Christella puberula
| Christella puberula | |
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| Christella puberula var. sonorensis | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
| Family: | Thelypteridaceae |
| Genus: | Christella |
| Species: | C. puberula
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| Binomial name | |
| Christella puberula Á.Löve & D.Löve[1]
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Christella puberula, synonym Thelypteris puberula,[1] is a species of fern known by the common name showy maiden fern.[2] The variety Ch. puberula var. sonorensis is known by the common name Sonoran maiden fern.[3]
It is native to southwestern North America and Central America, from the foothills and deserts of California and Arizona south through Mexico to Costa Rica.[3] It grows in canyons, streambanks, and seeps in several types of habitat. It is found at 50–550 metres (160–1,800 ft) in elevation.[3]
Description
[edit | edit source]Christella puberula produces a number of regularly shaped, equally spaced green leaves with numerous long, flat, lance-shaped leaflets. One leaf may exceed 1.5 meters in length, and the thick leaflets may be over 20 centimeters long. The undersides of the leaflets are hairy, especially on the indusia covering the spore-bearing sori.
References
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- Jepson Manual Treatment: Thelypteris puberula var. sonorensis
- Flora of North America
- Thelypteris puberula - U.C. Photo gallery
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- Thelypteridaceae
- Ferns of the United States
- Ferns of California
- Flora of Central America
- Flora of Mexico
- Flora of Northwestern Mexico
- Flora of Arizona
- Flora of Costa Rica
- Flora of Sonora
- Flora of California
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Polypodiales stubs