Phlebodium areolatum

Phlebodium areolatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Polypodiineae
Family:	Polypodiaceae
Genus:	Phlebodium
Species:	P. areolatum
Binomial name
Phlebodium areolatum (Willd.) J.Sm.
Synonyms
List Chrysopteris araneosa Fourn. Chrysopteris areolata Fée Chrysopteris glauca Fée Chrysopteris glaucina Fourn. Chrysopteris lanosa Fée Chrysopteris sporadocarpa Link Chrysopteris trilobata Fée Drynaria araneosa Fée Drynaria fulva Fée Drynaria glaucina Fée Goniophlebium areolatum C.Presl Phlebodium araneosum (M.Martens & Galeotti) Mickel & Beitel Phlebodium aureum var. araneosum (M.Martens & Galeotti) L.D.Gómez Phlebodium aureum var. areolatum Farw. Phlebodium aureum var. trilobatum Farw. Phlebodium fulvum T.Moore Phlebodium lanosum T.Moore Phlebodium pseudoaureum (Cav.) Lellinger Phlebodium sporadocarpum J.Sm. Pleopeltis araneosa T.Moore Pleopeltis areolata C.Presl Pleopeltis glaucina T.Moore Polypodium araneosum M.Martens & Galeotti Polypodium areolatum Willd. Polypodium areolatum var. loreum J.Bommer Polypodium aureum var. araneosum Brause Polypodium aureum var. areolatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Baker Polypodium aureum subsp. pseudoaureum (Cav.) C.Chr. Polypodium aureum var. reductum Jenman Polypodium drynarioides Griseb. Polypodium fulvum M.Martens & Galeotti Polypodium glaucinum M.Martens & Galeotti Polypodium pseudoaureum Cav. Polypodium sporadocarpum Willd.

Phlebodium areolatum, the Virginia blue fern, is a species of epiphytic fern in the family Polypodiaceae. It is native to the New World Tropics and Subtropics; Mexico, Florida, some of the Caribbean islands, Central America, and South America to Argentina, and has been introduced to India. As its synonym Phlebodium pseudoaureum it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.