Biology:Athyrium americanum
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Short description: Species of plant in the family Aspleniaceae
| Athyrium americanum | |
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| File:Athyrium distentifolium americanum (Alpine Lady-fern) (7993253369).jpg | |
| On the slopes of Naches Peak, Washington state | |
| File:Athyrium distentifolium americanum (Alpine Lady-fern) - Flickr - brewbooks.jpg | |
| Close-up of frond | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
| Family: | Athyriaceae |
| Genus: | Athyrium |
| Species: | A. americanum
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| Binomial name | |
| Athyrium americanum (Butters) Maxon
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Athyrium americanum (Butters) Maxon" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/26100-2.
- ↑ 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
