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Genus: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
GLEICHENIA
Coral Ferns (Le)
Family: GLEICHENIACEAE
For Wilhelm Friedrich von Gleichen-Russworm (Russwurm) (1717-1783).**
(Ch)
Gleichenia polypodioides (G)
Coral Fern(Ro) Creeping Coral Fern Keistervaring
Location: (F, K, P)
polys, polle, poly, = (of number ), many; (of size), heavy; (of value) much; pous, podos, = a foot. -oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of. (having common characteristics of POLYPODIUM, a fern genus)
(LS, BL, Ox)

The 2739 species, 671 genera and 184 families of plants have been compiled from the lists of the plants:

  • of the Hermanus Botanical Society compiled by Lee Burman, for the plants in the Fernkloof Nature Reserve, and the Vogelgat Private Nature Reserve, Hermanus. Location: (F).
  • of Mark Johns, Director of the Kogelberg Reserve, and of COASTEC, environmental consultants, for the plants in the Kogelberg Nature Reserve, Betty’s Bay, in the WesternCape Province, South Africa. Location: (K).
  • of Christopher Whitehouse, for the plants in the Phillipskop Mountain Reserve, Stanford, in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. Location: (P).

Suggestions for improvements to the lists and comments would be welcomed.