Nephrolepis cordifolia

Nephrolepis cordifolia


Nephrolepis cordifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Filicinae
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Lomariopsidaceae
Genus: Nephrolepis
Species: N. cordifolia
Binomial name
Nephrolepis cordifolia
(L.) K. Presl
Synonyms
  • Aspidium cordifolium (L.) Sw.
  • Aspidium pendulum (Raddi
  • Aspidium tuberosum Bory ex Willd
  • Aspidium volubile (Sm.)F.M.Bailey
  • Nephrodium pendulum (Raddi)Desv.
  • Nephrodium tuberosum (Bory ex Willd.)Desv
  • Nephrolepis radicans (Burm.f.)Kuhn
  • Nephrolepis tuberosa (Bory ex Willd.)C.Presl
  • Polypodium cordifolium L.

Tuber ladder fern, (Nephrolepis cordifolia) is a fern native to Australia and Asia. It has many common names including Boston fern, sword fern, narrow swordfern and ladder fern. It is similar to the related fern Nephrolepis exaltata.

Nephrolepis cordifolia root system showing a tuber.

Distribution

It has been introduced into Bermuda, French Polynesia, New Zealand and the United States.[1]

Invasive species

Nephrolepis cordifolia spreading on a forest and pasture margin in the Waikato Region in New Zealand.

N. cordifolia has become an invasive species is some areas where it has been introduced. In New Zealand it is listed on the National Pest Plant Accord preventing the sale, cultivation and distribution of the plant. It is listed as an invasive species in Florida, United States.[2]


References

  1. ^ "Nephrolepis cordifolia". Global Invasive Species Database (Invasive Species Specialist Group). http://www.issg.org/database/species/distribution.asp?si=1158&fr=1&sts=&lang=EN. Retrieved 8 November 2011. 
  2. ^ "Nephrolepis cordifolia". Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. http://www.fleppc.org/ID_book/Nephrolepsis_cordifolia.pdf. Retrieved 8 November 2011. 

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