Acrostichum danaeifolium
Leather Fern
Acrostichum aureum
L. Species
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- Botanical name
- Acrostichum aureum
- Also known as
- Golden Leather Fern, Leather Fern
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Acrostichum
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Leather Fern
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Acrostichum aureum but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Acrostichum aureum f. cristata
Acrostichum aureum var. hirsutum
Acrostichum aureum var. marginatum
Acrostichum aureum var. urvillei
Acrostichum cayennense
Acrostichum crassifolium
Acrostichum emarginatum
Acrostichum fasciculatum
Acrostichum formosum
Acrostichum guineense
Acrostichum inaequale
Acrostichum juglandifolium
Acrostichum lagolo
Acrostichum marginatum
Acrostichum maritimum
Acrostichum obliquum
Acrostichum rigens
Acrostichum scalpturatum
Acrostichum spectabile
Acrostichum urvillei
Acrostichum wightianum
Aspidium emarginatum
Asplenium arifolium
Chrysodium aureum
Chrysodium cayennense
Chrysodium fasciculatum
Chrysodium hirsutum
Chrysodium inaequale
Chrysodium scalpturatum
Chrysodium speciosum
Chrysodium urvillei
Chrysodium vulgare
Chrysodium vulgare var. minus
Chrysodium vulgare var. rigens
Gymnogramma arifolia
Hemionitis arifolia
Polystichum emarginatum
Others in Acrostichum
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