Nephrolepis
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Nephrolepis is a genus of about 30 species of fern
s in the family Nephrolepidaceae or Lomariopsidaceae
(included in Davalliaceae
in some classifications).
Some species of Nephrolepis grown as ornamental plant
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It is also one of the best over all plants at removing gaseous toxins from the air, including formaldehyde.
Some Nephrolepis spp. may prove to be a good source of new antimicrobial chemicals.
Fern
A fern is any one of a group of about 12,000 species of plants belonging to the botanical group known as Pteridophyta. Unlike mosses, they have xylem and phloem . They have stems, leaves, and roots like other vascular plants...
s in the family Nephrolepidaceae or Lomariopsidaceae
Lomariopsidaceae
The Lomariopsidaceae is a family of ferns with a largely tropical distribution. The family is here restricted to the cladistic grouping determined by the paper cited below.*Cyclopeltis*Lomariopsis*Nephrolepis...
(included in Davalliaceae
Davalliaceae
Davalliaceae is a family of ferns in the order Polypodiales. It is sister to the largest family of ferns, Polypodiaceae, and shares some morphological characters with it....
in some classifications).
Selected species
- Nephrolepis biserrata (Sw.) Schott. (syn. Aspidium bisseratum Sw., Aspidium acutum Schkuhr, Nephrolepis acuta (Schkuhr) C.Presl, Polypodium puctulatum Poir)
- Nephrolepis cordifoliaNephrolepis cordifoliaTuber ladder fern, is a fern native to Australia and Asia. It has many common names including Boston fern, sword fern, narrow swordfern and ladder fern. It is similar to the related fern Nephrolepis exaltata.-Distribution:...
(L.) C.Presl (syn. Polypodium cordifolium L., Nephrolepis tuberosa (Bory ex Willd.) C.Presl, Aspidium tuberosum Bory ex Willd.) - Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott (syn. Polypodium exaltatum L.)
- Nephrolepis multiflora (Roxb.) F.M.Jarret ex C.V.Morton (syn. Davallia multiflora Roxb.)
- Nephrolepis obliterataNephrolepis obliterataKimberly Queen Fern is a species of fern in the family Lomariopsidaceae. This fern originated in Australia, but is relatively easy cultivate indoors worldwide.The kimberly queen is not as well known as the Boston fern...
- Nephrolepis pectinata (Willd.) Schott (syn. Aspidium pectinatum Willd.)
Some species of Nephrolepis grown as ornamental plant
Ornamental plant
Ornamental plants are plants that are grown for decorative purposes in gardens and landscape design projects, as house plants, for cut flowers and specimen display...
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It is also one of the best over all plants at removing gaseous toxins from the air, including formaldehyde.
Some Nephrolepis spp. may prove to be a good source of new antimicrobial chemicals.