Biology:Christella normalis

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Short description: Species of fern

Christella normalis
Thelypteris kunthii at Coker Arboretum.jpg

Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Thelypteridaceae
Genus: Christella
Species:
C. normalis
Binomial name
Christella normalis
(C.Chr.) Holttum[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Cyclosorus kunthii (Desv.) Christenh.
  • C.Chr. (R.P.St.John) M.Broun
  • Desv. Nephrodium patens
  • Filix-mas augescens var. normalis Jenman
  • Dryopteris saxatilis (C.Chr.) Farw.
  • (Desv.) C.V.Morton Thelypteris macrorhizoma
  • Lastrea kunthii E.P.St.John
  • Dryopteris normalis (R.P.St.John) M.Broun
  • Moore (C.Chr.) Moxley
  • Thelypteris saxatilis Lastrea normalis
  • R.P.St.John Thelypteris unca
  • Dryopteris unca (C.Chr.) Copel.
  • R.P.St.John Thelypteris normalis
  • Thelypteris kunthii Nephrodium kunthii

Christella normalis, synonym Thelypteris kunthii, sometimes known as Kunth's maiden fern[3] or southern shield fern, is the most common of the maiden ferns in the southeastern United States south of the fall line. It ranges westward to eastern Texas . It usually grows in moist to dry terrestrial situations, but can also be epipetric. It often grows as a greenhouse escape in areas north of its usual range.

References

Lellinger, David B. A Field Manual of the Ferns & Fern-Allies of the United States & Canada. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. 1985.

External links

  • Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2019. Atlas of Florida Plants (http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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