Common name: clubmoss snakefern
Family: Polypodiaceae
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Country of Origin: Mexico, c. and s. America, West Indies
Description: [syn. Polypodium lycopodioides]
A spreading fern with a freely branching rhizome and simple slender fronds of a firm, papery texture. The rhizome is covered with rusty brown scales. Plants are easily grown in pots or baskets of a coarse mixture or on a slab of tree fern. Likes warm, moist, airy conditions.
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Source: Chip/fern society
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Classification:
- Division: Ferns
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- SubClass: Polypodiidae
- Order: Polypodiales
- SubOrder: Polypodiineae
- Family: Polypodiaceae
- SubFamily: Polypodioideae
- Tribe: non-grammitid ferns
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References:
- Encylopaedia of Ferns, D.L. Jones, 1987
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