Goniophlebium formosanum is a species of fern in the family Polypodiaceae, found in Fujian (China), Japan and Taiwan. It is an epiphyte that grows on tree trunks or rocks, with straw-colored stipes, 15–20 cm in length, and oblong lamina approximately 30–50 × 10–15 cm in size.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Taiwan Polypody being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Goniophlebium raishaense
- Goniophlebium amoenum
- Serpocaulon loriceum
- Serpocaulon catharinae
- Pecluma plumula
- Pecluma bourgeauana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Polypodiales
- Family
- Polypodiaceae
- Genus
- Goniophlebium
- Species
- Goniophlebium formosanum
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