Scientific or common name:

Osmunda spicant L.

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BLECHNACEAE - Chain Fern family Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Osmunda spicant L.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 1066 (1753)
Rank: species
See: ► Blechnum spicant (L.) Sm.

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Common names

U.S. name: Deer fern

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Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Blechnum spicant (L.) Sm.
= Blechnum spicant (L.) Sm. ssp. nipponicum auct. non (Kunze) A. Löve & D. Löve
= Blechnum spicant (L.) Sm. var. elongatum (Hook.) B. Boivin
= Lomaria spicant (L.) Desv.
= Struthiopteris spicant (L.) Weiss

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: -
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Filicopsida
Subclass: -
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Blechnaceae
Genus: Osmunda
Species:

1) Osmunda spicant L.

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AK, CA, ID, OR, WA), CAN (BC)


Map for Osmunda spicant L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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Kingdoms
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1) Fungi 2) Plantae

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Divisions
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1) Anthocerotophyta (Hornworts) 2) Bryophyta (Mosses) 3) Chlorophyta (Green algae) 4) Coniferophyta (Conifers) 5) Cycadophyta (Cycads) 6) Equisetophyta (Horsetails) 7) Ginkgophyta (Ginkgo) 8) Gnetophyta (Gnetophytes) 9) Hepaticophyta (Liverworts) 10) Lycopodiophyta (Lycopods) 11) Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants) 12) Psilophyta (Whisk-ferns) 13) Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Classes
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1) Filicopsida 2) Polypodiopsida

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Families
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1) Anemiaceae (Flowering Fern family) 2) Aspleniaceae (Spleenwort family) 3) Blechnaceae (Chain Fern family) 4) Cyatheaceae (Tree Fern family) 5) Davalliaceae (Hanging Fern family) 6) Dennstaedtiaceae (Bracken Fern family) 7) Dicksoniaceae (Tree Fern family) 8) Dryopteridaceae (Wood Fern family) 9) Gleicheniaceae (Forking Fern family) 10) Grammitidaceae (Kihi Fern family) 11) Hymenophyllaceae (Filmy Fern family) 12) Lophosoriaceae (Diamond-leaf Fern family) 13) Lygodiaceae (Climbing Fern family) 14) Marattiaceae (Vessel Fern family) 15) Marsileaceae (Water-clover family) 16) Ophioglossaceae 17) Osmundaceae (Royal Fern family) 18) Parkeriaceae (Water Fern family) 19) Polypodiaceae (Polypody family) 20) Pteridaceae (Maidenhair Fern family) 21) Salviniaceae (Floating Fern family) 22) Schizaeaceae (Curly-grass family) 23) Thelypteridaceae (Marsh Fern family) 24) Vittariaceae (Shoestring Fern family)

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Genera (Blechnaceae)
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1) Anchistea (chainfern) 2) Blechnum (midsorus fern) 3) Doodia (hacksaw fern) 4) Lomaria (midsorus fern) 5) Lomariopsis (stenochlaena) 6) Lorinseria (chainfern) 7) Osmunda (midsorus fern) 8) Sadleria 9) Stenochlaena 10) Struthiopteris (midsorus fern) 11) Woodwardia (chainfern)

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Common names (Osmunda)
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1) Deer fern (Osmunda spicant)

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More species:
1) Osmunda x ruggii R. Tryon [305]
2) Ossaea domingensis Cogn. [158]
3) Ossaea krugiana Cogn. [202]
4) Ossaea scalpta (Vent.) DC. [190]
5) Osteospermum calendulaceum L. f. [350]
6) Osteospermum uvedalia L. [185]
7) Othake callosa (Nutt.) Bush [171]
8) Ottoschulzia rhodoxylon (Urb.) Urb. [331]
9) Oxalis alpina (Rose) Rose ex R. Knuth [302]
10) Oxalis caespitosa Raf. [134]

28-Apr-2024 - Week-17

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