Polystichum braunii
Polystichum braunii (Spenner) Fée
Polystichum braunii (Spenner) Fée ssp. purshii (Fernald) Calder & Roy L. Taylor
Polystichum braunii (Spenner) Fée var. purshii Fernald
Braun’s Holly Fern
Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae |
Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
Division | Pteridophyta | Ferns |
Class | Filicopsida | “Leptosporangiate” (has to do with how their spores form) ferns—includes most ferns |
Order | Polypodiales | Polypod ferns |
Family | Dryopteridaceae | Wood ferns (about 70% of the ferns) |
Genus | Polystichum | From the Greek polys, “many,” and stichos, “row,” referring to the rows of sori on the type species |
Species | braunii | After Professor of botany Alexander Karl Heinrich Braun (1805-1877) |
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Polystichum braunii description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 12 Oct 2018.
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5/15/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA ≈ 31 × 21" (78 × 52 cm) 

5/22/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA ≈ 31 × 21" (78 × 52 cm) 

5/22/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA ≈ 24 × 16" (62 × 41 cm) 
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