Acrostichum danaeifolium

Acrostichum danaeifolium
Picture of a Giant Leather Fern
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Genus: Acrostichum
Species:
A. danaeifolium
Binomial name
Acrostichum danaeifolium
Langsd. & Fisch.

Acrostichum danaeifolium, called helecho mangle, interior leather fern or giant leather fern, is a massive fern in the family Pteridaceae which is found throughout the Neotropics. The fronds are up to 3 m (9.8 ft) long with pinnate leaflets up to 30 cm (12 in) long. Spores are distributed uniformly on the back side of the fronds.[1] It prefers wet soils.

References

  1. ^ Zuchowski, Willow (2007). Tropical Plants of Costa Rica. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell Univ. Press. p. 438. ISBN 0970567847.


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