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Pityrogramma sulphurea

Pityrogramma sulphurea, the Jamaican goldback fern, is a fern, endemic to the West Indies and naturalized in Sri Lanka.

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Pityrogramma sulphurea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Genus: Pityrogramma
Species:
P. sulphurea
Binomial name
Pityrogramma sulphurea
(Sw.) Maxon

Pityrogramma sulphurea, the Jamaican goldback fern,1 is a fern, endemic to the West Indies and naturalized in Sri Lanka.

Synonyms

  • Acrostichum sulphureum Sw.
  • Ceropteris sulphurea (Sw.) Fée
  • Gymnogramma sulphurea (Sw.) Desv.
References

References

  1. NRCS. "Pityrogramma sulphurea". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 6 October 2015.