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 (Desv.) Christenh. (R.P.St.John) M.Broun (C.Chr.) Copel. Nephrodium kunthii Dryopteris unca Desv. Dryopteris normalis (R.P.St.John) M.Broun Jenman R.P.St.John Thelypteris kunthii Filix-mas augescens var. normalis (Desv.) C.V.Morton Cyclosorus kunthii C.Chr. (C.Chr.) Farw. E.P.St.John Nephrodium patens Thelypteris normalis Lastrea kunthii (C.Chr.) Moxley Thelypteris saxatilis Dryopteris saxatilis Moore R.P.St.John Thelypteris macrorhizoma Thelypteris unca Lastrea normalis

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.