Biology:Christella normalis
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Short description: Species of fern
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
| Family: | Thelypteridaceae |
| Genus: | Christella |
| Species: | C. normalis
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| Christella normalis (C.Chr.) Holttum[2]
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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
- ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 - Thelypteris kunthii Widespread Maidenfern". https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.139993/Thelypteris_kunthii. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hassler, Michael; Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020), "Christella normalis", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.20, https://worldplants.webarchiv.kit.edu/ferns/, retrieved 2020-01-12
- ↑ "Thelypteris kunthii". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=THKU. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
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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