Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Pteridophyta (42)
Class: Filicopsida (6)
Order: Filicales (6)
Family: Polypodiaceae (7)
Genus: Drynaria (1)
Epithet: parishii Bedd. (1)
parishii => in honor of Samuel Bonsall Parish (1838-1928), a botanist and avid collector of southern California plants.