Author: | John
Gilbert Baker, 1881 |
Family: |
POLYPODIACEAE |
Origin: |
Borneo,
Java, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Sumatra, Indonesia |
Soil: |
Bark - Moss |
Water:
|
Maximum |
Sun: |
Minimum - Medium |
Thickness: |
6
Centimetres |
Height: |
30
Centimetres |
Flower:
|
No: Brown
Spores |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Rhizomes |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
Davallia deparioides Ces. 1876.
Lecanopteris curtisii, Baker.
Lecanopteris davallioides, Alderw.
Lecanopteris incurvata, Baker.
Lecanopteris macleayii, Baker.
Lecanopteris philippinensis, Alderw.
Lecanopteris saccata, Alderw.
Pleopeltis barisanica, Alderw.
Pleopeltis curtisii, Alderw.
Pleopeltis deparioides, Alderw.
Pleopeltis macleayi, Alderw.
Polypodium deparioides, Christ.
Polypodium macleayi, Alderw.
Polypodium naviculare, Alderw. |
This member of the
Polypodiaceae family was
given this name
by John Gilbert
Baker in 1881. It is found in Borneo, Java, Maluku, New Guinea,
Philippines and Sumatra, growing in the trees with some water and
some sun. The hollow rhizomes will grow up to six centimetres in
diameter, and the leaves will grow up to 30 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 it look like Deparia, a
member of the Athyriaceae family, and it sure does!
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