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Accession Data:

Stenochlaena tenuifolia (Desvaux) T. Moore

  • Common Name: Giant Vine Fern
  • Family: Blechnaceae (C. Presl) Copel.

  • Country of Origin: tropical Africa
  • Habitat: long creeping, climbing rhizomes

  • Culture: high light, moist garden soil, use care in transplanting
  • USDA Zone: 10a-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200400292
  • Source: Brenda Kanno, CSU - Northridge
  • Accession Date: 12-10-2004
  • Bench: 4107 - EPI: South Wall Rack
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-21-2023

Classification:

  • Division: Ferns
  • Class: Polypodiopsida
  • SubClass: Polypodiidae
  • Order: Polypodiales
  • SubOrder: Aspleniineae
  • Family: Blechnaceae
  • SubFamily: Stenochlaenoideae
  • Tribe:
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References (internal):

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

References (external):

data regenerated on Tue, 21 Feb 2023 16:00:07 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Blechnaceae

  • Sadleria cyatheoides

Subfamily Blechnoideae

  • Blechnum gracile W/C
  • Doodia caudata
  • Doodia media

Subfamily Stenochlaenoideae

  • Stenochlaena palustris
  • Stenochlaena tenuifolia

Subfamily Woodwardioideae

  • Woodwardia unigemmata
W/C = Wild Collected
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