Bolbitis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pteridophyta Class: Pteridopsida Order: Dryopteridales Family: Lomariopsidaceae Genus: Bolbitis Schott
Species
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Bolbitis is a genus of ferns in family Lomariopsidaceae.^[1]

Two particular members of the genus are often grown as immersed water plants in aquaria, B. heudelotii, and B. heteroclita. B. heudelotii, the African water fern, normally grows submerged in its native habitat, while B. heteroclita normally grows on the margin of water bodies, but will also grow submerged.

It contains the following species:^[2]

Bolbitis acrostichoides (Afz. ex Sw.) Ching Bolbitis aliena (Sw.) Alston Bolbitis angustipinna (Hayata) Ito Bolbitis appendiculata (Willd.) Iwatsuki Bolbitis auriculata (Lam.) Alston Bolbitis bernoullii (Kuhn ex H. Christ) Ching Bolbitis bipinnatifida (Mett) Ching Bolbitis cadieri (Christ) Ching Bolbitis christensenii (Ching) Ching Bolbitis confertifolia Ching Bolbitis costata (Wall. ex Hook.) Ching Bolbitis crispatula (Wall.) Ching Bolbitis fluviatilis (Hook.) Ching Bolbitis gaboonensis (Chr.) Ching Bolbitis gemmifera (Hier.) C. Chr. Bolbitis hainanensis Ching & C.H.Wang Bolbitis hastata (E. Fourn.) Hennipman Bolbitis hekouensis Ching Bolbitis hemiotis (Maxon) Ching Bolbitis heteroclita (Presl) Ching Bolbitis heudelotii (Bory) Alston Bolbitis humblotii (Bak.) Ching Bolbitis interlineata (Copel.) Ching Bolbitis latipinna Ching Bolbitis laxireticulata K.Iwats. Bolbitis lindigii (Mett.) Ching Bolbitis lonchophora (Kunze) C.Chr. Bolbitis longiflagellata (Bonap.) Ching Bolbitis major (Bedd.) Hennipman Bolbitis media Ching & Chu H.Wang Bolbitis nicotianifolia (Sw.) Alston Bolbitis nodiflora (Bory in Belang.) Fraser-Jenkins

Bolbitis novoguineensis Hennipman Bolbitis oligarchica (Baker) Hennipman Bolbitis pandurifolia (Hook.) Ching Bolbitis pergamentacea (Maxon) Ching Bolbitis portoricensis (Spreng.) Hennipman Bolbitis presliana (Fée) Ching Bolbitis quoyana (Gaud.) Ching Bolbitis rawsonii (Bak.) Ching Bolbitis repanda (Bl.) Schott Bolbitis rhizophylla (Kaulf.) Hennipman Bolbitis riparia R.C.Moran & B.Øllg. Bolbitis rivularis (Brackenr.) Ching Bolbitis sagenioides (Kuhn) Ching Bolbitis salicina (Hook.) Ching Bolbitis scalpturata (Fée) Ching Bolbitis scandens W.M.Chu Bolbitis semicordata (Bak.) Ching Bolbitis semipinnatifida (Fée) Alston Bolbitis serrata (Kuhn) Ching Bolbitis serratifolia (Mert. ex Kaulf.) Schott Bolbitis simplex R.C.Moran Bolbitis sinensis (Bak.) K.Iwats. Bolbitis singaporensis Holtt. Bolbitis sinuata (C.Presl) Hennipman Bolbitis subcordata (Copel.) Ching Bolbitis subcrenata (Hook. & Grev.) Ching Bolbitis taylorii (Bailey) Ching Bolbitis tibetica Ching & S.K.Wu Bolbitis tonkinensis (C.Chr. ex Ching) K.Iwats. Bolbitis umbrosa (Liebm.) Ching Bolbitis vanuaensis Brownlie Bolbitis virens (Hook. & Grev.) Schott

References

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Bolbitis". Image Credit.

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