Woodwardia

Woodwardia is a genus of ferns in the family Blechnaceae, in the suborder Aspleniineae (eupolypods II) of the order Polypodiales. Species are known as netted-chain ferns. The genus is native to warm temperate and subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere. They are large ferns, with fronds growing to 50–300 cm long depending on the species. The fossil record of the genus extends to the Paleocene.

Species

netted chain fern

Genus

PhylumAnnelida
ClassClitellata
OrderCrassiclitellata
FamilyMegascolecidae

Observations14,969

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Specimen records: 637
With media: 455
Family: Scissurellidae
Collections: RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UCMP, UNICACH, FC-UNAM, IIB-UV, INECOL
Recorded in: Italy, Portugal, United States, Mexico

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topic's main category: Category:Woodwardia
Commons category: Woodwardia
taxon name: Woodwardia
taxon rank: genus
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=12873
taxon common name: 狗脊蕨属
start time: 15600000-0

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==Taxonomy== Woodwardia was first described by James Edward Smith in 1793. It was named after Thomas Jenkinson Woodward. When broadly circumscribed, the genus contains about 15 species (plus some hybrids). In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the genera Anchistea and Lorinseria (each with one species) are kept separate.

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