Tectaria crenata
Description
minute hairs variously present on lower surface of costae, upper surface of costae glabrous or nearly so;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present; Philippines (Philippines present), Carolines present, New Hebrides present, Pacific: Fiji (Fiji present); Marianas present, Solomons present, western Malesia present
Malesia: Western Malesia, Philippines, New Guinea; Marianas, Carolines, Solomons, New Hebrides, Fiji.
Taxonomy
This species appears to intergrade with T. repanda in the Philippines. One specimen from the Malay Peninsula may represent a hybrid with T. angulata; it has some irregular small sori in addition to the two rows normal for T. crenata, also buds at the bases of some pinnae.
Citation
Holttum 1969 – In: No vit. Bot. Delect. Seminum Horti Bot. Univ. Carol. Prag. p 27
St John 1954: p. 190. – In: Occas. Pap. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. f. 5, 6
Morton 1974 – In: Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. p 349
C. Chr. 1937 – In: Dansk Bot. Ark. p 14
Mett. 1856: Fil. Hort. Bot. Lips: 95. t. 21
Copel. 1960: Fern Fl. Philipp. p 314
Hook. 1862 – In: Sp. Fil. p 56
Alderw. 1917: Malayan Ferns. p 196
Holttum 1955 – In: Revis. Fl. Malaya. 510, 626