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Woodwardia
Temporal range: 15.6–0 Ma Middle Miocene to present[1]Woodwardia radicans Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pteridophyta Class: Pteridopsida Order: Blechnales Family: Blechnaceae Genus: Woodwardia
Sm.Species - Woodwardia areolata (L.) T.Moore
- Woodwardia fimbriata Sm.
- Woodwardia japonica (L.f.) Sm.
- Woodwardia radicans (L.) Sm.
- Woodwardia unigemmata (Makino) Nakai
- Woodwardia virginica (L.) Sm.
Synonyms Anchistea C. Presl
Chieniopteris Ching
Lorinseria C. PreslWoodwardia (chain fern) is a genus of 14-20 species of ferns in the family Blechnaceae, native to warm temperate and subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere. They are large ferns, with fronds growing to 50-300 cm long depending on the species.
References
- ^ *Pigg, Kathleen B. & Rothwell, Gar W. (2001); "Anatomically preserved Woodwardia virginica (Blechnaceae) and a new Filicalean fern from the Middle Miocene Yakima Canyon Flora of central Washington, USA" American Journal of Botany 88(5):777-787
External links
- Germplasm Resources Information Network: Woodwardia
- Flora of North America: Woodwardia
- Flora of China: Woodwardia species list
- Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan.
Categories:- Woodwardia
- Blechnaceae
- Fern stubs
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