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Species Name:    Phlebodium aureum
Common Name:     

  (Cabbage Palm Fern)

 


I.  TAXONOMY

Kingdom Phylum/Division: Class: Order: Family: Genus:
Plantae Pteridophyta Filicopsida Polypodiales Polypodiaceae Phlebodium



Phlebodium aureum, growing at the base of a cabbage palm.  Photo courtesy of K. Hill, Smithsonian Marine Station.


Leaf detail of Phlebodium aureum, showing sori on the leaf underside.  Photo courtesy of K. Hill, Smithsonian Marine Station.

Species Name:
Phlebodium aureum (L.) J. Sm.

Common Name:
Cabbage palm fern, golden polypody, golden serpent fern.

Other Taxonomic Groupings:
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta

Synonymy:
Polypodium aureum

 

 

 

 

 


 

Report by:  K. Hill, Smithsonian Marine Station
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