Aglaomorpha willdenowii

Aglaomorpha willdenowii is a species of subtropical fern native to the islands of Comoros, Madagascar, and Mauritius.[1] Drynarioid ferns are largely native to Asia and Oceania, but A. willdenowii is the only species of fern in the genus native to Madagascar.[2] Like other Aglaomorpha, its caudex is covered in dry, scale-like sterile fronds and fine hairs, while the larger green fronds are the fertile ones bearing spores.[3]

Aglaomorpha willdenowii
Aglaomorpha willdenowii growing in the Berlin Botanical Garden
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Polypodiaceae
Genus: Aglaomorpha
Species:
A. willdenowii
Binomial name
Aglaomorpha willdenowii
(Bory) T.Moore
Synonyms
  • Drynaria willdenowii
  • Phymatodes thouarsii
  • Polypodium thouarsii
  • Polypodium willdenowii

References
  1. "Drynaria willdenowii". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. Janssen, Thomas; Kreier, Hans-Peter; Schneider, Harald (2007). "Origin and Diversification of African Ferns with Special Emphasis on Polypodiaceae". Brittonia. 59 (2): 159–181. doi:10.1663/0007-196X(2007)59[159:OADOAF]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0007-196X. JSTOR 4497362. S2CID 23364840.
  3. Hooker, William Jackson (1862). Garden Ferns; Or, coloured Figures and Descriptions, with the needful Analyses of the Fructification and Venation, of a selection of Exotic Ferns adapted for Cultivation in the Garden, Hothouse, and Conservatory: The Drawings by Walter Fitch. Lovell, Reeve & Company.
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