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Photo from Charles Alford Plants.


The leaves. Photo from Cloud Jungle Epiphytes.


Photo by Pedro.

Author: John Gilbert Baker, 1881
Family:  POLYPODIACEAE
Origin:  Borneo, Java, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Sumatera; Indonesia
Soil:  Epiphyte
Water:  Medium
Sun:  Medium
Thickness:  20 Centimetres
Height:  30 Centimetres
Flower:  Green Spores
Propagate:  Spores/Rhizomes
Names:  Antfern, Ant Fern
Synonyms:  Lecanopteris deparioides, Baker, 1881.
Davallia deparioides, Ces.
Lecanopteris davallioides,
Alderw.
Lecanopteris incurvata,
Baker.
Lecanopteris macleayii,
Baker.
Lecanopteris philippinensis,
Alderw.
Lecanopteris saccata,
Alderw.
Pleopeltis barisanica,
Alderw.
Pleopeltis curtisii,
Alderw.
Pleopeltis deparioides
Alderw.
Pleopeltis macleayi,
Alderw.
Polypodium deparioides,
Christ.
Polypodium macleayi,
Alderw.
Polypodium naviculare
Alderw.

This member of the Polypodiaceae family was described by John Gilbert Baker in 1881. It is found on Borneo, Java, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines and Sumatera. It grows in the trees with some water and some sun. The hollow  rhizomes will grow up to 20 centimetres in diameter, and the leaves will grow up to 30 centimetres.

The genera name after some Lecan, but I fail to figure which one, or perhaps Greek lekane; 'bowl', and Latin pteris; 'fern'. The genera name Lecanopteris was introduced by Caspar Georg Reinwardt published in Flora 8, 1825. The species name after Charles Curtis, 1853-1928, an English botanist.

Seen on IPNI as member of the Pteridophyta family.