Scientific or common name:

Vittaria costata Kunze

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VITTARIACEAE - Shoestring Fern family Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Vittaria costata Kunze
Nomencl. ref.: Linnaea 9. 77. 1834; Anal. 29 t. 18 f. 2. 1837. 1834
Rank: species

Images of Vittaria costata

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Common names

U.S. name: Redscale shoestring fern

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Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Ananthacorus angustifolius (Sw.) Underw. & Maxon

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TAXONOMY

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

1) Vittaria appalachiana Farrar & Mickel 2) Vittaria costata Kunze 3) Vittaria elongata Sw. 4) Vittaria filifolia Fée 5) Vittaria graminifolia Kaulf. 6) Vittaria intramarginalis Baker ex Jenman 7) Vittaria lineata (L.) Sm. 8) Vittaria remota Fée 9) Vittaria rigida Kaulf.

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA+ (Puerto Rico)
(*) 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 (Vittariaceae)
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1) Ananthacorus (shoestring fern) 2) Anetium (treetrunk fern) 3) Antrophyum (lineleaf fern) 4) Hecistopteris 5) Polytaenium (lineleaf fern) 6) Vittaria (shoestring fern)

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Common names (Vittaria)
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1) Appalachian shoestring fern (Vittaria appalachiana) 2) Grass fern (Vittaria graminifolia) 3) Purplestem shoestring fern (Vittaria remota) 4) Redscale shoestring fern (Vittaria costata) 5) Shoestring fern (Vittaria lineata) 6) Stiff shoestring fern (Vittaria elongata) 7) Tufted lineleaf fern (Vittaria intramarginalis)

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More species:
1) Vittaria filifolia Fée [130]
2) Vittaria intramarginalis Baker ex Jenman [235]
3) Vittaria rigida Kaulf. [103]
4) Voitia nivalis Hornsch. [404]
5) Volkameria inermis L. [128]
6) Vulpia ciliata Dumort. [345]
7) Vulpia grayi (Piper) Henr. [143]
8) Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C. Gmel. var. hirsuta Hack. [137]
9) Wahlbergella kingii (S. Watson) Rydb. [90]
10) Waltheria indica L. [1048]

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