Scientific or common name:

Stenochlaena tenuifolia (Desv.) T. Moore

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BLECHNACEAE - Chain Fern family Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Stenochlaena tenuifolia (Desv.) T. Moore
Rank: species

Images of Stenochlaena tenuifolia

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Common names

U.S. name: Giant vine fern
English name: giant vine fern
English name: holly fern

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Grown habit: Vine, Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Lomaria tenuifolia Desv.
= Lomariopsis tenuifolia (Desv.) Christ

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TAXONOMY

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

1) Stenochlaena tenuifolia (Desv.) T. Moore

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


Map for Stenochlaena tenuifolia (Desv.) T. Moore
(*) 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 (Stenochlaena)
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1) Giant vine fern (Stenochlaena tenuifolia)

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More species:
1) Stenocybe byssacea (Fr.) Körb. [154]
2) Stenocybe euspora (Nyl.) Anzi [144]
3) Stenogyne affinis Forbes [95]
4) Stenogyne affinis Forbes var. retrorsa O. Deg. & Sherff [92]
5) Stenogyne angustifolia A. Gray var. mauiensis Sherff [134]
6) Stenogyne angustifolia A. Gray var. spathulata Sherff [147]
7) Stenogyne calycosa Sherff [333]
8) Stenogyne kamehamehae Wawra var. albiflora Sherff [133]
9) Stenogyne purpurea H. Mann var. leptophylla Sherff [91]
10) Stenophyllus barbatus (Rottb.) Britton [163]

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