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King fern
Angiopteris evecta
About
Angiopteris evecta, commonly known as the king fern, giant fern, elephant fern, oriental vessel fern, Madagascar tree fern, or mule's foot fern, is a very large rainforest fern in the family Marattiaceae native to most parts of Southeast Asia and Oceania. It has a history dating back about 300 million years, and is believed to have the longest fronds of any fern in the world.
- Family
- Marattiaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Angiopteris evecta
- Slug
- angiopteris-evecta
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Marattiaceae
- Genus
- Angiopteris
- Species
- evecta
- Wikidata QID
- Q4763286
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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