Scientific or common name:

Lygodium palmatum (Bernh.) Sw.

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LYGODIACEAE - Climbing Fern family Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Lygodium palmatum (Bernh.) Sw.
Nomencl. ref.: Syn. Fil. (Swartz) 154. 1806; HB. 436. Prantl, Schiz. 64. Chr. 353. NPfl. 365. 1806
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: American climbing fern
English name: American climbing fern
English name: creeping fern

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Grown habit: Vine, Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: -
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Filicopsida
Subclass: -
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Lygodiaceae
Genus: Lygodium
Species:

1) Lygodium auriculatum (Willd.) Alston 2) Lygodium japonicum (Thunb.) Sw. 3) Lygodium microphyllum (Cav.) R. Br. 4) Lygodium palmatum (Bernh.) Sw. 5) Lygodium venustum Sw. [excluded]

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, CT, DE, FL, GA, IN, KY, MA, MD, MI, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WV)


Map for Lygodium palmatum (Bernh.) Sw.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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Kingdoms
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1) Fungi 2) Plantae

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Divisions
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1) Anthocerotophyta (Hornworts) 2) Bryophyta (Mosses) 3) Chlorophyta (Green algae) 4) Coniferophyta (Conifers) 5) Cycadophyta (Cycads) 6) Equisetophyta (Horsetails) 7) Ginkgophyta (Ginkgo) 8) Gnetophyta (Gnetophytes) 9) Hepaticophyta (Liverworts) 10) Lycopodiophyta (Lycopods) 11) Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants) 12) Psilophyta (Whisk-ferns) 13) Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Classes
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1) Filicopsida 2) Polypodiopsida

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Families
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1) Anemiaceae (Flowering Fern family) 2) Aspleniaceae (Spleenwort family) 3) Blechnaceae (Chain Fern family) 4) Cyatheaceae (Tree Fern family) 5) Davalliaceae (Hanging Fern family) 6) Dennstaedtiaceae (Bracken Fern family) 7) Dicksoniaceae (Tree Fern family) 8) Dryopteridaceae (Wood Fern family) 9) Gleicheniaceae (Forking Fern family) 10) Grammitidaceae (Kihi Fern family) 11) Hymenophyllaceae (Filmy Fern family) 12) Lophosoriaceae (Diamond-leaf Fern family) 13) Lygodiaceae (Climbing Fern family) 14) Marattiaceae (Vessel Fern family) 15) Marsileaceae (Water-clover family) 16) Ophioglossaceae 17) Osmundaceae (Royal Fern family) 18) Parkeriaceae (Water Fern family) 19) Polypodiaceae (Polypody family) 20) Pteridaceae (Maidenhair Fern family) 21) Salviniaceae (Floating Fern family) 22) Schizaeaceae (Curly-grass family) 23) Thelypteridaceae (Marsh Fern family) 24) Vittariaceae (Shoestring Fern family)

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Genera (Lygodiaceae)
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1) Lygodium (climbing fern)

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Common names (Lygodium)
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1) (no name) 2) American climbing fern (Lygodium palmatum) 3) Japanese climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum) 4) Small-leaf climbing fern (Lygodium microphyllum)

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More species:
1) Lyonia ferruginea (Walter) Nutt. [245]
2) Lyonia fruticosa (Michx.) G.S. Torr. [239]
3) Lyonia ligustrina (L.) DC. [286]
4) Lyonia lucida (Lam.) K. Koch [313]
5) Lyonia palustris (Pursh) Small [238]
6) Lyonothamnus floribundus A. Gray [307]
7) Lysiloma ambiguum Urb. [257]
8) Lysiloma watsonii Rose [320]
9) Lysimachia lanceolata Walter [330]
10) Lysimachia quadrifolia L. [448]

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