Bolbitis heudelotii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
Family: | Dryopteridaceae |
Genus: | Bolbitis |
Species: | B. heudelotii
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Binomial name | |
Bolbitis heudelotii | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Bolbitis heudelotii, also known as the African water fern,[3] creeping fern, and Congo fern, is native to subtropical and tropical Africa, from Ethiopia west to Senegal; and down to northern South Africa.[4]