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''Campyloneurum phyllitidis'', commonly known as the long strap fern, is a species of fern in the family
USDA Plants Profile for ''Campyloneurum phyllitidis'' (long strapfern)
{{Taxonbar, from=Q5028759 phyllitidis Ferns of the Americas Flora of the Caribbean Ferns of Mexico Ferns of the United States Flora of Central America Flora of northern South America Flora of western South America Ferns of Brazil Flora of Florida Flora of Panama Epiphytes Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Taxa named by Carl Borivoj Presl Garden plants of North America Garden plants of South America House plants Flora without expected TNC conservation status
Polypodiaceae
Polypodiaceae is a family of ferns. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the family includes around 65 genera and an estimated 1,650 species and is placed in the order Polypodiales, suborder Polypodiineae. A broader ...
.
Distribution
''Campyloneurum phyllitidis'' is found in North, Central, and South America: fromFlorida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
, the Caribbean
The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...
, and southeastern Mexico in the north; to tropical Peru
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and Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
, and Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...
in the south.
Other countries it is native to include the Southeastern United States
The Southeastern United States, also referred to as the American Southeast or simply the Southeast, is a geographical region of the United States. It is located broadly on the eastern portion of the southern United States and the southern por ...
, Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
, Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
, Bolivia, and Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
. It is also present in Florida, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and the Virgin Islands. The fern is common on Barro Colorado Island
Barro Colorado Island is located in the man-made Gatun Lake in the middle of the Panama Canal. The island was formed when the waters of the Chagres River were dammed to form the lake in 1913. When the waters rose, they covered a significant part ...
of Panama.
Description
''Campyloneurum phyllitidis'' is anepiphyte
An epiphyte is an organism that grows on the surface of a plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it. The plants on which epiphytes grow are called phoroph ...
, growing on other plants; generally the fern is found growing in the canopies of trees.
It has a relatively large rhizome
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (; , ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow hori ...
from which many fine rootlets covered in dark reddish-brown scales grow. Its leaves are simple in shape, hairless, long and wide.
The sori are round and small, occurring in on both sides of lateral veins of the leaves.
It is known to grow as an epiphyte on '' Platypodium elegans'', ''Ceiba pentandra
''Ceiba pentandra'' is a tropical tree of the order Malvales and the family Malvaceae (previously emplaced in the family Bombacaceae), native to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, northern South America, and (as the variety ''C. pentandr ...
'', ''Tabebuia
''Tabebuia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae.Eberhard Fischer, Inge Theisen, and Lúcia G. Lohmann. 2004. "Bignoniaceae". pages 9-38. In: Klaus Kubitzki (editor) and Joachim W. Kadereit (volume editor). ''The Families a ...
guayacan'', ''Anacardium excelsum
''Anacardium excelsum'', the wild cashew or ''espavé'', is a tree in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae. The tree is common in the tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests of Pacific and Atlantic watersheds of Central and South Amer ...
'', ''Socratea exorrhiza
''Socratea exorrhiza'', the walking palm or cashapona, is a Arecaceae, palm native to rainforests in tropical Central America, Central and South America. It can grow to 25 metres in height, with a stem diameter of up to 16 cm, but is more ty ...
'', ''Marila
''Marila'' is a plant genus in the family Calophyllaceae.Stephens, P.F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/ The genus comprises about 20 species, occurring in the Neotrop ...
laxiflora'' and ''Perebea
''Perebea'' is a genus of plant in family Moraceae.
Selected species
* '' P. angustifolia'' (Poepp. & Endl.) C.C.Berg
* '' P. glabrifolia'' (Ducke) C.C.Berg.
* '' P. guianensis'' Aubl. ( type)
* '' P. hispidula'' Standl.
* '' ...
xanthochyma''.
Uses
''Campyloneurum phyllitidis'' is cultivated as anornamental plant
Ornamental plants or garden plants are plants that are primarily grown for their beauty but also for qualities such as scent or how they shape physical space. Many flowering plants and garden varieties tend to be specially bred cultivars that i ...
, and is the most common species of ''Campyloneurum'' found in cultivation. The fern grows well in well-drained soil under medium levels of light. It needs to be protected from slugs and snails.
''Campyloneurum phyllitidis'' was grown in England during the Victorian era, when ferns were particularly popular (the phenomenon known as pteridomania
Pteridomania or fern fever was a Victorian craze for ferns. Decorative arts of the period presented the fern motif in pottery, glass, metal, textiles, wood, printed paper, and sculpture, with ferns "appearing on everything from christening ...
). The fern was described by an author of the time, Shirley Hibberd, as being "very distinct" and that it formed a "striking object when grown well".
See also
*References
External links
USDA Plants Profile for ''Campyloneurum phyllitidis'' (long strapfern)
{{Taxonbar, from=Q5028759 phyllitidis Ferns of the Americas Flora of the Caribbean Ferns of Mexico Ferns of the United States Flora of Central America Flora of northern South America Flora of western South America Ferns of Brazil Flora of Florida Flora of Panama Epiphytes Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Taxa named by Carl Borivoj Presl Garden plants of North America Garden plants of South America House plants Flora without expected TNC conservation status