Scientific or common name:

Gleichenia flexuosa (Schrad.) Mett.

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GLEICHENIACEAE - Forking Fern family Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Gleichenia flexuosa (Schrad.) Mett.
Nomencl. ref.: Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1. 50. 1863. 1863
Rank: species
See: ► Dicranopteris flexuosa (Schrad.) Underw.

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Common names

U.S. name: Drooping forkedfern

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Grown habit: Vine, Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Dicranopteris flexuosa (Schrad.) Underw.

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TAXONOMY

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

1) Gleichenia bifida (Willd.) Spreng. 2) Gleichenia brevipubis Christ 3) Gleichenia flexuosa (Schrad.) Mett. 4) Gleichenia furcata (L.) Spreng. [excluded] 5) Gleichenia glauca (Houtt.) Hook. [excluded] 6) Gleichenia linearis (Burm. f.) C.B. Clarke 7) Gleichenia linearis (Burm. f.) C.B. Clarke var. linearis 8) Gleichenia owhyensis Hook. 9) Gleichenia pectinata (Willd.) C. Presl 10) Gleichenia rubiginosa Mett.

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


Map for Gleichenia flexuosa (Schrad.) Mett.
(*) 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 (Gleicheniaceae)
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1) Dicranopteris (forkedfern) 2) Diplopterygium 3) Gleichenia 4) Hicriopteris (diplopterygium) 5) Sticherus (umbrella fern)

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Common names (Gleichenia)
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1) (no name) 2) Clothed umbrella fern (Gleichenia brevipubis) 3) Comb forkedfern (Gleichenia pectinata) 4) Drooping forkedfern (Gleichenia flexuosa) 5) Mexican umbrella fern (Gleichenia bifida) 6) Tropical forkedfern (Gleichenia rubiginosa)

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5) Gloxinia perennis (L.) Fritsch [238]
6) Glyceria arkansana Fernald [281]
7) Glyceria declinata Brébiss. [506]
8) Glyceria grandis S. Watson var. grandis [374]
9) Glyceria obtusa (Muhl.) Trin. [448]
10) Glycine koidzumii Ohwi [165]

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