Author: | Edwin
Bingham Copeland, 1929 |
Family: |
POLYPODIACEAE |
Origin: |
Papua New Guinea,
Maluku, Sulawesi; Indonesia,
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Soil: |
Epiphyte
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Water:
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Medium |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
25
Centimetres |
Height: |
60
Centimetres |
Flower:
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Green
Spores |
Propagate: |
Spores/Rhizomes |
Names:
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Antfern,
Ant Fern |
Synonyms: |
Might be: Myrmecopteris mirabilis, Pic. Serm. 1977.
Polypodium imbricatum, G. Karst. 1895
Polypodium mirabile, C. Chr. 1906.
Myrmecophila ulotheca, Ching.
Myrmecopteris mirabilis, Pic.Serm.
Myrmecopteris ulotheca, Pic.Serm.
Pleopeltis imbricata, Alderw.
Polypodium mirabile, C.Chr.
Polypodium ulotheca, Brause. |
This member of the
Polypodiaceae family was
given this name
by Edwin Bingham Copeland in 1929. It is
found in Papua New Guinea and the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. It grows in the trees with some water and
some sun. The massive rhizomes will grow up to 25 centimetres in
diameter, and the leaves will grow up to 60 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 means 'wonderful' or
'marvellous'.
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