Bolbitis heudelotii

Bolbitis heudelotii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Bolbitis
Species:
B. heudelotii
Binomial name
Bolbitis heudelotii
Synonyms
  • Gymnopteris heudelotii Bory ex Fée
  • Anapausia heudelotii (Bory ex Fée) C.Presl
  • Acrostichum heudelotti (Bory ex Fée) Hook.
  • Chrysodium heudelotii (Bory ex Fée) Kuhn
  • Leptochilus heudelotii (Bory ex Fée) C.Chr.
  • Campium angustifolium Copel.
  • Campium heudelotti (Bory ex Fée) Copel.
  • Bolbitis felixii Tardieu

Bolbitis heudelotii, also known as the African water fern, creeping fern, and Congo fern, is native to subtropical and tropical Africa, from Ethiopia west to Senegal; and down to northern South Africa.