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Accession Data:

Metaxya rostrata (Kunth) C. Presl

  • Common Name: Metaxya
  • Family: Metaxyaceae Pichi-Serm.

  • Country of Origin: Mexico to South America

  • Description: Terrestrial fern of Neotropical montane forests. Considered a primitive relative to modern tree ferns.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900305
  • Source: Shawn McCourt - Marie Selby BG
  • Provenance: 
    Division of MSBG 2001-0253A

Holst# 7613
Holst, Bruce K., Edmondson, Nancy
Belize: Cayo
Coll: 24 Apr 2001, MSBG Spring 2001 Expedition
  • Accession Date: 09-04-2019
  • Bench: 3103 - FERN:Psilotum/Selaginella
    • Currently: (re)propagating
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 09-04-2019
  • Restrictions:
    • BGCI Limited Ex Situ Distribution - Plants do not leave building without Manager approval!
    • Distribution Agreement (CBD or similar) - Plants do not leave Greenhouse/TLS w/o Manager approval!

Classification:

  • Division: Ferns
  • Class: Polypodiopsida
  • SubClass: Polypodiidae
  • Order: Cyatheales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Metaxyaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
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References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mexico Southeast / Belize / Costa Rica / Honduras / Nicaragua / Panama / French Guiana / Guyana / Suriname / Venezuela / Bolivia / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru / Brazil West-Central / Brazil North

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, 04 September, 2019.
  2. ARS-GRIN Taxonomy. Last accessed on Wednesday, 04 September, 2019.
  3. Yan-Jun Qiu, Richard A. White and Melvin D. Turner, The Developmental Anatomy of Metaxya rostrata (Filicales: Metaxyaceae), American Journal of Botany Vol. 82, No. 8 (Aug., 1995), pp. 969-981 (13 pages). Last accessed on Wednesday, 04 September, 2019.

data regenerated on Thu, 19 Sep 2019 17:51:39 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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