Phlebodium areolatum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
Family: | Polypodiaceae |
Genus: | Phlebodium |
Species: | P. areolatum |
Binomial name | |
Phlebodium areolatum (Willd.) J.Sm. | |
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Phlebodium areolatum, the Virginia blue fern, is a species of epiphytic fern in the family Polypodiaceae. It is native to the New World Tropics and Subtropics; Mexico, Florida, some of the Caribbean islands, Central America, and South America to Argentina, and has been introduced to India. As its synonym Phlebodium pseudoaureum it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
References
- ^ "Phlebodium areolatum (Willd.) J.Sm". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- "Phlebodium pseudoaureum Virginia blue fern". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Phlebodium areolatum | |
Polypodium areolatum |
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- Polypodiaceae
- Ferns of the Americas
- Flora of Florida
- Flora of Mexico
- Flora of Central America
- Flora of the Dominican Republic
- Flora of Haiti
- Flora of Jamaica
- Flora of the Leeward Islands
- Flora of Puerto Rico
- Flora of Trinidad and Tobago
- Flora of northern South America
- Flora of western South America
- Flora of Brazil
- Flora of Paraguay
- Flora of Northeast Argentina
- Flora of Northwest Argentina
- Plants described in 1841
- Polypodiaceae stubs