LECANOPTERIS MIRABILIS
Author:
Edwin Bingham Copeland, 1929
Family:
POLYPODIACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Copel. (1929). In: Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 16: 123.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
25 Centimetres
Height:
60 Centimetres
Propagate:
Spores/Rhizomes
CITES:
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.
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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'.
Flower
Green Spores
Soil
Epiphyte
Water
Medium
Sun
Medium
