About Heart Fern
Parahemionitis arifolia is a species of ferns in the subfamily Cheilanthoideae and the family Pteridaceae; it was placed previously in a monotypic genus Mickelopteris with the species M. cordata. Other synonyms include Parahemionitis cordata and various species names in the now much reduced genus Hemionitis. This species is native to South and south-eastern Asia, from India to Taiwan and the Philippines. This is the type species of genus Parahemionitis, which was initially published as Asplenium arifolium in 1768; the taxonomy of this whole subfamily is not not accepted by all sources.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Mickelopteris cordata
- Genus
- Mickelopteris
- Family
- PTERIDACEAE
- Habit
- Herb-Terrestrial
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests
- Native to
- India, China, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Myanmar
Pteridaceae
MAIDENHAIR FERN FAMILY
Heart Fern belongs to the Pteridaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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