LOMARIOPSIDACEAE (Fringed fern family)

Didymochlaena truncatula (Sw.) J. Sm. mahogany fern [Origin: Tropics from Africa to southeast Asia to Polynesia] [US; Illinois; Jackson County; Carbondale; T9S,R1W,S28; 37 deg. 42.883'N, 89 deg. 13.328'W; 450 feet][Fern House, Plant Biology Greenhouse, Southern Illinois University; January 4, 2004; Collected & identified by Chuck Walker; #IL563]