Pelazoneuron kunthii

Pelazoneuron kunthii
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Aspleniineae
Family:	Thelypteridaceae
Genus:	Pelazoneuron
Species:	P. kunthii
Binomial name
Pelazoneuron kunthii (Desv.) A.R.Sm. & S.E.Fawc.
Synonyms
Christella normalis (C.Chr.) Holttum Cyclosorus kunthii (Desv.) Christenh. Dryopteris normalis C.Chr. Dryopteris saxatilis (R.P.St.John) M.Broun Dryopteris unca (R.P.St.John) M.Broun Filix-mas augescens var. normalis (C.Chr.) Farw. Lastrea kunthii Moore Lastrea normalis (C.Chr.) Copel. Nephrodium kunthii Desv. Nephrodium patens Jenman Thelypteris kunthii (Desv.) C.V.Morton Thelypteris macrorhizoma E.P.St.John Thelypteris normalis (C.Chr.) Moxley Thelypteris saxatilis R.P.St.John Thelypteris unca R.P.St.John

Pelazoneuron kunthii, synonyms Christella normalis and Thelypteris kunthii, sometimes known as Kunth's maiden fern or southern shield fern, is the most common of the maiden ferns in the southeastern United States south of the fall line. It ranges westward to eastern Texas. It usually grows in moist to dry terrestrial situations, but can also be epipetric. It often grows as a greenhouse escape in areas north of its usual range.

References

Lellinger, David B. A Field Manual of the Ferns & Fern-Allies of the United States & Canada. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. 1985.

External links

• Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2019. Atlas of Florida Plants (http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.