Polystichum polyblepharum C. Presl
Tassel 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 | polyblepharum | Means “many eyelashes,” a reference to bristles on the stipe and rachis. |
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Polystichum polyblepharum description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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