Phlebodium areolatum
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
| Family: | Polypodiaceae |
| Genus: | Phlebodium |
| Species: | P. areolatum
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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.[1] As its synonym Phlebodium pseudoaureum it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "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.
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Categories:
- 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
- Fern stubs