Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Polypodiopsida (36)
Order: Gleicheniales (3)
Family: Gleicheniaceae (3)(family description)
Genus: Dicranopteris (3)
Epithet: pedata (Houtt.) Nakaike (1)
Synonyms: Dicranopteris dichotoma (Thunb. ex Murray) Bernh., Gleichenia dichotoma (Thunb. ex Murray) Hook., Mertensia dichotoma (Thunb. ex Murray) Willd., Mesosorus dichotomus Hassk., Polypodium dichotomum Thunb., Polypodium pedatum Houtt.
dichotoma => divided in two, forked
dichotomum => with forked boughs