Aglaomorpha willdenowii is a species of subtropical fern native to the islands of Comoros, Madagascar, and Mauritius.[1] Drynarioid ferns are largely native to Asia and Oceania, but A. willdenowii is the only species of fern in the genus native to Madagascar.[2] 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.[3]
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| Aglaomorpha willdenowii growing in the Berlin Botanical Garden | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
| Family: | Polypodiaceae |
| Genus: | Aglaomorpha |
| Species: | A. willdenowii
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| Binomial name | |
| Aglaomorpha willdenowii (Bory) T.Moore
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References
edit- ^ "Drynaria willdenowii". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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