Scientific or common name:

Anchistea virginica (L.) C. Presl

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BLECHNACEAE - Chain Fern family Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Anchistea virginica (L.) C. Presl
Rank: species
See: ► Woodwardia virginica (L.) Sm.

Images of Anchistea virginica

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Common names

U.S. name: Virginia chainfern

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Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Woodwardia virginica (L.) Sm.

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TAXONOMY

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

1) Anchistea virginica (L.) C. Presl

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WV), CAN (NB, NS, ON, PE, QC)


Map for Anchistea virginica (L.) C. Presl
(*) 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 (Anchistea)
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1) Virginia chainfern (Anchistea virginica)

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1) Anchusa arvensis (L.) M. Bieb. [1780]
2) Anchusa azurea Mill. [1005]
3) Anchusa barrelieri (All.) Vitman [428]
4) Anchusa officinalis L. [1792]
5) Anchusa sempervirens L. [267]
6) Ancistrocactus uncinatus (Galeotti) L.D. Benson var. wrightii (Engelm.) L.D. Benson [92]
7) Andrachne phyllanthoides (Nutt.) J.M. Coult. [177]
8) Andreaea hartmanii Thed. [104]
9) Andreaea petrophila Ehrh. ex Fürnr. [516]
10) Andreaea rupestris Hedw. var. sparsifolia (J.E. Zetterst.) Sharp [127]

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