Phlebodium pseudoaureum (Cav.) Lellinger is a plant in the Polypodiaceae family, order Polypodiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Phlebodium pseudoaureum (Cav.) Lellinger

Phlebodium pseudoaureum (Cav.) Lellinger

Phlebodium pseudoaureum is an epiphytic fern of Polypodiaceae native to the New World tropics and subtropics that holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Family
Genus
Phlebodium
Order
Polypodiales
Class
Polypodiopsida

About Phlebodium pseudoaureum (Cav.) Lellinger

Phlebodium pseudoaureum (Cav.) Lellinger, also known by the synonym Phlebodium areolatum and common name Virginia blue fern, is a species of epiphytic fern belonging to the family Polypodiaceae. It is native to the New World Tropics and Subtropics, including Mexico, Florida, some Caribbean islands, Central America, and South America extending to Argentina. It has been introduced to India. Under the name Phlebodium pseudoaureum, this species has been awarded the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Photo: (c) Rich Hoyer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Rich Hoyer · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Polypodiopsida Polypodiales Polypodiaceae Phlebodium

More from Polypodiaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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