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Phlebodium aureum J.Sm.

Golden polypody (en)

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Polypodiaceae > Polypodioideae > Phlebodium

Characteristics

Stems creeping, ca. 8--15(--30) mm diam., densely scaly; scales reddish to golden, long-attenuate, 10--20 mm. Leaves bright green or glaucous, arching to pendent, scattered, 3--13 dm. Petiole 1.5--5 dm, smooth, with a few scales near base. Blade pinnately and deeply lobed, 3--8 × 1--5 dm, glabrous, terminal segment conform. Segments lanceolate to elliptic, or linear-lanceolate to linear, 6--20 × 1--4 cm, margins entire or sometimes undulate. Sori in 1 line on each side of costae, occasionally 2d row present, sori terminal or at junction of free included veinlets. 2 n = 148.
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A fern.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
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Environment

Terrestrial, especially among rocks, or epiphytic, at elevations of 900-2,600 metres in Peru. In open forests, on tree trunks, or occasionally in soil or on mossy rocks, at elevations of 1,200-2,200 metres in Guatemala.
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It is a subtropical plant. In Argentina it grows below 200 m above sea level.
Light 4-6
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Soil acidity 4-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 11-12

Usage

Some part of the plant is added to teswino beer.
Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Other (root), Other (tuber), Pediatric Aid (unspecified), Psychological Aid (unspecified), Unspecified (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified), Sudorific (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Venereal (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified), Pectoral (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
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Images

Habit

Phlebodium aureum habit picture by Collados Ana (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Phlebodium aureum leaf picture by Yesid Sierra Plata (cc-by-sa)
Phlebodium aureum leaf picture by Castela Tiago (cc-by-sa)
Phlebodium aureum leaf picture by Collados Ana (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Phlebodium aureum fruit picture by Collados Ana (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Phlebodium aureum world distribution map, present in Argentina, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bahamas, Brazil, Barbados, Colombia, Cuba, Dominica, Spain, Guadeloupe, Grenada, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Sri Lanka, Montserrat, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17175390-1
WFO ID wfo-0001109224
COL ID 6VB3K
BDTFX ID 120160
INPN ID 706636
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Synonyms

Chrysopteris pulvinata Chrysopteris martinicensis Phlebodium grande Phlebodium microdictyum Phlebodium pulvinatum Polypodium pulvinatum Chrysopteris grandis Chrysopteris microdictya Polypodium auratum Pleopeltis aurea Chrysopteris aurea Polypodium aureum Polypodium aureum var. pulvinatum Phlebodium aureum
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