Scientific or common name:

Pentagramma pallida (Weath.) Yatsk., Windham & E. Wollenw.

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PTERIDACEAE - Maidenhair Fern family Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Pentagramma pallida (Weath.) Yatsk., Windham & E. Wollenw.
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Pale silverback fern

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Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Pityrogramma pallida (Weath.) K.S. Alt & V.E. Grant
= Pityrogramma triangularis (Kaulf.) Maxon var. pallida Weath.

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TAXONOMY

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

1) Pentagramma pallida (Weath.) Yatsk., Windham & E. Wollenw. 2) Pentagramma triangularis (Kaulf.) Yatsk., Windham & E. Wollenw. 3) Pentagramma triangularis (Kaulf.) Yatsk., Windham & E. Wollenw. ssp. maxonii (Weath.) Yatsk., Windham & E. Wolle 4) Pentagramma triangularis (Kaulf.) Yatsk., Windham & E. Wollenw. ssp. semipallida (J.T. Howell) Yatsk., Windham & 5) Pentagramma triangularis (Kaulf.) Yatsk., Windham & E. Wollenw. ssp. triangularis 6) Pentagramma triangularis (Kaulf.) Yatsk., Windham & E. Wollenw. ssp. viscosa (D.C. Eaton) Yatsk., Windham & E. W

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (California)


Map for Pentagramma pallida (Weath.) Yatsk., Windham & E. Wollenw.
(*) 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 (Pteridaceae)
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1) Acrostichum (leatherfern) 2) Adiantopsis (lipfern) 3) Adiantum (maidenhair fern) 4) Aleuritopteris (cloak fern) 5) Anopteris 6) Argyrochosma (false cloak fern) 7) Aspidotis (lacefern) 8) Astrolepis (cloakfern) 9) Bommeria (bommeria fern) 10) Cheilanthes (lipfern) 11) Coniogramme 12) Cryptogramma (rockbrake) 13) Doryopteris 14) Eriosorus 15) Gymnopteris (bommeria fern) 16) Hemionitis 17) Notholaena (cloak fern) 18) Onychium (anopteris) 19) Pellaea (cliffbrake) 20) Pentagramma (goldback fern) 21) Pityrogramma (goldback fern) 22) Psilogramme (eriosorus) 23) Pteris (brake fern) 24) Schizostege (brake fern) 25) Trismeria (goldback fern)

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Common names (Pentagramma)
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1) Goldback fern (Pentagramma triangularis) 2) Maxon's goldback fern (Pentagramma triangularis ssp. maxonii) 3) Pale silverback fern (Pentagramma pallida) 4) Silverback fern (Pentagramma triangularis ssp. viscosa)

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