Accession Data:
Microsorum punctatum "Grandiceps" (L.) Copel.
- Common Name: Climbing Bird's Nest Fern
- Family: Polypodiaceae Bercht. & J. Presl.
- Country of Origin: Africa, Asia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Australia, Polynesia
- Habitat: epiphyte forming colonies on boulders in sunny, humid sites
- Description: Epiphytic with thick, leathery leaves to 3 feet long, 3 inches wide.
Accession Data:
- Accession # 198500854
- Source: unknown
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 3104 - FERN:Platform Angiopteris
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 11-29-2024
Classification:
- Division: Ferns
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- SubClass: Polypodiidae
- Order: Polypodiales
- SubOrder: Polypodiineae
- Family: Polypodiaceae
- SubFamily: Microsoroideae
- Tribe:
- SubTribe:
References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Benin / Guinea / Ivory Coast / Liberia / Nigeria / Sierra Leone / Togo / Cameroon / Gabon / Zaire / Ethiopia / Kenya / Tanzania / Uganda / Angola / Malawi / Mozambique / Zimbabwe / Cape Provinces / KwaZulu-Natal / Comoros / Mauritius / Madagascar / China South-Central / China Southeast / Taiwan / India / Sri Lanka / Andaman Is. / Myanmar / Nicobar Is. / Thailand / Vietnam / Borneo / Jawa / Malaya / Philippines / Sulawesi / Sumatera / New Guinea / Solomon Is. / Queensland / Fiji / New Caledonia / Vanuatu / Marquesas / Society Is. / Tuamotu / Tubuai Is. / Caroline Is.
References (external):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, December 04, 2015.
- Microsorum punctatum at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Monday, April 02, 2018.
data regenerated on Tue, 03 Dec 2024 15:36:02 -0500 [bcm v4.0]
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