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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Tracheophyta
Divisio: Pteridophyta
Classis: Polypodiopsida
Ordo: Polypodiales

Familia: Blechnaceae
Genus: Salpichlaena

Species: S. hookeriana – †S. serrata – S. volubilis
Name

Salpichlaena J.Sm.
References

Pabst, M.B. 1968. The flora of the Chuckanut Formation: the Equisetales, Filicales, and Coniferales. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 76: i–v, 1–85. Reference page.
Giudice, G.E., Luna, M.L., Carrión, C., & de la Sota, E.R. 2008. Revision of The Genus Salpichlaena J.Sm. (Blechnaceae, Pteridophyta). American Fern Journal 98 (2): 49–60.
Luna, M.L., Giudice, G.E., & de la Sota, E.R. 2008. Observations on Tracheary Elements in Salpichlaena J. Sm. (Blechnaceae, Pteridophyta). American Fern Journal 98 (2): 61–70.

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.

Species

Salpichlaena hookeriana (Kuntze) Alston
Salpichlaena volubilis (Kaulf.) J. Sm.

References

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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