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Antrophyum plantagineum
3-442.15.01Synonym: Antrophytum plantagineum.
English: Plantain-leaved lineleaf fern.
German: Wegerichblättriger Streifenfarn.
Clades: Tracheophytes, Polypodiopsida, Polypodiales, Pteridaceae.
Region: tropical Asia, Southeast Asia, parts of Australia Pacific.
Habitat: shaded, ultra-humid, tropical rainforest understories.
Use: ornsmrntal, in terrarium, vivarium, paludarium hobbyists, for its miniature growth phase and ability to form dense green carpets on background walls and hardscapes.BotanyType: fern; epiphytic or lithophytic ;evergreen; epiphytic, on tree trunks, moist, shaded rocks and waterfalls.
Root: absent.
Stem: short, creeping to compact rhizomes covered in small, clumping scales.
Leaves: simple, undivided, strap-like to lanceolate;like plantain leaves; leathery; lacking a prominent central midrib (costa).
Dispersion: by wind, air.
English: Plantain-leaved lineleaf fern.
German: Wegerichblättriger Streifenfarn.
Clades: Tracheophytes, Polypodiopsida, Polypodiales, Pteridaceae.
Region: tropical Asia, Southeast Asia, parts of Australia Pacific.
Habitat: shaded, ultra-humid, tropical rainforest understories.
Use: ornsmrntal, in terrarium, vivarium, paludarium hobbyists, for its miniature growth phase and ability to form dense green carpets on background walls and hardscapes.BotanyType: fern; epiphytic or lithophytic ;evergreen; epiphytic, on tree trunks, moist, shaded rocks and waterfalls.
Root: absent.
Stem: short, creeping to compact rhizomes covered in small, clumping scales.
Leaves: simple, undivided, strap-like to lanceolate;like plantain leaves; leathery; lacking a prominent central midrib (costa).
Dispersion: by wind, air.