and midveins very long-hairy beneath. Indusia peltate, kidney-shaped, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
Will Stuart wil_4819988454_47a3eb2f92
July Mecklenburg County NC
In cultivation
Sori medial. Indusia peltate, kidney-shaped, hairy, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.