Biology:Sceptridium jenmanii

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Short description: Species of plant

Sceptridium jenmanii
Sceptridium jenmanii (Underw.) Lyon 2515393901.jpg

Vulnerable (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Ophioglossales
Family: Ophioglossaceae
Genus: Sceptridium
Species:
S. jenmanii
Binomial name
Sceptridium jenmanii
Underwood
Synonyms
  • Botrychium alabamense
  • Botrychium jenmanii

Sceptridium jenmanii, the Alabama grapefern or Dixie grapefern, is a species of fern in the Ophioglossaceae native to the southeastern United States.[2] It is a rare species, and is apparently in decline.[1] Like other grape ferns, it depends on a mycorrhizal association in the soil to survive.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q17262931 entry