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Dennstaedtia

Dennstaedtia
Dennstaedtia punctilobula1.jpg
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Pteridopsida
Order: Dennstaedtiales
Family: Dennstaedtiaceae
Genus: Dennstaedtia
Bernh.
Type species
Dennstaedtia flaccida
(J.R.Forst.) Bernh.

Dennstaedtia is a primarily tropical genus of ferns described as a genus in 1801.Hayscented fern, or Cup ferns, are common names for some species in this genus. Its best-known member is probably the temperate North-American hay-scented fern, Dennstaedtia punctilobula (pictured in the taxobox), which forms extensive clonal ground-cover colonies on level surfaces in the Appalachian area.

http://homepages.caverock.net.nz/~bj/fern/dennstaedtia.htm


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