Biology:Dryopteris clintoniana

Short description: Species of fern

Dryopteris clintoniana
Conservation status
Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Polypodiineae
Family:	Dryopteridaceae
Genus:	Dryopteris
Species:	D. clintoniana
Binomial name
Dryopteris clintoniana (D.C. Eaton) Dowell
Synonyms
List Aspidium clintonianum Clute Aspidium cristatum var. clintonianum D.C. Eaton Dryopteris cristata var. clintoniana (D.C. Eaton) Underw. Dryopteris X poyseri Wherry Filix cristata var. clintoniana (D.C. Eaton) Farw. Filix-mas cristata var. clintoniana (D.C. Eaton) Farw. Nephrodium clintonianum Clute Nephrodium cristatum var. clintonianum (D.C. Eaton) Gilbert Thelypteris clintoniana (D.C. Eaton) House Thelypteris cristata var. clintoniana (D.C. Eaton) Weath.

Dryopteris clintoniana, commonly known as Clinton's wood fern, is a fern of hybrid origin native to the northern hemisphere. It is a fertile hexaploid, arising as a species by doubling of its chromosome number from a hybrid between Dryopteris cristata, a tetraploid, and Dryopteris goldieana, a diploid. It is more northern in its range than either parent species.

This fern will be found in wet areas, similar to the habitat of D. cristata.

References

• U.S. Department of Agriculture. 2009. [1]

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5309778 entry