Taxon: Phlebodium aureum (L.) J. Sm.

• the 2 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• gold-foot fern   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• golden polypody   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• hare-foot fern   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• rabbit-foot fern   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• hartassbräken   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Zander ed14; Dict Gard; Eur Gard F)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2 (but probably refers to another species in the Polypodiaceae))
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Florida, Georgia [s.]
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda; Bahamas; Barbados; Dominica; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Montserrat; Puerto Rico; St. Kitts and Nevis; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; Virgin Islands (British); Virgin Islands (U.S.)
  Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela
  Brazil: Brazil
  Southern South America: Paraguay

• also cultivated

References:

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78:1-581. [= Polypodium aureum L.].
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2.
• Breedlove, D. E., ed. 1981–. Flora of Chiapas.
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Funk, V. et al. 2007. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584.
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. [= Polypodium aureum L.].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Lasser, T., ed. 1964–. Flora de Venezuela. [= Polypodium aureum L.].
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Proctor, G. R. 1985. Ferns of Jamaica. A guide to the pteridophytes. [= Polypodium aureum L.].
• Proctor, G. R. 1989. Ferns of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 53:1-389. [= Polypodium aureum L.].
• Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995–. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. [= Polypodium aureum L.].
• Stolze, R. G. et al. 1976. Ferns and fern allies of Guatemala. Fieldiana, Bot. 39:1-130., n.s., 6:1-522. 1981 [= Polypodium aureum L.].
• Tryon, R. M. et al. 1993. Part V. (18. Aspleniaceae - 21. Polypodiaceae). P. 32:134 in: Tryon, R. M. & R. G. Stolze, eds., Pteridophyta of Peru. Fieldiana, Botany new ser. [= Polypodium aureum L.].
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.

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Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Phlebodium aureum.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Polypodium aureum L. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)

Check other web resources for Phlebodium aureum (L.) J. Sm.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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