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Aglaomorpha willdenowii
Aglaomorpha willdenowii growing in the Berlin Botanical Garden
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Polypodiineae
Family:	Polypodiaceae
Genus:	Aglaomorpha
Species:	A. willdenowii
Binomial name
Aglaomorpha willdenowii (Bory) T.Moore
Synonyms
Drynaria willdenowii Phymatodes thouarsii Polypodium thouarsii Polypodium willdenowii

Aglaomorpha willdenowii is a species of subtropical fern native to the islands of Comoros, Madagascar, and Mauritius. Drynarioid ferns are largely native to Asia and Oceania, but A. willdenowii is the only species of fern in the genus native to Madagascar. Like other Aglaomorpha, its caudex is covered in dry, scale-like sterile fronds and fine hairs, while the larger green fronds are the fertile ones bearing spores.

References

1. "Drynaria willdenowii". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
2. Janssen, Thomas; Kreier, Hans-Peter; Schneider, Harald (2007). "Origin and Diversification of African Ferns with Special Emphasis on Polypodiaceae". Brittonia. 59 (2): 159–181. doi:10.1663/0007-196X(2007)59[159:OADOAF]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0007-196X. JSTOR 4497362. S2CID 23364840.
3. Hooker, William Jackson (1862). Garden Ferns; Or, coloured Figures and Descriptions, with the needful Analyses of the Fructification and Venation, of a selection of Exotic Ferns adapted for Cultivation in the Garden, Hothouse, and Conservatory: The Drawings by Walter Fitch. Lovell, Reeve & Company.

External links

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