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Accession Data:

Nephrolepis cordifolia 'Plumosa'

  • Common Name: Fishbone Fern
  • Family: Nephrolepidaceae

  • Country of Origin: pantropical
  • Habitat: terrestrial or epiphyte growing in soil, rocks & palm trunks

  • Description: produces small scaly tubers on the roots; can become weedy

    outer part of pinnae are divided and lobed.

  • USDA Zone: 9a-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200000055
  • Source:
  • Accession Date: 09-20-2000
  • Bench: 3105 - FERN:Misc Ferns
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-21-2023

Classification:

  • Division: Ferns
  • Class: Polypodiopsida
  • SubClass: Polypodiidae
  • Order: Polypodiales
  • SubOrder: Polypodiineae
  • Family: Nephrolepidaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
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References (internal):

  • Ferns & Fern Allies
  • EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology

References (external):

  1. Encyclopaedia of Ferns, D.L. Jones, 1987 ISBN 0-88192-054-1
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 07, 2017.

data regenerated on Tue, 21 Feb 2023 16:00:05 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Nephrolepidaceae

  • Nephrolepis cordifolia 'Plumosa'
  • Nephrolepis obliterata 'Kimberly Queen'
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