Bolbitis heteroclita is an aquatic fern species of Bolbitis, it is native to Southeast Asia and Melanesia, as well as parts of northeastern South Asia, southern East Asia, and Micronesia (Pohnpei and Kosrae). It is commonly cultivated as an aquatic ornamental for aquariums and garden ponds.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Bolbitis heteroclita 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
- Goniopteris poiteana
- Grypothrix triphylla
- Lastreopsis poecilophlebia
- Bolbitis lianhuachihensis
- Grypothrix ramosii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Polypodiales
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Genus
- Bolbitis
- Species
- Bolbitis heteroclita
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