Taxonavigation

Familia: Dennstaedtiaceae
Genus: Pteridium
Species: P. aquilinum – P. arachnoideum – P. caudatum – P. esculentum – P. semihastatum

Name

Pteridium Gled. ex Scop.

• Type species: Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn

References

• Flora Carniolica 169–170 (1760).
• Thomson, J. A. & Alonso-Amelot, M. E. (2002). Clarification of the taxonomic status and relationships of Pteridium caudatum (Dennstaedtiaceae) in Central and South America. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 140: 237–248.
• Thomson, J. A. (2004). Towards a taxonomic revision of Pteridium (Dennstaedtiaceae). Telopea 10 (4): 793–804 pdf full text.
• Thomson, J. A., Chikuni, A. C., & McMaster, C. S. (2005). The taxonomic status and relationships of bracken ferns (Pteridium: Dennstaedtiaceae) from sub-Saharan Africa. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 148:311-321.
• Thomson, J. A. (2008). Morphotype and conflicting taxonomies in Pteridium (Dennstaedtiaceae: Pteridophyta). Fern Gazette 18: 101–109.
• Thomson, J. A., Mickel, J. T., & Mehltreter, K. (2008). Taxonomic status and relationships of bracken ferns (Pteridium: Dennstaedtiaceae) of Laurasian affinity in Central and North America. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 157: 1–17.
• Der, J. P., Thomson, J. A., Stratford, J. K., & Wolf, P. G. (2009). Global chloroplast phylogeny and biogeography of bracken (Pteridium; Dennstaedtiaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 96 (5): 1041–1049 pdf full text.
• Thomson, J. A. (2012). Taxonomic status of diploid southern hemisphere brackens (Pteridium: Dennstaedtiaceae). Telopea 14: 43–48.

Vernacular names

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