Salpichlaena is a genus containing two species of fern in the family Blechnaceae. Species of the genus are native to Central and South America. These ferns have climbing leaves with a rachis that twines around tree branches and other supports.
| Salpichlaena | |
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| Salpichlaena volubilis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
| Family: | Blechnaceae |
| Subfamily: | Stenochlaenoideae |
| Genus: | Salpichlaena J. Sm. |
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- Species
- Salpichlaena hookeriana (Kuntze) Alston
- Salpichlaena volubilis (Kaulf.) J. Sm.
References edit
- Giudice, G.E., et al., 2008, Revision of the genus Salpichlaena J. Sm. (Blechnaeceae, Pteridophyta), Amer. Fern J., 98 (2): 49–60.
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