Accession Data

Vittaria lineata

Common Name: Shoestring Fern

Family: Pteridaceae

Country of Origin: widespread in New World tropics and subtropics

Accession Data

Accession #: 201500130

Accession Date: 2015-09-18 00:00:00

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

Images

Vittaria lineata