Biology:Athyrium americanum

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Aspleniaceae

Athyrium americanum
Athyrium distentifolium americanum (Alpine Lady-fern) (7993253369).jpg
On the slopes of Naches Peak, Washington state
Athyrium distentifolium americanum (Alpine Lady-fern) - Flickr - brewbooks.jpg
Close-up of frond
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Athyriaceae
Genus: Athyrium
Species:
A. americanum
Binomial name
Athyrium americanum
(Butters) Maxon
Synonyms[1]

Athyrium americanum, the American alpine lady fern, is a species of fern in the family Aspleniaceae.[2] It is native to the Russian Far East, subarctic North America, and the west to west-central United States.[1] It occurs at higher altitudes and latitudes than Athyrium filix-femina, the common lady fern.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Athyrium americanum (Butters) Maxon" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/26100-2. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Mason, Herbert Louis (January 1957). A Flora of the Marshes of California. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 27. ISBN 9780520014336. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15603701 entry