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Pteridium aquilinum - Sporangia - Click to enlarge!

Sporangia; Simpang Empat, West Sumatra, Indonesia; 4/1998 © Jörn Germer

Pteridium aquilinum - Juvinil leaf - Click to enlarge!

Juvinil leaf; Simpang Empat, West Sumatra, Indonesia; 4/1998 © Jörn Germer

Pteridium aquilinum - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Simpang Empat, West Sumatra, Indonesia; 4/1998 © Jörn Germer

Pteridium aquilinum - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Simpang Empat, West Sumatra, Indonesia; 3/2000 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 183
Date of entry: 02.12.2005
Last update: 10.01.2020

Common name

English: Common bracken

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Pteridophyta (43)

    Class: Polypodiopsida (37)

      Order: Polypodiales (35)

        Family: Dennstaedtiaceae (1)

          Genus: Pteridium (1)

            Epithet: aquilinum (L.) Kuhn (1)

aquilinum => derived from the Latin 'aquila' for eagle

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

External links

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