Phlebodium areolatum

Phlebodium areolatum, the Virginia blue fern, is a species of epiphytic fern in the family Polypodiaceae. It is native to the New World Tropics and Subtropics; Mexico, Florida, some of the Caribbean islands, Central America, and South America to Argentina, and has been introduced to India.[1] As its synonym Phlebodium pseudoaureum it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[2]

Phlebodium areolatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Polypodiaceae
Genus: Phlebodium
Species:
P. areolatum
Binomial name
Phlebodium areolatum
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Chrysopteris araneosa Fourn.
    • Chrysopteris areolata Fée
    • Chrysopteris glauca Fée
    • Chrysopteris glaucina Fourn.
    • Chrysopteris lanosa Fée
    • Chrysopteris sporadocarpa Link
    • Chrysopteris trilobata Fée
    • Drynaria araneosa Fée
    • Drynaria fulva Fée
    • Drynaria glaucina Fée
    • Goniophlebium areolatum C.Presl
    • Phlebodium araneosum (M.Martens & Galeotti) Mickel & Beitel
    • Phlebodium aureum var. araneosum (M.Martens & Galeotti) L.D.Gómez
    • Phlebodium aureum var. areolatum Farw.
    • Phlebodium aureum var. trilobatum Farw.
    • Phlebodium fulvum T.Moore
    • Phlebodium lanosum T.Moore
    • Phlebodium pseudoaureum (Cav.) Lellinger
    • Phlebodium sporadocarpum J.Sm.
    • Pleopeltis araneosa T.Moore
    • Pleopeltis areolata C.Presl
    • Pleopeltis glaucina T.Moore
    • Polypodium araneosum M.Martens & Galeotti
    • Polypodium areolatum Willd.
    • Polypodium areolatum var. loreum J.Bommer
    • Polypodium aureum var. araneosum Brause
    • Polypodium aureum var. areolatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Baker
    • Polypodium aureum subsp. pseudoaureum (Cav.) C.Chr.
    • Polypodium aureum var. reductum Jenman
    • Polypodium drynarioides Griseb.
    • Polypodium fulvum M.Martens & Galeotti
    • Polypodium glaucinum M.Martens & Galeotti
    • Polypodium pseudoaureum Cav.
    • Polypodium sporadocarpum Willd.

References
  1. "Phlebodium areolatum (Willd.) J.Sm". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  2. "Phlebodium pseudoaureum Virginia blue fern". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.


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