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Matteuccia
Species of fern in the family Onocleaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Matteuccia is a genus of ferns with one species: Matteuccia struthiopteris (common names ostrich fern, fiddlehead fern, or shuttlecock fern).[4] The species epithet struthiopteris comes from Ancient Greek words στρουθίων (strouthíōn) "ostrich" and πτερίς (pterís) "fern".[3]
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Matteuccia | |
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Ostrich fern in Stouffville (Ontario, Canada). | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
Family: | Onocleaceae |
Genus: | Matteuccia Tod.[1] |
Species: | M. struthiopteris |
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Matteuccia struthiopteris | |
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