Dryopteridaceae
Puerto Rico creepingfern
Bolbitis portoricensis
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Genus
- Bolbitis
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Puerto Rico creepingfern
Synonyms
- Acrostichum alienum var. flagellum Jenman
- Acrostichum cladorrhizans Spreng.
- Acrostichum irregulare Liebm.
- Acrostichum portoricense Spreng.
- Anapausia aliena var. cladorrhizans (Spreng.) T.Moore
- Anapausia portoricensis (Spreng.) C.Presl
- Bolbitis cladorrhizans Ching
- Gymnopteris fournier (Liebm.) E.Fourn.
- Gymnopteris irregularis (Liebm.) E.Fourn.
- Gymnopteris portoricensis (Spreng.) Fée
- Heteroneuron lobulosum Fée
- Leptochilus alienus var. flagellum Suess.
- Leptochilus alienus var. flagellus (Jenman) Suess.
- Leptochilus cladorrhizans Maxon
- Poecilopteris lobulosa C.Presl
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Lena Struwe, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.