Common name: Ant Fern
Family: Polypodiaceae
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Country of Origin: Phillipines
Description:
Uses:
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Source: Frank Omilian
Provenance:
Plants from material received in 2003 from Andreas Wistuba in Germany.
Donated to UConn by Frank Omilian
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Classification:
- Division: Ferns
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- SubClass: Polypodiidae
- Order: Polypodiales
- SubOrder: Polypodiineae
- Family: Polypodiaceae
- SubFamily: Microsoroideae
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References:
- Personal communication with Frank Omilian - 5OCT2010
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, August 04, 2017.
- Christopher H. Haufler et al, Systematics of the Ant-Fern Genus Lecanopteris (Polypodiaceae): Testing Phylogenetic Hypotheses with DNA Sequences, Systematic Botany Vol. 28, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 2003), pp. 217-227 (11 pages). Last accessed on Sunday, October 21, 2018.
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