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Accession Data:

Ceratopteris pteridoides (Hook.) Hieron

  • Common Name: Water Sprite
  • Family: Pteridaceae Ching

  • Country of Origin: pantropical
  • Habitat: emersed but natant (floating) plant of swampy areas

  • USDA Zone: 9-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200600066
  • Source: Charles Alford
  • Provenance: 
    Plants from Charles Alford from Florida in 2006 as Ceratopteris sp.  Identified as Ceratopteris pteridoides (Hook.) Hieron by Prof. Brian Maynard, URI
  • Accession Date: 06-12-2006
  • Bench: 3307 - NEOB: Bromeliad Island
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-08-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Ferns
  • Class: Polypodiopsida
  • SubClass: Polypodiidae
  • Order: Polypodiales
  • SubOrder: Pteridinae
  • Family: Pteridaceae
  • SubFamily: Parkeroideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Aquatic Plants
  • Ferns & Fern Allies
  • Benthophyte
  • EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology

References (external):

data regenerated on Wed, 08 Jan 2025 15:27:10 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Pteridaceae

Subfamily Cheilanthoideae

  • Aspidotis densa
  • Cheilanthes eatonii
  • Cheilanthes microphylla
  • Doryopteris concolor
  • Hemionitis arifolia
  • Hemionitis sinuata
  • Pellaea rotundifolia
  • Pellaea viridis

Subfamily Cryptogrammoideae

  • Coniogramme intermedia

Subfamily Parkeroideae

  • Acrostichum aureum
  • Ceratopteris pteridoides

Subfamily Pteridoideae

  • Actiniopteris semiflabellata
  • Anogramma leptophylla
  • Pteris cretica
  • Pteris ensiformis

Subfamily Vittarioideae

  • Adiantum cv. "Ocean spray"
  • Adiantum cv. (variegated)
  • Adiantum hispidulum cv.
  • Adiantum macrophyllum
  • Adiantum raddianum cv.
  • Vittaria lineata
W/C = Wild Collected
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