Angiopteris paucinervis
King Fern
Angiopteris evecta
(Forst.) Hoffm. Species
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- Botanical name
- Angiopteris evecta
- Also known as
- King Fern, Mule's-Foot Fern
- Family
- Marattiaceae
- Genus
- Angiopteris
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow King 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 Angiopteris evecta but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Angiopteris acrocarpa
Angiopteris alata
Angiopteris aurata
Angiopteris beecheyana
Angiopteris brongniartiana
Angiopteris canaliculata
Angiopteris commutata
Angiopteris cupreata
Angiopteris elongata
Angiopteris erecta
Angiopteris evanidostriata
Angiopteris evecta var. rurutensis
Angiopteris evecta var. vaupelii
Angiopteris hellwigii
Angiopteris lasegueana
Angiopteris lauterbachii
Angiopteris longifolia
Angiopteris lorentzii
Angiopteris muricata
Angiopteris naumannii
Angiopteris novocaledonica
Angiopteris palauensis
Callipteris heterophylla
Danaea evecta
Polypodium evectum
Others in Angiopteris
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