Author: | Edwin
Bingham Copeland, 1951 |
Family: |
POLYPODIACEAE |
Origin: |
Bolivia, N
Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru |
Soil: |
Epiphyte
|
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
2,5
Centimetres |
Height: |
15
Centimetres |
"Flower":
|
Green |
Propagate: |
Spores/Bulbs |
Names:
|
Potato
Fern |
Synonyms: |
Might
be: Microgramma bifrons, Lellinger, 1977.
Polypodium bifrons, William Jackson Hooker, 1859. |
This member of the
Polypodiaceae family was
given this name by Edwin Bingham Copeland
in 1951. It is found in northern South America, growing in trees as an
epiphyte with some water and some sun. The bulbs will grow up to 2,5
centimetres in diameter, the leaves to 15 centimetres length.
The genera name means 'wing
fern'. The species name means 'two faced, two fronded, two leaves'.
Seen on IPNI as a member of the
Pteridophyta family.
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