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Maxonia apiifolia var. apiifolia
Photo is of parent taxon
Roots

from under surface.
Stems

1.5–4 cm diam., internodes 3–10 cm;

scales orange, brownish, or golden, denticulate.
Petiole

30–60 cm, essentially glabrous, grooved adaxially.
Blade

broadly ovate, 3–4-pinnate, base slightly reduced, somewhat leathery, glabrous.
Pinnae

stalked, closely spaced to overlapping, lanceolate.
Pinnules

anadromous throughout.
Tertiary

segments obliquely ascending.

Maxonia apiifolia var. apiifolia
Habitat Climbing on trees in wooded limestone hills
Elevation 0 m (0 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
FL; West Indies in Cuba; Jamaica
Discussion

Maxonia apiifolia, known in the flora from one collection made in 1921 in southern Florida, has not been relocated and may be extirpated. J. T. Mickel (1979) suggested that it may represent a horticultural escape, but the species is not known in cultivation. Its occurrence in Florida may indicate long-distance dispersal from the West Indies. Maxonia apiifolia var. dualis (J. D. Smith) C. Christensen occurs in Central America in Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama, and in South America in Ecuador. It differs from var. apiifolia only by its entire, rather than denticulate, scales.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 2.
Parent taxa Dryopteridaceae > Maxonia > Maxonia apiifolia
Name authority Climbing wood fern
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