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Hypolepis nigrescens

Botanic Family

Dennstaedtiaceae

Author

Hooker

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• S. Mexico
• Jamaica
• Colombia
• Venezuela
• Ecuador
• Peru
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Antilles
• Costa Rica
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Nicaragua. Panama
• Cuba
• Dominican Republic
• Haiti
• Puerto Rico
• Trinidad
• Greater Antilles

Natural Habitats

• Cloud forest
• forest
• forest edge
• disturbed areas

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Sep

Scandent, clambering or erect fern, brown-pubescent rhizomes, greenish-yellow fronds 240mm long, hemi-epiphytic, dark-brown straight or recurved spines on fronds, sporangia reddish when mature, circular sori

Further References

• FM
• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The Plant List
• NYBG
• FOPR