Taxon: Lygodium microphyllum (Cav.) R. Br.

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A declared noxious weed by USDA-APHIS.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

AL*, FL*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Link to species profile at

Common names:

• climbing-maidenhair fern   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• Old World climbing fern   (Source: P Invasion) – English
  
• small-leaf climbing fern   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide China FlEncy; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Weed   (fide Rep NCEPPC; Invasive Pl Spec)
  

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Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania [incl. Pemba, Zanzibar]; Uganda
  West-Central Tropical Africa: Burundi; Cameroon; Gabon; Zaire
  West Tropical Africa: Cote D'Ivoire; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Liberia; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone
  South Tropical Africa: Angola; Mozambique; Zambia; Zimbabwe
  Southern Africa: South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Ryukyu Islands; Taiwan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India
  Indo-China: Thailand
  Malesia: Brunei; Indonesia; Malaysia; Papua New Guinea; Philippines
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - New South Wales [n.e.], Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia [n.]
• PACIFIC
  Northwestern Pacific: Micronesia [Caroline & Marianas Islands]
  Southwestern Pacific: Fiji

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  United States [s.e.]
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: West Indies

• also cultivated

References:

• Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62.
• Carrisso, L. W. et al., eds. 1937–. Conspectus florae angolensis.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. [= L. scandens (L.) Sw.].
• Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. In: Luken, J. O. & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. 255–267.
• Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. 2:116.
• Fosberg, F. R. et al. 1979–1982. Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae/ Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae.
• Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Jardim e Museu Agricola do Ultramar, Portugal. 1971–1973. Flora da Guine Portuguesa.
• Johns, R. J. 1991. Pteridophytes of Tropical East Africa.
• Lellinger, D. B. 1985. A field manual of the ferns and fern-allies of the United States & Canada.
• Missouri Botanical Garden. W³Tropicos (on-line resource).
• Panigrahi, G. & S. Singh. 1983. (694) Proposal to emend the type of Lygodium, nom. cons. (Pteridophyta). Taxon 32:310. [mentions].
• Plant Protection and Quarantine Office. United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Federal noxious weed list (on-line resource).
• Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970–. Flora of Thailand.
• Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.
• USDA National Agricultural Library. National Invasive Species Information Center (on-line resource).
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Zhong Guo & Hua Jing. 1993. China floral encyclopaedia.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Lygodium microphyllum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Lygodium microphyllum.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Lygodium microphyllum.

Synonyms:

• (=) Lygodium scandens auct.
  
• (≡) Ugena microphylla Cav. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Lygodium microphyllum (Cav.) R. Br.:

• 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
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• 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.

Images:

• Forestry Images: Images of invasive weeds from www.forestryimages.org

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• Images 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.

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