Biology:Anemia mexicana

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Short description: Species of fern

Anemia mexicana
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Mexican flowering fern (A. mexicana)

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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Schizaeales
Family: Anemiaceae
Genus: Anemia
Species:
A. mexicana
Binomial name
Anemia mexicana
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Anemia mexicana, the Mexican flowering fern, is a fern species in the genus Anemia, sometimes called flowering ferns. It is native to much of Mexico and the Edwards Plateau and Trans-Pecos regions of Texas . The "flowers" are upright fertile fronds that can be mistaken for true flowers.[1][2]

References

  1. Mickel, John T. (1981). "Revision of Anemia subgenus Anemiorrhiza (Schizaeaceae)". Brittonia 33 (3): 413–429. doi:10.2307/2806431. 
  2. Diggs Jr., George M.; Lipscomb, Barney L.. "Anemia mexicana". Botanical Research Institute of Texas.. http://ferns.brit.org/?q=node/36. Retrieved 28 March 2019. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4761650 entry