View source for Pleopeltis astrolepis

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|accepted_name=Pleopeltis astrolepis
|accepted_authority=(Liebmann) E. Fournier
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Mexic. Pl.
|place=1: 87. 1872
|year=1872
}}
|common_names=Star-scaled fern
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Polypodium astrolepis
|authority=Liebmann
|publication_title=Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., ser.
|publication_place=5, 1: 185. 1849
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Grammitis elongata
|authority=Swartz (not Polypodium elongatum Aiton)
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|name=Grammitis lanceolata
|authority=Schkuhr
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|name=Grammitis revoluta
|authority=Sprengel ex Willdenow
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|name=Pleopeltis revoluta
|authority=(Sprengel ex Willdenow) A. R. Smith
}}
|hierarchy=Polypodiaceae;Pleopeltis;Pleopeltis astrolepis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Polypodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pleopeltis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Pleopeltis astrolepis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>long-creeping, branched, ca. 1 mm diam.; scales round to ovate-lanceolate, centrally clathrate with cell luminae clear, pubescent, hairs reddish brown. <b>Leaves</b> to 20 cm, weakly hygroscopic. <b>Petiole</b> conspicuously flattened, sparsely scaly; scales rarely overlapping, margins fringed. <b>Blade</b> linear-elliptic, simple, to 2 cm wide, margins entire, moderately scaly abaxially, sparsely scaly adaxially; scales bicolored, mostly round, less than 0.5 mm wide, centers brown, clathrate, margins transparent, deeply fringed. <b>Venation</b> complexly anastomosing, fertile areoles with several included veinlets. <b>Sori</b> oval to oblong, discrete or often confluent, surficial to shallowly embossed, soral scales attached to receptacle. <b>Spores</b> shallowly and irregularly papillate to verrucose, ca. 58 µm. <b>2n</b> = 136.</span><!--

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|habitat=Epiphytic in swamps on pond apple (Annona glabra Linnaeus)
|elevation=0 m
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|discussion=<p><i>Pleopeltis astrolepis</i> is a common species in tropical America, including the West Indies. The only known North American locality, in Broward County, Florida, was discovered in 1977, and (in 1992) the plants are in danger of extirpation from development.</p>
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name=Pleopeltis astrolepis
|author=
|authority=(Liebmann) E. Fournier
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Grammitis elongata;Grammitis lanceolata;Grammitis revoluta;Pleopeltis revoluta
|basionyms=Polypodium astrolepis
|family=Polypodiaceae
|habitat=Epiphytic in swamps on pond apple (Annona glabra Linnaeus)
|elevation=0 m
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Mexic. Pl.
|publication year=1872
|special status=
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|genus=Pleopeltis
|species=Pleopeltis astrolepis
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