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Osmunda spectabilis
Description | Osmunda spectabilis or (American) royal fern is a species of fern doubtfully different from Osmunda regalis. Recent genetic studies have raised it from variety/subspecies to separate species. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmunda_spectabilis, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Osmundales : Osmundaceae : Osmunda : Osmunda spectabilis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (GBIF) |
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Generic Name | Osmunda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scientific Name | Osmunda spectabilis Willd. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Name(s) | Royal Fern | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmunda_spectabilis |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Osmunda spectabilis spectabilis subspecies | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
References
Willd. (1810) In: Sp. 5: 98 - via Catalogue of Life |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!