Re: Fadyenia - Dotted fern

Hi Jolanda and Wim!

Here is a link to a page showing a habit shot, a
closeup of a fertile pinna and the vegetative cloning
aspects of Fadyenia hookeri.

http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/boga/html/Fadyenia_hookeri_Foto.html

I found it using Google Image.

Cheers!

ross

--- Wim de Winter <Wim.deWinter@wur.nl> wrote:

> Hello Jolanda,
> 
>  From what I can see here w/o my books at hand,
> Fadyenia is a small 
> dryopteroid genus of the West-Indies indeed. Mobot
> gives three species, 
> F. hookeri, F. Prolifera and F. fadyenii.
> 
> The genus name also has been used illegitimately for
> the dogwood Garrya, 
> and is still in use for some snails.
> 
> Google returns me ca. 900 results for "Fadyenia -
> Garrya" (so incl. the 
> snails). Pictures can be found at 
> http://www.botanyphotos.net/thumbnails.php?album=47
> 
> I assume a description and distribution may be found
> in Proctor's Ferns 
> of Jamaica. Would you like me to copy that for you?
> 
> Wim
> Jolanda wrote:
> > Hello Fernatics,
> >
> > I came across the genus name 'Fadyenia' - the
> dotted fern, which is
> > apparently a monotypical genus, native to the West
> Indies and Puerto
> > Rico. That is all the information I could get on
> it, even with a 'Google
> > search'. What is the species name and where can I
> view a photograph of
> > this fern? Any other information on the fern will
> also be appreciated.
> >
> > Frondly regards
> >
> > Jolanda Nel
> > South Africa
> >
> >
>
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