Biology:Lygodium microphyllum

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Short description: Species of fern

Lygodium microphyllum
ARS Lygodium microphyllum foliage.jpg
Underside of spore-bearing leaflets, some leaflets produce spores; others do not.

Secure (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Schizaeales
Family: Lygodiaceae
Genus: Lygodium
Species:
L. microphyllum
Binomial name
Lygodium microphyllum
World map with green shading indicating the species' distribution in southeast Asia to the north and northeastern coasts of Australia, central and west Africa and Florida
Global distribution[4]
Synonyms[3][5][6]
  • Lygodium scandens auct.
  • L. scandens (L.) Sw.
  • L. scandens var. intermedium Ces.
  • L. scandens var. microphyllum (Cav.) Luerss.
  • Ophioglossum filiforme Roxb.
  • Ugena microphylla Cav. (basionym)

Lygodium microphyllum (commonly known as, variously, climbing maidenhair fern,[3] Old World climbing fern,[3] small-leaf climbing fern,[3] or snake fern[3]) is a climbing fern originating in tropical Africa, Southeast Asia, Melanesia and Australia.[3] It is an invasive weed[7] in Florida[8] where it invades open forest and wetland areas. The type specimen was collected in the vicinity of Nabúa, on the island of Luzon in the Philippines by Luis Née.[9]

Distribution

Lygodium microphyllum is native to much of tropical Africa and South Africa; tropical Asia, including China, Ryukyu Islands of Japan; Australia; Fiji, the Mariana Islands and Caroline Islands.[3]

Lygodium microphyllum has become naturalized in the Caribbean and South Florida.[3]

Effects on the environment

Lygodium microphyllum causes problems in the environments where it is invasive. The plant damages wetland ecosystems, harming endangered species.[10] The ferns ability to grow up and over trees and shrubs and to form dense horizontal canopies allows it to cover whole communities of plants, reducing native plant diversity. Old World climbing fern can grow in many diverse ecosystems.[11] Lygodium microphyllum poses problems for fires, both natural and man-made, because it can lead fire into the tree canopy, killing trees.[12] The fern rapidly spread in South Florida's public conservation lands.[11]

Containment

Recently, the USDA approved the use of insects to keep the fern contained. Insects (Austromusotima camptozonale, Neomusotima conspurcatalis) and mites (Floracarus perrepae) have been released in several state parks to control the fern. Although some populations were devastated by a bout of cold weather, recently, reports of new activity have been made.[10]

Ethnobotany

Lygodium microphyllum has been used locally in folk medicine to treat skin ailments and problems, swelling and dysentery.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag[13]

References

  1. ↑ Irudayaraj, V. (2011). "Lygodium microphyllum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T194153A8883960. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/194153/8883960. Retrieved 8 November 2022. 
  2. ↑ NatureServe (3 November 2023). "Lygodium microphyllum". Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.142044/Lygodium_microphyllum. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8  Under its treatment as Lygodium microphyllum (from its basionym of Ugena microphylla), this species name was published first in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 162. 1810. {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Lygodium microphyllum | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = November 2, 2011 }}
  4. ↑ Volin, John C.; Kruger, Eric L.; Volin, Valeria C.; Tobin, Michael F.; Kitajima, Kaoru (2009). "Does release from natural belowground enemies help explain the invasiveness of Lygodium microphyllum? A cross-continental comparison". Plant Ecology 208 (2): 223. doi:10.1007/s11258-009-9700-6. 
  5. ↑  Ugena microphylla, the basionym of L. microphyllum, was first described and published in Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum 6: 76, pl. 595, f. 2. 1801. {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Ugena microphylla | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?403761 | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = November 2, 2011 }}
  6. ↑ "Name - Ugena microphylla Cav. synonyms". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/26602849?tab=synonyms. Retrieved November 2, 2011. 
  7. ↑ "Global Fire Initiative: Fire and Invasives". The Nature Conservancy. http://www.tncfire.org/crosscutting_fandi.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-12. 
  8. ↑ Soti, Pushpa G.; Jayachandran, Krish; Koptur, Suzanne; Volin, John C. (2015). "Effect of soil pH on growth, nutrient uptake, and mycorrhizal colonization in exotic invasive Lygodium microphyllum". Plant Ecology 216 (7): 989–998. doi:10.1007/s11258-015-0484-6. 
  9. ↑ "Name - Ugena microphylla Cav.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/26605865. Retrieved November 2, 2011. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Smith, Melissa C; Lake; Pratt; Boughton; Pumberton (June 2014). "Current status of the biological control agent Neomusotima conspurcatalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), on Lygodium microphyllum (Polypodiales: Lygodiaceae) in Florida". Florida Entomologist 97 (2): 817–820. doi:10.1653/024.097.0268. http://journals.fcla.edu/flaent/article/download/83238/80105. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Weed alert: Old World climbing fern". Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. http://myfwc.com/media/3225/InvasivePlants-Lygodium.pdf. 
  12. ↑ Rayamajhi, Min B; Pratt, Paul D; Leidi, Jorge; Center, Ted D (December 2014). "Austromusotima camptozonale ( Lepidoptera: Crambidae) herbivory results in frond and rhizome mortality of the invasive fern Lygodium microphyllum (Schizaeles: Lygodiaceae)". Florida Entomologist 97 (4): 1308–1316. doi:10.1653/024.097.0405. 
  13. ↑ "Lygodium (PROSEA)". https://uses.plantnet-project.org/en/Lygodium_(PROSEA). Retrieved 3 March 2020. 


Further reading

  • Jeffrey T. Hutchinson, Kenneth A. Langeland, Gregory E. MacDonald and Robert Querns, 2010; Absorption and Translocation of Glyphosate, Metsulfuron, and Triclopyr in Old World Climbing Fern (Lygodium microphyllum). Weed Science 58:2, 118-125 Online publication date : 1-Apr-2010 (abstract)

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5235063 entry



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