Taxon: Ceratopteris pteridoides (Hook.) Hieron.

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Common names:

• floating fern   (Source: Slocum & Robinson) – English
  
• flytvattenbräken   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide F Mesoamer)
  

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Florida, Louisiana
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Tabasco
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Cuba; Hispaniola; Trinidad and Tobago
  Mesoamerica: Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Nicaragua; Panama
  Northern South America: Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela
  Brazil: Brazil
  Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
  Southern South America: Argentina; Paraguay

• also cultivated

References:

• 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).
• Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. 2:121.
• Lellinger, D. B. 1989. The ferns and fern-allies of Costa Rica, Panama, and the Chocó (Part 1:Psilotaceae through Dicksoniaceae). Pteridologia 2A:107.
• Mickel, J. T. & A. R. Smith. 2004. The pteridophytes of Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 88:1-1054.
• Slocum, P. D. & P. Robinson. 1996. Water gardening.
• Tryon, R. M. & R. G. Stolze. 1989. Part II. (13. Pteridaceae - 15. Dennstaedtiaceae). In: Tryon, R. M. & R. G. Stolze, eds., Pteridophyta of Peru. Fieldiana, Botany new ser. 22:50.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Ceratopteris pteridoides.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Ceratopteris pteridoides.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Ceratopteris pteridoides.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Parkeria pteridoides Hook. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Ceratopteris pteridoides (Hook.) Hieron.:

• 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
• 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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