Scientific or common name:

Gleichenia bifida (Willd.) Spreng.

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GLEICHENIACEAE - Forking Fern family Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Gleichenia bifida (Willd.) Spreng.
Nomencl. ref.: Syst. Veg. (ed. 16) [Sprengel] 4(1): 27. 1827 [shortly before 7 Jan 1827] ; Chr. 341
Rank: species
See: ► Sticherus bifidus (Willd.) Ching

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Common names

U.S. name: Mexican umbrella fern

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Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Sticherus bifidus (Willd.) Ching
= Dicranopteris bifida (Willd.) Maxon

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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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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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More species:
1) Gleichenia brevipubis Christ [146]
2) Gleichenia flexuosa (Schrad.) Mett. [216]
3) Gleichenia linearis (Burm. f.) C.B. Clarke var. linearis [203]
4) Gleichenia pectinata (Willd.) C. Presl [108]
5) Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Kunth ex Walp. [1975]
6) Gloriosa superba L. [948]
7) Glossopetalon nevadense A. Gray var. stipuliferum (H. St. John) C.L. Hitchc. [172]
8) Gluta renghas L. [360]
9) Glyceria declinata Brébiss. [511]
10) Glyceria maritima (Huds.) Wahlenb. [137]

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