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|accepted_name=Dennstaedtia globulifera
|accepted_authority=(Poiret) Hieronymus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bot. Jahrb. Syst.
|place=34: 455. 1904
|year=1904
}}
|common_names=Beaded cuplet fern
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Polypodium globuliferum
|authority=Poiret
|rank=species
|publication_title=in Lamarck et al., Encycl.
|publication_place=5: 554. 1804
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Dennstaedtiaceae;Dennstaedtia;Dennstaedtia globulifera
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Dennstaedtiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Dennstaedtia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Dennstaedtia globulifera]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="stem growth form or orientation;stem diameter"><b>Stems </b>long-creeping, 3–10 mm diam.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf arrangement or growth form;leaf arrangement;leaf orientation;leaf orientation;leaf length;leaf atypical width;leaf atypical width;leaf width"><b>Leaves </b>clustered to well separated to distant, erect or arching, 2–3 × (1–) 2 (–3) m.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="petiole coloration;petiole reflectance;petiole length;petiole pubescence;hair pubescence or texture;hair architecture"><b>Petiole </b>yellowish to brown throughout, lustrous, ca. 1/3 length of blade, sparsely pubescent with soft, jointed hairs.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade coloration;blade reflectance;blade shape;blade architecture or shape;blade length or size;base architecture or shape;apex shape;apex pubescence;hair coloration;hair architecture"><b>Blade </b>green, dull, ovate to deltate, 3 (–4) -pinnate, nearly as wide as long, base truncate, apex acute, with reddish jointed hairs on veins abaxially, glabrous adaxially.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="basal segment arrangement"><b>Basal </b>segments of pinnules alternate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="ultimate segment shape;base architecture or shape;margin shape;margin quantity">ultimate segments ovate to elliptic, base ± equilateral, margins lobed ca. 1/2 distance to midrib.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="sorus shape"><b>Sori </b>globose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="indusium shape">indusia globose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="spore architecture;spore shape"><b>Spores </b>trilete, strongly 3-lobed, surface coarsely verrucose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="surface relief;2n chromosome quantity">2n = ca. 94.</span><!--

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|phenology=Sporulates summer.
|habitat=Moist caves or sinks
|elevation=300–500 m
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America
|discussion=<p>The tropical Dennstaedtia globulifera and D. bipinnata are among the largest ferns in the flora. In the flora Dennstaedtia globulifera is found only in Val Verde County, Texas.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Dennstaedtia globulifera
|authority=(Poiret) Hieronymus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Polypodium globuliferum
|family=Dennstaedtiaceae
|phenology=Sporulates summer.
|habitat=Moist caves or sinks
|elevation=300–500 m
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America
|reference=None
|publication title=Bot. Jahrb. Syst.
|publication year=1904
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V2/V2_141.xml
|genus=Dennstaedtia
|species=Dennstaedtia globulifera
|2n chromosome quantity=94
|apex pubescence=glabrous
|apex shape=acute
|basal segment arrangement=alternate
|base architecture or shape=equilateral;truncate
|blade architecture or shape=3(-4)-pinnate
|blade coloration=green
|blade length or size=long
|blade reflectance=dull
|blade shape=ovate;deltate
|hair architecture=jointed;jointed
|hair coloration=reddish
|hair pubescence or texture=soft
|indusium shape=globose
|leaf arrangement=separated;distant
|leaf arrangement or growth form=clustered
|leaf atypical width=2m;3m
|leaf length=2m;3m
|leaf orientation=arching;erect
|leaf width=2
|margin quantity=1/2
|margin shape=lobed
|petiole coloration=yellowish;brown
|petiole length=1/3 length of blade
|petiole pubescence=pubescent
|petiole reflectance=lustrous
|sorus shape=globose
|spore architecture=trilete
|spore shape=3-lobed
|stem diameter=3mm;10mm
|stem growth form or orientation=long-creeping
|surface relief=verrucose
|ultimate segment shape=ovate;elliptic
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