Thelypteris kunthii (Southern shield fern)

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Thelypteris kunthii (Desv.) Morton

Southern shield 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	Thelypteridaceae	A family of about 900 species, most of which are tropical, and most of which grow on rocks
Genus	Thelypteris	From the Greek thelys, “female,” and pteris, “fern”
Species	kunthii

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Dryopteris normalis C. Chr.

Dryopteris saxatilis (R.P. St. John) Broun

Thelypteris macrorhizoma E.P. St. John

Thelypteris normalis (C. Chr.) Moxley

Thelypteris saxatilis R.P. St. John

Thelypteris unca R.P. St. John

Thelypteris kunthii description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.

4/14/2015 · Gumbo Limbo Trail, Everglades National Park, Florida
≈ 24 × 16" (59 × 39 cm)

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