Characteristics
Pteridophytes
Leptogramma burksiorum (J.E. Watkins & Farrar) Y.H. Chang & L.Y. Kuo
Alabama Streak Sorus Fern
Herb
Perennial
Vascular
This species is an endemic to Alabama.
Listed as <a href="https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp0/profile/speciesProfile?spcode=S01N">Federally Threatened</a> as of 8 Jul 1992.</a> The name used at the time of listing was Thelypteris pilosa var. alabamensis.
Native
Endemic
Threatened-US
S1 (State Rank)
G1 (Global Rank)
Crawford, L.C. A new fern for the United States. Amer. Fern. J. 41L 19. 1951.
Classification
Polypodiales
Leptogramma burksiorum (J.E. Watkins & Farrar) Y.H. Chang & L.Y. Kuo - Alabama Streak Sorus Fern
Citation
<a href=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cla.12399>Leptogramma burksiorum (J.E. Watkins & Farrar) Y.H. Chang & L.Y. Kuo, Cladistics 36: 178. 2019.</a>
<a href=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32034509>Thelypteris burksiorum J.E. Watkins & Farrar 2002.</a>; [Replaced: <a href=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32415598>Thelypteris pilosa (M. Martens & Galeotti) Crawford var. alabamensis Crawford, 1951.</a>
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USA: ALABAMA: Winston Co.: 5 mi E of Double Springs. Watkins 797. (holotype: NY, isotypes: ISC, UC, UF, UNA).
Species Distribution Map
Specimens and Distribution
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Plant Photos
Thelypteris burksiorum - Ryan Shurette
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Thelypteris burksiorum - Ryan Shurette
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