Scientific or common name:

Ceratopteris deltoidea Benedict

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PARKERIACEAE - Water Fern family Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Ceratopteris deltoidea Benedict
Nomencl. ref.: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 472, fig. 3. 1909
Rank: species
See: ► Ceratopteris thalictroides (L.) Brongn.

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Common names

U.S. name: Watersprite

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Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual, Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Ceratopteris thalictroides (L.) Brongn.
= Ceratopteris siliquosa (L.) Copeland

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TAXONOMY

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

1) Ceratopteris deltoidea Benedict 2) Ceratopteris gaudichaudii Brongn. 3) Ceratopteris pteridoides (Hook.) Hieron. 4) Ceratopteris richardii Brongn. 5) Ceratopteris siliquosa (L.) Copeland 6) Ceratopteris thalictroides (L.) Brongn.

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (CA, FL, HI, LA, MS, TX), USA+ (PR)


Map for Ceratopteris deltoidea Benedict
(*) 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 (Parkeriaceae)
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1) Ceratopteris (antlerfern)

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Common names (Ceratopteris)
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1) (no name) 2) Floating antlerfern (Ceratopteris pteridoides) 3) Triangle waterfern (Ceratopteris richardii) 4) Watersprite (Ceratopteris thalictroides)

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More species:
1) Ceratopteris siliquosa (L.) Copeland [149]
2) Ceratopteris thalictroides (L.) Brongn. [374]
3) Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Bunge [821]
4) Cercidiphyllum japonicum Siebold & Zucc. [1082]
5) Cercidium macrum I.M. Johnst. [177]
6) Cercis canadensis L. ssp. mexicana (Rose) E. Murray [91]
7) Cercis occidentalis Torr. ex A. Gray var. orbiculata (Greene) Tidestr. [174]
8) Cercocarpus betuloides Nutt. var. blancheae (C.K. Schneid.) Little [155]
9) Cercocarpus intricatus S. Watson var. villosus C.K. Schneid. [145]
10) Cerefolium cerefolium (L.) Schinz & Thell. [97]

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