Scientific or common name:

Microschizaea pennula (Sw.) C.F. Reed

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SCHIZAEACEAE - Curly-grass family Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Microschizaea pennula (Sw.) C.F. Reed
Rank: species
See: ► Actinostachys pennula (Sw.) Hook.

Images of Microschizaea pennula

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Common names

U.S. name: Ray fern

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Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Actinostachys pennula (Sw.) Hook.
= Actinostachys germanii Fée
= Schizaea germanii (Fée) Prantl
= Schizaea pennula Sw.

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TAXONOMY

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

1) Microschizaea pennula (Sw.) C.F. Reed

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (FL), USA+ (PR)


Map for Microschizaea pennula (Sw.) C.F. Reed
(*) 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 (Schizaeaceae)
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1) Actinostachys 2) Lophidium (curlygrass fern) 3) Microschizaea (actinostachys) 4) Schizaea (curlygrass fern)

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Common names (Microschizaea)
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1) Ray fern (Microschizaea pennula)

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More species:
1) Microseris alpestris (A. Gray) Q. Jones ex Cronquist [182]
2) Microseris cuspidata (Pursh) Sch. Bip. [145]
3) Microseris douglasii (DC.) Sch. Bip. var. platycarpha (A. Gray) B.L. Turner [154]
4) Microseris nigrescens L.F. Hend. [170]
5) Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus var. imberbe (Nees) Honda [149]
6) Microstylis porphyrea Ridley [177]
7) Microthelia micula auct. [151]
8) Mielichhoferia elongata (Hoppe & Hornsch. ex Hook.) Nees & Hornsch [141]
9) Mikania scandens (L.) Willd. var. pubescens (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray [174]
10) Miltitzia inyoensis J.F. Macbr. [165]

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