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Ceratopteris thalictroides (watersprite)

Synonyms: Ellobocarpus oleraceous; Teleozoma thalictroides

Wikipedia Abstract

The species Ceratopteris thalictroides is a fern species belonging to the genus Ceratopteris, one of only two genera of the Ceratopteridoideae subfamily of the family Pteridaceae. The species represents a special living form of ferns, and is thus of great botanical interest. The leaf and stem can also be used medically.
View Wikipedia Record: Ceratopteris thalictroides

Infraspecies

Ceratopteris thalictroides gaudichaudii
Ceratopteris thalictroides thalictroides

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Annual/Perennial
Structure [2]  Fern

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Anhui Shengjin Lake National Nature Reserve 82385 Anhui, China      
Corcovado National Park 115845 Costa Rica  
Kakadu National Park II 4744348 Northern Territory, Australia
Palo Verde National Park II 46190 Costa Rica  
Purnululu National Park II 604999 Western Australia, Australia

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0