Angiopteris evecta

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Overview

Woodland fern from Japan to Australia and Madagascar with a short, thick stem and huge segmented fronds (bipinnate) up to about nine feet long. The oval clusters of spore bearing cases (sporangia) are in two rows on the under surfaces of leaflets .

Common Names

Description

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Light Shade.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Polypodium evectum J. G. Forster

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000.

Place of publication : Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. 12:29, t. 5. 1796.

Name verified on 17-Jan-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 08-May-1998.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Angiopteris

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 168 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. acrocarpa · A. acuta · A. acutidentata · A. alata · A. albido-punctulata · A. amboinensis · A. angustata · A. angustifolia · A. angustipinnula · A. ankolana · A. annamensis · A. arborescens · A. arnottiana · A. arthrocarpa · A. assamica · A. athroocarpa · A. attenuata · A. badia · A. bipinnata · A. blackii · A. boivinii · A. boninensis · A. brevicaudata · A. brongniartiana · A. brooksii · A. campsophlebia · A. canaliculata · A. cartilagidens · A. cartilaginea · A. caudatiformis · A. caudipinna · A. ceracea · A. chauliodonta · A. cochinchinensis · A. commutata · A. confertinervia · A. consimilis · A. crassa · A. crassifolia · A. crassipes · A. crassiuscula · A. crenata · A. crinita · A. cumingii · A. cupreata · A. dahlii · A. distans · A. d'urvilleana · A. elliptica · A. elmeriana · A. elongata · A. erecta (Angiopteris) · A. esculenta · A. evanidostriata · A. evecta (Madagascar Tree Fern Angiopteris Evecta) · A. fauriei · A. fengii · A. ferox · A. fibrillosa · A. fokiensis · A. forbesii · A. formosa · A. garbongensis · A. glauca · A. grosso-dentata · A. hainanensis · A. hartingeana de · A. helferiana · A. henryi · A. hokouensis · A. holttumii · A. hookeriana · A. hookeriana de · A. howii · A. hypoleuca (Mule's Foot Fern) · A. hypoleuca de · A. indica · A. itoi · A. javanica · A. kwangsiensis · A. laciniata · A. late-marginata · A. late-terminalis · A. latifolia · A. latipinnula · A. lauterbachii · A. leytensis · A. lingii · A. lobulata · A. longifolia · A. longipetiolata · A. lorentzii · A. lygodifolia (Angiopteris) · A. lygodiifolia · A. macrocephala · A. macrophylla · A. madagascariensis · A. madagascariensis de · A. magna · A. majuscula

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Notes

Contributors

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 11 providers.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 25, 2008)

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 01, 2008:

• Australian National Herbarium
• , Australian National Herbarium
• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• National Herbarium of New South Wales, NSW herbarium collection
• National Herbarium of New South Wales, Plants of Papua New Guinea

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2663910
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-184019
• GRIN Nomen Number: 404182
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 184019
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 17021890
• MoBot NameID: 26609715
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PPMRT01010
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ANEV
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 21347

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