Accession Data:
Solanopteris brunei (Wercklé) W.Wagner
- Common Name: Potato Fern
- Family: Polypodiaceae Bercht. & J. Presl.
- Country of Origin: western tropical South America
- Habitat: epiphytic fern
- Description: Rhizome tubers are complex rhizomatous sacs infested with Azteca and other ants. Ants supposedly mine sugar-laden tissues in the rhizome tubers to hollow them out for occupation, and bring in debris later exploited by roots entering sacs.
- Culture: Grow in hanging basket in fern mix. Allow rhizomes to run into new basket for propagation. Does not propagate well if rhizomes detached before established in new basket.
Accession Data:
- Accession # 200100504
- Source: Tim Devine - CSU - Chico
- Provenance: Original Plant - CSU - Sacramento - 09/12/1992
- Accession Date: 06-28-2001
- Bench: 3105 - FERN:Misc Ferns
- Currently: active - marginal (no foliage)
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-21-2023
Classification:
- Division: Ferns
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- SubClass: Polypodiidae
- Order: Polypodiales
- SubOrder: Polypodiineae
- Family: Polypodiaceae
- SubFamily: Polypodioideae
- Tribe: non-grammitid ferns
- SubTribe:
References (internal):
- Ant Plants (myrmecophytes)
- Ferns & Fern Allies
- EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
- AntU - Learning from the Complex Society of Army Ants & Their Guests
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Costa Rica / Panama / Colombia / Ecuador
References (external):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, May 09, 2017.
data regenerated on Sat, 04 Mar 2023 11:45:04 -0500 [bcm v4.0]
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