Aglaomorpha heraclea
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
| Family: | Polypodiaceae |
| Genus: | Aglaomorpha |
| Species: | A. heraclea
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| Aglaomorpha heraclea | |
Aglaomorpha heraclea is one of the basket ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, native to the East Indies and Malay Peninsula. Its common name is paku suloh. Its most noticeable feature is its leaves, in form resembling artichoke leaves, but with a broadly auriculate base, and up to 250 cm (98 in) to even 270 cm (110 in) long, and up to 80 cm (31 in) wide;[1][verification needed] they grow from a 2–3 cm thick root-climbing stem that spirals around tree trunks.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ anonymous (June 1998). "ASEAN review of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation (ARBEC)". Retrieved March 15, 2005. Page 13 of this Adobe document
- ^ Holtum, R.E. (1954). Flora of Malaya -Volume II - Ferns of Malaya. Singapore: Govt. Printing Office. pp. 185–186.