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Clinton's Woodfern (Dryopteris clintoniana)

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Dryopteris clintoniana

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Dryopteris
Species:
D. clintoniana
Binomial name
Dryopteris clintoniana
Synonyms[2]
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  • Aspidium clintonianum Clute
  • Aspidium cristatum var. clintonianum D.C. Eaton
  • Dryopteris cristata var. clintoniana (D.C. Eaton) Underw.
  • Dryopteris X poyseri Wherry
  • Filix cristata var. clintoniana (D.C. Eaton) Farw.
  • Filix-mas cristata var. clintoniana (D.C. Eaton) Farw.
  • Nephrodium clintonianum Clute
  • Nephrodium cristatum var. clintonianum (D.C. Eaton) Gilbert
  • Thelypteris clintoniana (D.C. Eaton) House
  • Thelypteris cristata var. clintoniana (D.C. Eaton) Weath.

Dryopteris clintoniana, commonly known as Clinton's wood fern, is a fern of hybrid origin native to the northern hemisphere. It is a fertile hexaploid, arising as a species by doubling of its chromosome number from a hybrid between Dryopteris cristata, a tetraploid, and Dryopteris goldieana, a diploid. It is more northern in its range than either parent species.

This fern will be found in wet areas, similar to the habitat of D. cristata.

References

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  1. ^ NatureServe (2 June 2023). "Dryopteris clintoniana". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Dryopteris clintoniana (D.C.Eaton) Dowell". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture. 2009. [1]
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