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Athyrium asplenioides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Athyriaceae
Genus: Athyrium
Species:
A. asplenioides
Binomial name
Athyrium asplenioides
( Michx.) Eaton

Athyrium asplenioides, or southern lady fern, is a species of the family Athyriaceae. It is a deciduous fern and reaches a height between 1 and 3 feet [1]

Its specific epithet asplenioides means " Asplenium-like". Many botanists instead considered it a variety of the common lady-fern, making it Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth, var. asplenioides ( Michx.) Farwell. [2]

References

  1. ^ "North Carolina State University - Athyrium asplenioides". Archived from the original on 5 June 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  2. ^ Lloyd H. Snyder, Jr.; James G. Bruce (1 October 1986). Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia. University of Georgia Press. p.  134. ISBN  978-0-8203-2385-5. Retrieved 26 September 2013.

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