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Accession Data:

Lecanopteris luzonensis Hennipman

  • Common Name: Ant Fern
  • Family: Polypodiaceae Bercht. & J. Presl.

  • Country of Origin: Phillipines

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201000137
  • Source: Frank Omilian
  • Provenance:
    Plants from material received in 2003 from Andreas Wistuba in Germany.
    Donated to UConn by Frank Omilian 
    
  • Accession Date: 09-30-2010
  • Bench: 3110 - EVO: Tropical Conifers & Ginkgo
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 11-29-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Ferns
  • Class: Polypodiopsida
  • SubClass: Polypodiidae
  • Order: Polypodiales
  • SubOrder: Polypodiineae
  • Family: Polypodiaceae
  • SubFamily: Microsoroideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013

References (internal):

  • Ant Plants (myrmecophytes)
  • Ferns & Fern Allies
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Philippines

References (external):

  1. Personal communication with Frank Omilian - 5OCT2010
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, August 04, 2017.
  3. Christopher H. Haufler et al, Systematics of the Ant-Fern Genus Lecanopteris (Polypodiaceae): Testing Phylogenetic Hypotheses with DNA Sequences, Systematic Botany Vol. 28, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 2003), pp. 217-227 (11 pages). Last accessed on Sunday, October 21, 2018.

data regenerated on Thu, 27 Mar 2025 11:45:13 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Polypodiaceae

  • Pseudodrynaria coronans

Subfamily Drynarioideae

  • Aglaomorpha meyeniana
  • Aglaomorpha speciosa
  • Drynaria bonii

Subfamily Microsoroideae

  • Colysis hemionitidea
  • Goniophlebium subauriculatum
  • Lecanopteris luzonensis
  • Lecanopteris sarcopus
  • Lemmaphyllum microphyllum
  • Lemmaphyllum microphyllum
  • Microsorum punctatum "Grandiceps"
  • Microsorum scandens
  • Microsorum sp.
  • Microsorum steerei
  • Microsorum unidentified
  • Neolepisorus ovatus

Subfamily Platycerioideae

  • Platycerium alcicorne W/C
  • Platycerium alcicorne W/C
  • Platycerium andinum
  • Platycerium bifurcatum
  • Platycerium coronarium
  • Platycerium grande
  • Platycerium madagascariense
  • Platycerium quadridichotomum
  • Platycerium stemaria
  • Platycerium veitchii
  • Pyrrosia lingua
  • Pyrrosia lingua 'Hiryu'
  • Pyrrosia polydactylis

Subfamily Polypodioideae

  • Polypodiodes formosana

Subfamily Polypodioideae
Tribe non-grammitid ferns

  • Campyloneurum phyllitidis
  • Microgramma lycopodioides
  • Microgramma nitida
  • Phlebodium aureum
  • Serpocaulon meniscifolium W/C
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= accession added within past 90 days
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