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University of Connecticut College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Greenhouses

Photinopteris speciosa Bl.; Pr.

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Polypodiaceae Bercht. & J. Presl.

  • Country of Origin: India, China, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Phillipines
  • Habitat:

  • Description: Plants with a long-creeping rhizome which turns prominently white as it ages. Fronds are held erect and are leathery.
  • Culture: warm conditions with bright light

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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200000057
  • Source: NYBG
  • Accession Date: 09-21-2000
  • Bench: 1202 - AUS:India B
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-14-2013

Classification:

  • Division: Ferns
  • Class: Polypodiopsida
  • SubClass:
  • Order: Polypodiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Polypodiaceae
  • SubFamily: Drynarioideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References:

Encyclopaedia of Fern, D.L. Jones, 1987 ISBN 0-88192-054-1

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