Accession Data

Microgramma lycopodioides

Common Name: clubmoss snakefern

Family: Polypodiaceae

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.

Accession Data

Accession #: 199300335

Accession Date: 1993-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3102

Quantity: 2

Source: Chip/fern society

Classification

Division: Ferns

Class: Polypodiopsida

Subclass: Polypodiidae

Order: Polypodiales

SubOrder: Polypodiineae

Family: Polypodiaceae

SubFamily: Polypodioideae

Tribe: non-grammitid ferns

References

  1. Encylopaedia of Ferns, D.L. Jones, 1987

Images

Microgramma lycopodioides