| Author: | George
Franz Hoffmann, 1794 |
| Family: |
MARATTIACEAE |
| Origin: |
Bismarck
Archipelago, Caroline Island., Cook Island, Fiji, Marianas,
New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Samoa, Society Island,
Tonga, Tubuai Island, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Island,
North-Western Australia (Costa Rica, Hawaii, Jamaica,
Leeward Island, Windward Island) |
| Soil: |
Rich
Organic |
| Water:
|
Maximum |
| Sun: |
Minimum -
Medium |
| Thickness: |
100 Centimetres |
| Height: |
8 Metres |
| Flower:
|
No: Spore
Plant |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names:
|
Giant Fern,
Mule's Foot Fern, King Fern |
| Synonyms: |
Polypodium evectum G. Forst. 1786.
Callipteris heterophylla T.Moore
Angiopteris acrocarpa de Vriese
Angiopteris alata Nadeaud
Angiopteris aurata de Vriese
Angiopteris beecheyana de Vriese
Angiopteris brongniartiana de Vriese
Angiopteris canaliculata Holttum
Angiopteris commutata C.Presl
Angiopteris cupreata de Vriese
Angiopteris elongata Hieron.
Angiopteris erecta Desv.
Angiopteris evanidostriata Hieron.
Angiopteris evecta var. rurutensis
E.D.Br.
Angiopteris hellwigii Hieron.
Angiopteris intricata C.Presl
Angiopteris lasegueana de Vriese
Angiopteris lauterbachii Hieron.
Angiopteris longifolia Grev. & Hook.
Angiopteris lorentzii Rosenst.
Angiopteris naumannii Hieron.
Angiopteris novocaledonica Hieron.
Angiopteris palauensis Hieron.
Angiopteris palmiformis (Cav.) C.Chr.
Clementea palmiformis Cav.
Danaea evecta (G.Forst.) Spreng.
Polypodium evectum G.Forst. |
This member of the
Marattiaceae family was given this name by George Franz
Hoffmannin 1794. It is found
in
Bismarck
Archipelago, Caroline Island., Cook Island, Fiji, Marianas, New
Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Samoa, Society Island, Tonga, Tubuai
Island, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Island and North-Western Australia.
It is growing in a rich organic soil with
lots water and little to some sun. The caudex can grow to 100
centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to eight metres in height.
The genera name from "anggerion";
'vessel' and "ptere"; 'fern', referring to the thick-walled
capsular-like sporangia. The species name means 'extended', and it
sure have long leaves. |
