Salpichlaena
Salpichlaena | |
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Salpichlaena volubilis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
Family: | Blechnaceae |
Subfamily: | Stenochlaenoideae |
Genus: | Salpichlaena J. Sm. |
Species | |
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Salpichlaena is a genus containing two species of fern in the family Blechnaceae. Species of the genus are native to Central and South America. These ferns have climbing leaves with a rachis that twines around tree branches and other supports.
- Species
- Salpichlaena hookeriana (Kuntze) Alston
- Salpichlaena volubilis (Kaulf.) J. Sm.
References
[edit]- Giudice, G.E., et al., 2008, Revision of the genus Salpichlaena J. Sm. (Blechnaeceae, Pteridophyta), Amer. Fern J., 98 (2): 49–60.