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Angiopteris evecta, commonly known as the king fern, giant fern, elephant fern, oriental vessel fern, Madagascar tree fern, or mule's foot fern, is a very large rainforest fern in the family Marattiaceae native to most parts of Southeast Asia and Oceania. It has a history dating back about 300 million years, and is believed to have the longest ...
In the Hawaiian Islands, Costa Rica, and Jamaica, the species Angiopteris evecta is naturalized, having escaped from botanical gardens, and is considered an invasive species. [5] Angiopteris is unique among ferns in having explosively dispersed spores, which may contribute to its ability to spread. [6]
Angiopteris is a genus of huge evergreen ferns from the family Marattiaceae, found throughout the paleotropics from Madagascar to the South Pacific islands.Species of smaller stature with elongate synangia and creeping rhizomes are sometimes segregated into the genus Archangiopteris, and a once-pinnate monotypic segregate genus has been called Macroglossum, but molecular data supports ...
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