Contribution to the Pteridophyte Flora of Puerto Rico.Contribution to the Pteridophyte pteridophyte a member of the fern community and their allies. Flora of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. .--Despite its age, Proctor's Ferns Ferns can refer to:
adj. Of or relating to taxonomy: a taxonomic designation. tax treatment used by pteridologists to identify Puerto Rican Puer·to Ri·co Abbr. PR or P.R. A self-governing island commonwealth of the United States in the Caribbean Sea east of Hispaniola. ferns. In order to keep the taxonomy taxonomy: see classification. taxonomy In biology, the classification of organisms into a hierarchy of groupings, from the general to the particular, that reflect evolutionary and usually morphological relationships: kingdom, phylum, class, order, current, we are reporting twenty new ferns that are Puerto Rican municipio records. During the course of our fieldwork field·work n. 1. A temporary military fortification erected in the field. 2. Work done or firsthand observations made in the field as opposed to that done or observed in a controlled environment. 3. we visited more than 60 of Puerto Rico's 76 municipios, and our collection ranged from the coastal lowlands to the central Cordillera cor·dil·le·ra n. An extensive chain of mountains or mountain ranges, especially the principal mountain system of a continent. [Spanish, from cordilla, diminutive of cuerda, cord Mountains. The new pteridophyte records were collected in thirteen different municipios, mostly from the central portion of the island and a few from the southeast coast (Fig. 1). Previous Puerto Rican distributions for these taxa taxa: see taxon. were obtained from Proctor (Ferns of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Mem. New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Bot. Card. 53:1-389. 1989), Barcelona (Systematics systematics: see classification. of the fern genus Noun 1. fern genus - genera of ferns and fern allies genus - (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species division Pteridophyta, Pteridophyta - containing all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, horsetails, club mosses, and whisk Odontosoria sensu lato (Lindsaeaceae). Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Botany botany, science devoted to the study of plants. Botany, microbiology, and zoology together compose the science of biology. Humanity's earliest concern with plants was with their practical uses, i.e., for fuel, clothing, shelter, and, particularly, food and drugs. , Miami University Miami University, main campus at Oxford, Ohio; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1809, opened 1824. The library has extensive collections in literature and American history, including the William Holmes McGuffey Library and Museum and the Edgar W. , Oxford, Ohio Oxford is a college town located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio in northwestern Butler County in Oxford Township, originally called the College Township. The population was 21,943 at the 2000 census (approximately 16,000 students are included in this figure). . 2000), and Shaw et al. (New Records for Puerto Rican Pteridophytes. Fern fern, any plant of the division Polypodiophyta. Fern species, numbering several thousand, are found throughout the world but are especially abundant in tropical rain forests. The ferns and their relatives (e.g. Gaz. 17(2): 97-99. 2004.). Because most of the new records were collected in the central region of Puerto Rico this suggest that this area may be under sampled. The following records are arranged alphabetically by municipios and the specimens are housed at the Willard Sherman Turrell Herbarium herbarium, collection of dried and mounted plant specimens used in systematic botany. To preserve their form and color, plants collected in the field are spread flat in sheets of newsprint and dried, usually in a plant press, between blotters or absorbent paper. (MU) at Miami University. Adjuntas: Psilotum nudum Noun 1. Psilotum nudum - pantropical epiphytic or terrestrial whisk fern with usually dull yellow branches and minute leaves; America; Japan; Australia skeleton fork fern (L.) P. Beauv. Record voucher: Puerto Rico, Municipio de Adjuntas growing in Adjunta at the base of a palm tree on the front lawn of a house northwest of the hotel Monte Rio at an elevation of 479 m, N 18[degrees] 09' 44.2" W 66[degrees] 43' 33.8". Collected 23 May 2006 by S.W. Shaw, M.S. Barker # 489, and S.V. Sprunt. Previously known Puerto Rico distribution: Arecibo, Bayamon, Dorado dorado: see dolphin (fish). , Juana Diaz, Maricao, Ponce, and Quebradillas. Of wide occurrence but not often collected. Arecibo: Pteris vittata L. Record voucher: Puerto Rico, Municipio de Arecibo, growing along a muddy wall along the side of Rt. 623 at an elevation of 183 m, N 18[degrees] 23' 32.7" W 66[degrees] 42' 38.6". Collected 20 May 2006 by S.W. Shaw, M.S. Barker # 457, and S.V. Sprunt. Previously known Puerto Rico distribution: Camuy, Isabela, Ponce, San Juan San Juan, city, Argentina San Juan (săn wän, Span. sän hwän), city (1991 pop. 353,476), capital of San Juan prov., W Argentina. It is a commercial and industrial center in an agricultural region. , and Vega Alta. Very widespread but not often collected. Hatillo: Micrograma lycapodioides (L.) Copel. Record voucher: Puerto Rico, Municipio de Hatillo, growing on a tree alongside Rt. 134 near the driveway to Bayaney Dairy Inc. at an elevation of 305 m, N 18[degrees] 21' 18.3" W 66[degrees] 48' 49.1". Collected 20 May 2006 by S.W. Shaw, M.S. Barker # 459, and S.V. Sprunt. Previously known Puerto Rico distribution: Arecibo, Cayey, Dorado, Gurabo, Jayuya, Luquillo, Manati, Maricao, Naguabo, Salinas Salinas, city, United States Salinas (səlē`nəs), city (1990 pop. 108,777), seat of Monterey co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. It is the shipping and processing center of a fertile valley famous for its grain and lettuce. , San German, Utuado, Yabucoa, and Yauco. Of wide occurrence. Nephrolepis hirsutula (G. Forst.) C. Presl. Record voucher: Puerto Rico, Municipio de Hatillo, growing on a tree alongside Rt. 134 near the driveway to Bayaney Dairy Inc. at an elevation of 305 m, N 18[degrees] 21' 18.3" W 66[degrees] 48' 49.1". Collected 20 May 2006 by S.W. Shaw, M.S. Barker # 458, and S.V. Sprunt. Previously known Puerto Rico distribution: Arecibo, Barranquitas, Bayamon, Cabo Rojo Cabo rojo, Spanish for red cape, may refer to:
Rio Grande (rē`  grän`dĭ), city (1991 pop. , San Juan, Toa Baja, Utuado, and the islands of
Culebra, Mona, and Vieqnes. Occurs all over the island.
[FIGURE 1 OMITTED] Isabela: Thelypteris grandis A.R. Sm. Record voucher: Puerto Rico, Municipio de Isabela, growing along the ground near the roadside of Rt. 446 near the southern edge of Bosque Estatal De Guajataca at an elevation of 262 m, N 18[degrees] 24' 13.4" W 66[degrees] 58' 04.0". Collected 20 May 2006 by S.W. Shaw, M.S. Barker # 466, and S.V. Sprunt. Previously known Puerto Rico distribution: Adjuntas, Arecibo, Barranquitas, Bayamon, Cayey, Ciales, Florida, Jayuya, Lares, Maricao, Naguabo, Orocovis, Ponce, Quebradillas, Rio Grande, San Lorenzo San Lorenzo, town, S Honduras, on the Gulf of Fonseca. Its satellite, Henecán is the chief Pacific port of Honduras. Henecán's modern port facilities and deepwater harbor and channel approach were constructed in the late 1970s after the old port at , and Utuado. Of wide occurrence. Jayuya: Odontosoria aculeata (L.) J. Smith. Record voucher: Puerto Rico, Municipio de Jayuya, growing in a notch of a tree that was growing along the side of Rt. 143 near Km marker 9.8, at an elevation of 786 m, N 18[degrees] 09' 03.7" W 66[degrees] 37' 59.0". Collected 18 May 2006 by S.W. Shaw, M.S. Barker # 448, and S.V. Sprunt. Previously known Puerto Rico distribution: Aguas Buenas, Barranquitas, Bayamon, Caguas, Cayey, Fajardo, Manati, Maricao, Naguabo, Naranjito, Patillas, Rio Grande, Sabana Grande Sabana grande is a Spanish term meaning big or grand sheet. It may also refer to:
Maricao: Arachniodes chaerophylloides (Poir.) Proctor. Record voucher: Puerto Rico, Municipio de Maricao: Growing on the edge of Rt. 105, at an elevation of 350 m, N 18[degrees] 10' 37.3" W 67[degrees] 00' 58.0". Collected 22 May 2006 by S.W. Shaw, M.S. Barker # 484, and S.V. Sprunt. Previously known Puerto Rico distribution: Adjuntas, Aibonito, Arecibo, Barranquitas, Bayamon, Cayey, Comerio, Guayanilla, Isabela, Lares, Las Marias, Mayaguez, Naguabo, Naranjito, Patillas, Ponce, Quebradillas, San Juan, and Yabucoa. Of wide occurrence in the mountain areas. Maunabo: Microgramma lycopodioides (L.) Copel. Record voucher: Puerto Rico, Municipio de Maunabo, growing on a tree near the edge of the roadway of Rt. 181, at an elevation of 487 m, N 18[degrees] 03' 46.9" W 65[degrees] 59' 28.7". Collected 21 May 2006 by S.W. Shaw, M.S. Barker # 472, and S.V. Sprunt. Previously known Puerto Rico distribution: Arecibo, Cayey, Dorado, Gurabo, Jayuya, Luquillo, Manati, Maricao, Naguabo, Salinas, San German, Utuado, Yabucoa, and Yauco. Of wide occurrence throughout the island. Morovis: Adiantum tenerum Sw. Record voucher: Puerto Rico, Municipio de Morovis, growing on a rock wall along the side of Rt. 160, at an elevation of 160 m, N 18[degrees] 20' 31.9" W 66[degrees] 22' 24.8". Collected 19 May 2006 by S.W. Shaw, M.S. Barker # 452, and S.V. Sprunt. Previously known Puerto Rico distribution: Adjuntas, Arecibo, Cabo Rojo, Ciales, Coamo, Guayanilla, Hatillo, Manati, Orocovis, Penuelas, Quebradillas, Toa Baja, Utuado, and Vega Alta. Of wide occurrence. Tectaria heracleifolia (Willd.) Underw. Record voucher: Puerto Rico, Municipio de Morovis, growing on limestone alongside a small stream next to Rt. 160 near Km marker 14.9, at an elevation of 160 m, N 18[degrees] 20' 31.9" W 66[degrees] 22' 24.8". Collected 19 May 2006 by S.W. Shaw, M.S. Barker # 450, and S.V. Sprunt. Previously known Puerto Rico distribution: Aguas Buenas, Arecibo, Cabo Rojo, Cayey, Corozal, Florida, Isabela, Penuelas, Quebradillas, Toa Baja, Utuado, and Vega Alta. Wide spread in the western side of the island. Thelypteris guadalupensis (Wikstr.) Proctor. Record voucher: Puerto Rico, Municipio de Morovis, growing on limestone alongside a small stream next to Rt. 160 near Km marker 14.9, at an elevation of 160 m, N 18[degrees] 20' 31.9" W 66[degrees] 22' 24.8". Collected 19 May 2006 by S.W. Shaw, M.S. Barker # 451, and S.V. Sprunt. Previously known Puerto Rico distribution: Aguas Buenas, Arecibo, Barceloneta, Ciales, Corozal, Florida, Guayanilla, Guaynabo, Hatillo, Isabela, Lares, Manati, Quebradillas, San Sebastian, Toa Baja, Utuado, and Vega Alta. Occurs in most areas where there is moist limestone. Thelypteris kunthii (Desv.) C.V. Morton. Record voucher: Puerto Rico, Municipio de Morovis, growing on limestone alongside a small stream next to Rt. 160 near Km marker 14.9, at an elevation of 160 m, N 18[degrees] 20' 31.9" W 66[degrees] 22' 24.8". Collected 19 May 2006 by S.W. Shaw, M.S. Barker # 449, and S.V. Sprunt. Previously known Puerto Rico distribution: Aibonito, Arecibo, Bayamon, Cabo Rojo, Ciales, Coamo, Corozal, Guayanilla, Hatillo, Mayaguez, Quebradillas, San Sebastian, Toa Alta, Vega Alta, Vega Baja, and Yauco. Of wide occurrence. Patillas: Adiantum latifolium Lam. Record voucher: Puerto Rico, Municipio de Patillas, growing on the bank of Lago Patillas near Rt. 181 at an elevation of 61 m, N 18[degrees] 01' 12.4" W 66[degrees] 00.0' 55.9". Collected 21 May 2006 by S.W. Shaw, M.S. Barker # 471, and S.V. Sprunt. Previously known Puerto Rico distribution: Arecibo, Coamo, Florida, Gurabo, Las Marias, Maricao, Mayaguez, Quebradillas, Rio Grande, San Juan, Toa Baja, Vega Alta, and Yabucoa. Of wide occurrence. Ponce: Niphidium crassifolium (L.) Lellinger. Record voucher: Puerto Rico, Municipio de Ponce, growing in debris on top of a rock cliff face along the south side of Rt. 143 at an elevation of 924 m, N 18[degrees] 09' 41.3" W 66[degrees] 36' 50.2". Collected 18 May 2006 by S.W. Shaw, M.S. Barker # 442, and S.V. Sprunt. Previously known Puerto Rico distribution: Adjuntas, Arecibo, Barranquitas, Cayey, Maricao, Naguabo, Rio Grande, and Utuado. Widely occurring in the Sierra de Luquillo, Sierra de Cayey, Cordillera Central Cor·dil·le·ra Cen·tral 1. The central of three ranges of the Andes in western Colombia. 2. A mountain range of central Dominican Republic. 3. A range of the Andes extending northwest and southeast in north-central Peru. , and Rio Abajo Rio Abajo is a West-Indian neighborhood in Panama City, capital of The Republic of Panama. The unique culture of this area of Panama stems mainly from the Creole-speaking West Indians who relocated to the area from Anglophone islands in the Antilles more than a century ago, namely State forest. Campyloneurum latum T. Moore. Record voucher: Puerto Rico, Municipio de Ponce, growing in debris on top of a rock cliff face along the south side of Rt. 143 at an elevation of 924 m, N 18[degrees] 09' 41.3" W 66[degrees] 36' 50.2". Collected 18 May 2006 by S.W. Shaw, M.S. Barker, and S.V. Sprunt # 177. Previously known Puerto Rico distribution: Arecibo, Cabo Rojo, Cayey, Hatillo, Isabela, Juana Diaz, Lares, Naranjito, Quebradillas, San Lorenzo, Toa Baja, Vega Alta, and Yabucoa. It is of wide occurrence. San Juan: Gleichenia bifida (Willd.) Spreng. Record voucher: Puerto Rico, Municipio de San Juan, growing along the side of the road of Rt. 1 near Km 48 on an exposed dirt bank at en elevation of 427 m, N 18[degrees] 23' 10.0" W 66[degrees] 05.0' 27.0". Collected 21 May 2006 by S.W. Shaw, M.S. Barker # 469, and S.V. Sprunt. Previously known Puerto Rico distribution: Adjuntas, Barranquitas, Caguas, Cayey, Jayuya, Lares, Maricao, Mayaguez, Morovis, Naguabo, Orocovis, Ponce, Rio Grande, San German, Utuado, and Yauco. Of wide occurrence especially in the mountain areas. San Sebastian: Anemia adiantifolia (L.) Sw. Record voucher: Puerto Rico, Municipio de San Sebastian, growing in the shade alongside Rt. 119 near Km 20 at an elevation of 221 m, N 18[degrees] 23' 18.2" W 66[degrees] 55' 34.0". Collected 20 May 2006 by S.W. Shaw, M.S. Barker # 461, and S.V. Sprunt. Previously known Puerto Rico distribution: Aguadilla, Arecibo, Cayey, Ciales, Coamo, Comerio, Florida, Isabela, Lares, Manati, Mayaguez, Penuelas, Quebradillas, Rincon, Toa Alta, Utuado, Vega Alta, and Vega Baja. Of wide occurrence except in very wet and extremely dry areas. Vega Baja: Adiantum pyramidale (L.) Willd. Record voucher: Puerto Rico, Municipio de Vega Baja, growing at the base of a tree that was growing alongside Rt. 155 near Km marker 57.6, at an elevation of 158 m, N 18[degrees] 22' 39.6" W 66[degrees] 25' 26.2". Collected 19 May 2006 by S.W. Shaw, M.S. Barker # 453, and S.V. Sprunt. Previously known Puerto Rico distribution: Adjuntas, Aguas Buenas, Arecibo, Barranquitas, Bayamon, Cayey, Coamo, Guayanilla, Guaynabo, Gurabo, Isabela, Maricao, Mayaguez, Naranjito, Quebradillas, Toa Baja, Utuado, Vega Alta, Yabucoa, and Yauco. Of wide occurrence growing in lowlands and mountains areas in the western and central part of the island. We thank R.J. Hickey for his assistance and the use of his lab, Puerto Rico department of Natural and Environmental Resources for collecting permits, the Willard Sherman Turrell Herbarium at Miami University (MU) for funding, and Ken Grabach for map assistance.--S. W. SHAW, Department of Botany, University of Hawaii (body, education) University of Hawaii - A University spread over 10 campuses on 4 islands throughout the state. http://hawaii.edu/uhinfo.html. See also Aloha, Aloha Net. at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, sws@hawaii.edu, S. V. SPRUNT, Department of Botany, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA, and M. S. BARKER, Department of Biology, Indiana University Indiana University, main campus at Bloomington; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1820 as a seminary, opened 1824. It became a college in 1828 and a university in 1838. The medical center (run jointly with Purdue Univ. , Bloomington, IN 47405, USA. |
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