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Phlebodium aureum | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
Family: | Polypodiaceae |
Subfamily: | Polypodioideae |
Genus: |
Phlebodium ( R.Br.) J.Sm. [1] |
Species | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Phlebodium is a small genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Polypodioideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). [2] It is native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. [3] [4] [5] Its species were formerly included in Polypodium. [5]
They are epiphytic ferns, with a creeping, densely hairy or scaly rhizome bearing fronds at intervals along its length. The fronds are evergreen, persisting for 1–2 years, and are pinnatifid. The sori or groups of spore-cases ( sporangia) are borne on the back of the frond. [4]
As of February 2020 [update], Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following species: [1]
Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Phlebodium areolatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) J.Sm. | Mexico, Florida, some of the Caribbean islands, Central America, and South America to Argentina | |
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Phlebodium aureum (L.) J.Sm. | United States to Florida and the extreme southeast of Georgia, and south through the Caribbean (the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, and Lesser Antilles), and northern and eastern South America to Paraguay. |
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Phlebodium decumanum (Willd.) J.Sm. | Central and South America |
Phlebodium | |
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Phlebodium aureum | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
Family: | Polypodiaceae |
Subfamily: | Polypodioideae |
Genus: |
Phlebodium ( R.Br.) J.Sm. [1] |
Species | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Phlebodium is a small genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Polypodioideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). [2] It is native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. [3] [4] [5] Its species were formerly included in Polypodium. [5]
They are epiphytic ferns, with a creeping, densely hairy or scaly rhizome bearing fronds at intervals along its length. The fronds are evergreen, persisting for 1–2 years, and are pinnatifid. The sori or groups of spore-cases ( sporangia) are borne on the back of the frond. [4]
As of February 2020 [update], Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following species: [1]
Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Phlebodium areolatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) J.Sm. | Mexico, Florida, some of the Caribbean islands, Central America, and South America to Argentina | |
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Phlebodium aureum (L.) J.Sm. | United States to Florida and the extreme southeast of Georgia, and south through the Caribbean (the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, and Lesser Antilles), and northern and eastern South America to Paraguay. |
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Phlebodium decumanum (Willd.) J.Sm. | Central and South America |