Accession Data
Vittaria lineata
Common Name: Shoestring Fern
Family: Pteridaceae
Country of Origin: widespread in New World tropics and subtropics
Habitat: epiphytic fern, often on palm trunks
Accession Data
Accession #: 201500130
Accession Date: 2015-09-18 00:00:00
Confirmed At: 2026-03-10 19:18:39
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 6901
Quantity: 1
Source: volunteer
Provenance:
- SEPT 2015 - volunteer in collection, most likely from previous accessions 200600069 (Vittaria cf. lineata) or 200600070 (Vittaria cf. elongata) both now deceased, both originally ex Charles Alford.
- SEPT 2015. Due to uncertainty of origin, assigning a new accession number rather than reviving an old one
- Likely the common and widespread V. lineata. (M.Opel 2024)
Classification
Division: Ferns
Class: Polypodiopsida
Subclass: Polypodiidae
Order: Polypodiales
SubOrder: Pteridinae
Family: Pteridaceae
SubFamily: Vittarioideae
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