Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Nephrolepis biserrata
helecho espada gigante, macho, macho fern, giant sword fern
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Pteridophyta
Class
Pteridopsida
Order
Polypodiales
Family
Davalliaceae
Genus
Nephrolepis
Species
biserrata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Aspidium biserratum Sw., Nephrolepis acuta (Schkuhr) C. Presl fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010)
Taxon origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
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