Common name
English: Old World Forkedfern
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2616)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2519)
Class: Polypodiopsida (35)
Order: Gleicheniales (3)
Family: Gleicheniaceae (3)(family description)
Genus: Dicranopteris (3)
Epithet: linearis (Burm.) Underwood (1)
Synonyms: Dicranopteris discolor (Schrad.) Nakai, Dicranopteris hermannii (R.Br.) Nakai, Dicranopteris klotzschii (Hook.) Ching, Dicranopteris lessonii (A.Rich.) Ching, Dicranopteris rufinervis (Mart.) Ching, Gleichenia discolor (Schrad.) Sehnem, Gleichenia hermannii R.Br., Gleichenia klotzschii Hook., Gleichenia linearis (Burm.) C.B.Cl., Gleichenia mucronata Reinw.
discolor => of different or changing colours
linearis => of uniform width
mucronata => terminating, an organ with a straight, stiff and sharp point
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: shrub
External links
Check for Dicranopteris linearis at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [75] Dicranopteris species of fern in the world - A list of the species of the genus Dicranopteris
- [395] Dicranopteris linearis - Plants of Hawaii