Osmunda spectabilis

Osmunda spectabilis
Osmunda spectabilis
American Royal Fern
Osmunda spectabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida/Pteridopsida (disputed)
Order: Osmundales
Family: Osmundaceae
Genus: Osmunda
Section: Euosmunda
Species: Osmunda spectabilis
Binomial name
Osmunda spectabilis
Willd.

Osmunda spectabilis is a species of fern once thought to be the same as Osmunda regalis, but recent genetic studies have shown it to be a separate species.[1]

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Description

Closeup of sterile frond

Osmunda spectabilis is an easy fern to recognize in the New World flora. Although it closely resembles species O. regalis, O. japonica, and O. lancea, only O. spectabilis is found growing naturally in the New World. The fronds of O. spectabilis can exceed 1 meter in length and are bipinnate. The pinnules are attached by a very narrow base. The plant produces separate sterile and fertile fronds. Fertile fronds are similar to the sterile fronds, in the lower and middle portions, but the top-most pinnae are fertile and they are much reduced and brown when mature in the early summer.[2]

Taxonomy

Osmunda spectabilis was formerly considered to be a variety of Osmunda regalis (Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis). Another variety, Osmunda spectabilis var. brasiliensis, (formerly Osmunda regalis var. brasiliensis) also exists in tropical regions of Central and South America, but it is only recognized by some authors.

Osmunda
subg. Claytosmunda

Osmunda claytoniana



subg. Plenasium

Osmunda javanica




Osmunda banksiifolia



Osmunda vachellii




subg. Osmunda

Osmunda regalis




Osmunda spectabilis




Osmunda japonica



Osmunda lancea
























Osmunda angustifolia, Osmunda bromeliifolia, and all extinct Osmunda species are missing from this cladogram. The classification is based on [1].

Distribution and Habitat

American Royal fern is most commonly found growing in wetter soils such as those found in wet forests, bogs, and along streams and lakes.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Metzgar, Jordan S., Judith E. Skog, Elizabeth A. Zimmer, and Kathleen M. Pryer (2008). "The Paraphyly of Osmunda is Confirmed by Phylogenetic Analyses of Seven Plastid Loci." Systematic Botany http://www.pryerlab.net/publication/fichier1090.pdf
  2. ^ Fewless, Gary. "Royal Fern". Cofrin Center for Biodiversity, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. http://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/pteridophytes/osmreg01.htm. Retrieved 11 September 2011. 
  3. ^ "Royal Fern". Connecticut Botanical Society. http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/ferns/osmundarega.html. Retrieved 11 September 2011. 

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