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Thelypteris hispidula

hairy maiden fern, roughhairy maiden fern

Thelypteris hispidula
Distribution
from FNA
AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; SC; TX; North America; Mexico; Central America; South America; tropical and subtropical; West Indies in the Antilles; Asia; Africa
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Discussion

Varieties 4 (1 in the flora).

This species and the next are included in Christella subg. Christella by R. E. Holttum (1982).

The relationship between Old World and New World varieties is unstudied.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 2.
Parent taxa Thelypteridaceae > Thelypteris > subg. Cyclosorus
Sibling taxa
T. augescens, T. dentata, T. grandis, T. interrupta, T. kunthii, T. nevadensis, T. noveboracensis, T. ovata, T. palustris, T. patens, T. pilosa, T. puberula, T. quelpaertensis, T. reptans, T. resinifera, T. reticulata, T. sclerophylla, T. serrata, T. simulata, T. tetragona
Subordinate taxa
T. hispidula var. versicolor
Synonyms Aspidium hispidulum, Christella hispidula, Cyclosorus quadrangularis, Dryopteris hispidula, Dryopteris quadrangularis, T. quadrangularis
Name authority (Decaisne) C. F. Reed: Phytologia 17: 283. (1968)
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