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Accession Data:

Serpocaulon meniscifolium (Langsd. & Fisch.) A.R.Sm.

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Polypodiaceae Bercht. & J. Presl.
  • Synonym(s): Polypodium meniscifolium

  • Country of Origin: Brazil
  • Habitat: epiphytic fern in tropical forest

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 202400028
  • Source: American Fern Soc. spore bank
  • Provenance: 
    Grown from spore of AFS 1880, via Brian Aikins. Original material wild collected in Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • Accession Date: 03-28-2024
  • Bench: 3103 - FERN:Psilotum/Selaginella
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 12-03-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Ferns
  • Class: Polypodiopsida
  • SubClass: Polypodiidae
  • Order: Polypodiales
  • SubOrder: Polypodiineae
  • Family: Polypodiaceae
  • SubFamily: Polypodioideae
  • Tribe: non-grammitid ferns
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Brazil Northeast / Brazil Southeast / Brazil South

References (external):

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Subfamily Microsoroideae

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  • Neolepisorus ovatus

Subfamily Platycerioideae

  • Platycerium alcicorne W/C
  • Platycerium alcicorne W/C
  • Platycerium andinum
  • Platycerium bifurcatum
  • Platycerium coronarium
  • Platycerium grande
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  • Platycerium quadridichotomum
  • Platycerium stemaria
  • Platycerium veitchii
  • Pyrrosia lingua
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  • Pyrrosia polydactylis

Subfamily Polypodioideae

  • Polypodiodes formosana

Subfamily Polypodioideae
Tribe non-grammitid ferns

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  • Microgramma lycopodioides
  • Microgramma nitida
  • Phlebodium aureum
  • Serpocaulon meniscifolium W/C
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