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 | |
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Aglaomorpha willdenowii growing in the Berlin Botanical Garden | |
Scientific 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 | |
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References
- "Drynaria willdenowii". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- 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.
- 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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