Thelypteris macilenta E.P.St.John (1936:50,52)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Dryopteris macilenta (E.P.St.John) Correll in Amer. Fern J. 28: 53 (1938)

Conservation Status

Invalid (synonym of T. hispidula versicolor) (POWO, 2025)

Last record: 6 May 1934 (source) or later

Listed as Extinct by (WCMC, 1992:215).

Distribution & Habitat

Florida, USA

Type locality: "FLORIDA: Hernando Co.: 7 mi. NW of Brooksville, Annuttalagga Hammock" (source)

Anatomy & Morphology

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

St. John 204 (holotype: NY; isotypes: MO, NY, US) (source)

Media

References

POWO. (2025). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 16 August 2025]

WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre). (1992). Global Biodiversity: Status of the Earth's living resources. London: Chapman & Hall. xx + 594 pp.

https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/2471

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