Actinostachys Wall., Numer. List

Kessler, Michael & Smith, Alan R., 2017, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XIV. Schizaeaceae, Phytotaxa 329 (1), pp. 90-92 : 90-91

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.329.1.7
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3661DA20-FFB6-7A31-FCF7-F8B318DA8616
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Actinostachys Wall., Numer. List
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Actinostachys Wall., Numer. List View in CoL 1. 1829.

This genus is characterized by grass-like, linear leaves with subdigitate fertile branches. Closely related to, and sometimes united with Schizaea , which has pinnate fertile appendages and filamentous (vs. tuberous in Actinostachys ) gametophytes. A pantropical genus of about 16 species.

Actinostachys pennula (Sw.) Hook., Gen. Fil. t. 111A. 1842.

= Schizaea pennula Sw., Syn. Fil. 150, 379. 1806.

Range:— USA (Florida); West Indies; Mexico to Guianas, Bolivia (BE, LP), and Brazil (also cited from Uruguay by Mickel & Smith 2004).

Ecology:— Rare, but probably overlooked due to its grass-like habit; terrestrial on sand and sandy soil in open forests and clearings; to 250 m.