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