Common name
English: Old World Forkedfern
English: Old World Forkedfern
Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Polypodiopsida (36)
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
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: shrub
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