Pteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum

Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. pseudocaudatum (Clute) A. Heller

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	Dennstaedtiaceae	After August William Dennstedt (1776-1826), German physician and botanist, burgomaster of Magdala, director of the Belvedere garden near Weimar, and author of a work entitled Hortus Belvedereanus, a compilation of some 1500 plants. I have no information as to why the family name is spelled differently than his name
Genus	Pteridium	A diminutive of Pteris, a fern genus
Species	aquilinum	From aquila, “eagle,” and the suffix ium, “characteristic of,” hence indicating a connection or resemblance
var.	pseudocaudatum

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Pteridium latiusculum (Desv.) Hieron. var. pseudocaudatum (Clute) Maxon

Pteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.

4/11/2015 · Loop Road, Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida
≈ 15 × 10" (37 × 25 cm)

4/11/2015 · Loop Road, Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida
≈ 10 × 15" (25 × 37 cm)

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