Salpichlaena

Salpichlaena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Pteridophyta
Class:Polypodiopsida/Pteridopsida
(disputed)
Order:Polypodiales
Family:Blechnaceae
Subfamily:Stenochlaenoideae
Genus:Salpichlaena
J. Sm.
Species

see text

Salpichlaena is a genus containing two species of fern in the family Blechnaceae. The genus is endemic 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

  • Giudice, G.E., et al., 2008, Revision of the genus Salpichlaena J. Sm. (Blechnaeceae, Pteridophyta), Amer. Fern J., 98 (2): 49-60.


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