Ctenitis sloanei
| Ctenitis sloanei | |
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| Growing at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Miami, FL, USA | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
| Family: | Dryopteridaceae |
| Genus: | Ctenitis |
| Species: | C. sloanei
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| Binomial name | |
| Ctenitis sloanei (Poepp. ex Spreng.) Morton
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| Synonyms | |
Ctenitis sloanei (commonly known as the Florida tree fern, red hair comb fern, Bermuda cave fern, or Florida lacefern) is a species of wood fern native to USA (Florida), Bermuda, Cuba, the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and northwestern South America.[2] Although it does not belong to the order Cyatheales (the group that contains most tree ferns), it is still considered by some to be a type of tree fern.[3][4][5] This would make it the only tree fern native to the continental United States (the parts of the US that exclude Hawaii, Alaska and overseas territories)[3]. A member of the genus Ctenitis, it was formerly classified under the genus Dryopteris as Dryopteris ampla.[1][6][5] The population of this fern has been damaged and it is noted to possibly be endangered.[7][8]
Description
[edit]Ctenitis sloanei mainly grows in moist tropical hammocks and near exposed limestone. It is a perennial which grows up to 1.21 meters (4 ft) tall on average. The fern is also evergreen.[1][9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
- ^ "Bermuda Cave Fern". Government of Bermuda: The Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
- ^ a b "| Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants | University of Florida, IFAS". plant-directory.ifas.ufl.edu. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
- ^ Austin, Daniel F.; Iverson, Grace Blanchard; Nauman, Clifton E. (January 1979). "A Tropical Fern Grotto in Broward County, Florida". American Fern Journal. 69 (1): 14. doi:10.2307/1546906. ISSN 0002-8444.
- ^ a b Diddell, Mary W. (1936). "Growing Florida Ferns". American Fern Journal. 26 (1): 1. doi:10.2307/1544181. ISSN 0002-8444.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Morton, C. V. (April 1969). "New Combinations in Cyathea, Ctenitis, and Asplenium". American Fern Journal. 59 (2): 65. doi:10.2307/1546051. ISSN 0002-8444.
- ^ Ward, Daniel B.; Austin, Daniel F.; Coile, Nancy C. (2003). "Endangered and Threatened Plants of Florida, Ranked in Order of Rarity". Castanea. 68 (2): 160–174. ISSN 0008-7475.
- ^ "MINUTES OF THE ENDANGERED PLANT ADVISORY COUNCIL" (PDF). Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.gov.
- ^ Calkins, Carroll (1989). Illustrated guide to gardening (1 ed.). Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest Association. p. 389.