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Golden Polypody

Ferns and Fern Allies

The golden polypody, also called the golden serpent fern, cabbage palm fern or blue-star fern, is an epiphytic fern of the family Polypodiaceae native to tropical and subtropical parts of the Americas, from southeastern Georgia and Florida through the Caribbean and coastal South America. Its creeping rhizome is densely covered in golden-brown scales, and its large, deeply lobed fronds, thirty to a hundred thirty centimeters long with up to thirty-five leaflets, range from bright to glaucous blue-green. It grows on tree trunks and branches in rainforest canopies, cloud forests, dwarf palm forests and Florida swamps and hammocks, needs high light and cannot tolerate prolonged frost, and is both a popular ornamental houseplant and a subject of herbal-medicine research into its dermatological and UV-protective properties.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Used in Traditional Medicine 2
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
G5 Secure 3
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Scientific Name
Phlebodium aureum 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 5
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Pteridophyta, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Golden Polypody

In Biome

Cloud Forest, Biomes
Source Wikipedia: Phlebodium aureum
Tropical Rainforest, Biomes
Source Wikipedia: Phlebodium aureum
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Found In

Australia

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Bahamas

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Belgium

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Brazil

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Colombia

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Cuba

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Dominican Republic

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Georgia

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Guyana

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Haiti

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India

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Jamaica

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Mauritius

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North America

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Portugal

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South Africa

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South America

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Sri Lanka

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Suriname

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United States

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Venezuela

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Sources
1. Wikidata: Golden Polypody
  • Wikidata Q1231082, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikipedia 'Phlebodium aureum': an epiphytic fern
  • Child Taxon Of: Pteridophyta, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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2. Wikipedia: Phlebodium aureum
Wikipedia
  • Wikidata Q1231082 (P225 taxon name)
  • system statement
    This fern is rarely terrestrial in habitat, usually colonizing the canopies of tropical rainforests and the dwarf palms of subtropical forests.
  • Human use: used-in-traditional-medicine
    is valued both as an ornamental plant and in herbal medicine.
  • In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Habitat
    This fern is rarely terrestrial in habitat, usually colonizing the canopies of tropical rainforests and the dwarf palms of subtropical forests.
  • In Biome: Cloud Forest, Habitat
    It is common in the cloud forests of the Caribbean and northern South America.
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3. NatureServe Explorer: Phlebodium aureum
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G5"
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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Polypodiales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12392
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12392
"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"
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5. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Polypodiaceae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12444
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12444
"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"
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