View source for Lygodium ← Lygodium You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Lygodium |accepted_authority=Swartz |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=J. Bot. (Schrader) |place=1800(2): 7, 106. 1801 |year=1801 }} |common_names=Climbing ferns |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Lygodiaceae;Lygodium |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Lygodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lygodium]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek lygodes, flexible, in reference to the twining rachis |volume=Volume 2 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form or habitat;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>terrestrial.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem architecture;stem size"><b>Stems </b>branched, slender.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf quantity;leaf architecture or shape;leaf shape;leaf growth form;rachis growth form"><b>Leaves </b>often more than several meters, 2-pinnate or more divided, climbing by means of twining rachis;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="pinna reproduction;leaf reproduction">fertile pinnae borne toward apex of fertile leaves.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="primary pinna height or length or size;primary pinna arrangement"><b>Blades </b>of short, alternate primary pinnae.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties=""><b>Pinnules </b>± entire to palmately or pinnately lobed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="pinnule shape;pinnule reproduction;pinna reproduction;pinna reproduction;pinna condition or size">fertile and sterile pinnae similar or fertile pinnae greatly contracted.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Nearly worldwide;mostly tropical regions;a few species in temperate regions;North America;Asia in Japan;s Africa;Pacific Islands in New Zealand |discussion=<p>Species ca. 40 (3 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=beckner1968a |text=Beckner, J. 1968. Lygodium microphyllum, another fern escaped in Florida. Amer. Fern J. 58: 93-94. }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=nauman1978a |text=Nauman, C. E. and D. F. Austin. 1978. Spread of the exotic fern Lygodium microphyllum in Florida. Amer. Fern J. 68: 65-66. }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=nauman1987a |text=Nauman, C. E. 1987. Schizaeaceae in Florida. Sida 12: 69-74. }} }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Pinnules palmately lobed, sterile tissue nearly absent on fertile lobes; petioles borne 1–4 cm apart. |[[Lygodium palmatum|Lygodium palmatum]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Pinnules 1-pinnate to palmately lobed, sterile tissue present on fertile lobes; petioles borne less than 1 cm apart. |[[#key-0-2| > 2]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Pinnules usually 1-pinnate, primary divisions mostly undivided, usually without basal lobes; lobes absent or rounded, auriculate, not directed toward leaf apex; ultimate segments articulate to petiolules, leaving wiry stalks when detached; blade tissue glabrous abaxially. |[[Lygodium microphyllum|Lygodium microphyllum]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Pinnules usually more than 1-pinnate, primary divisions pinnately to palmately lobed or divided, or if undivided with distinct basal lobes; lobes directed toward leaf apex; ultimate segments not articulate to petiolules, not leaving wiry stalks when detached; blade tissue sparsely to moderately pubescent abaxially. |[[Lygodium japonicum|Lygodium japonicum]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Lygodium |author=Clifton E. Nauman |authority=Swartz |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Lygodiaceae |distribution=Nearly worldwide;mostly tropical regions;a few species in temperate regions;North America;Asia in Japan;s Africa;Pacific Islands in New Zealand |reference=beckner1968a;nauman1978a;nauman1987a |publication title=J. Bot. (Schrader) |publication year=1801 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V2/V2_684.xml |genus=Lygodium |leaf architecture or shape=2-pinnate |leaf growth form=climbing |leaf quantity=more than several meters |leaf reproduction=fertile |leaf shape=divided |pinna condition or size=contracted |pinna reproduction=fertile;sterile;fertile |pinnule reproduction=fertile |pinnule shape=less entire;palmately or pinnately lobed |primary pinna arrangement=alternate |primary pinna height or length or size=short |rachis growth form=twining |stem architecture=branched |stem size=slender |whole_organism growth form=plant |whole_organism growth form or habitat=terrestrial }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Lygodiaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Lygodiaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Lygodium.