Below are lists of extant fern families and subfamilies using the classification scheme proposed by the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group in 2016 (PPG I)....
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The ferns (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta) are a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither...
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the Red Fern Grows is a 1961 children's novel by Wilson Rawls about a boy who buys and trains two Redbone Coonhounds for hunting. It's a work of autobiographical...
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Nephrolepis exaltata (redirect from Boston fern)
Nephrolepis exaltata, known as the sword fern or Boston fern, is a species of fern in the family Nephrolepidaceae. It is native to the Americas. This...
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Adiantum capillus-veneris (redirect from Black maidenhair fern)
maidenhair fern, black maidenhair fern, maidenhair fern, and venus hair fern, is a species of ferns in the genus Adiantum and the family Pteridaceae...
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Rumohra adiantiformis (redirect from Leathery Shield-fern)
Rumohra adiantiformis, the leather fern or leatherleaf fern, is a species of fern in the wood fern family Dryopteridaceae. It has a wide distribution,...
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Matteuccia (redirect from Ostrich Fern)
Matteuccia is a genus of ferns with one species: Matteuccia struthiopteris (common names ostrich fern, fiddlehead fern, or shuttlecock fern). The species epithet...
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Adiantum (redirect from Maidenhair Fern)
the maidenhair fern (not to be confused with the similar-looking maidenhair spleenwort fern), is a genus of about 250 species of ferns in the subfamily...
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leptosporangiate ferns, formerly Leptosporangiatae, are one of four subclasses of ferns, the largest of these being the largest group of living ferns, including...
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Fern Britton (born 17 July 1957) is an English television presenter and author. She co-presented Breakfast Time in the 1980s and hosted the cookery game...
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Cibotium barometz (redirect from Golden chicken fern)
golden chicken fern or woolly fern, is a species of tree fern native to parts of China and to the western part of the Malay Peninsula. The fern's woolly rhizome...
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a list of association football families. The countries are listed according to the national teams of the senior family member if the other family member...
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Fern Levitt is a Canadian-born animal activist, documentary producer and director. Her films focus on human rights, the Holocaust, discrimination against...
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Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group (category Systems of plant taxonomy)
argue that comparing numbers of species per genus in different groups is "fundamentally meaningless". List of fern families PPG I (2016), "A community-derived...
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the silver fern or silver tree-fern, or as ponga /ˈpɒŋə/ or punga /ˈpʌŋə/ (from Māori kaponga or ponga), is a species of medium-sized tree fern, endemic...
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Pteris (redirect from Table fern)
Pteris (brake) is a genus of about 300 species of ferns in the subfamily Pteridoideae of the family Pteridaceae. They are native to tropical and subtropical...
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Fern is an English topographic name from the Old English ‘’fearn’’. It refers to someone who lives among ferns. The name is used as a given name and a...
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Osmunda regalis (redirect from Flowering fern)
regalis, or royal fern, is a species of deciduous fern, native to Europe, Africa and Asia, growing in woodland bogs and on the banks of streams. The species...
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Azolla (redirect from Duckweed fern)
Azolla (mosquito fern, duckweed fern, fairy moss, water fern) is a genus of seven species of aquatic ferns in the family Salviniaceae. They are extremely...
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Diplazium esculentum (redirect from Vegetable fern)
esculentum, the vegetable fern, is an edible fern found throughout Asia and Oceania. It is probably one of the most commonly consumed fern. The genus Diplazium...
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Adiantum pedatum (redirect from Northern maidenhair fern)
maidenhair fern or five-fingered fern, is a species of fern in the family Pteridaceae, native to moist forests in eastern North America. Like other ferns in the...
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Pteris cretica (redirect from Cretan brake fern)
brake, ribbon fern, or Cretan brake fern, is a species of evergreen fern in the family Pteridaceae, native to Europe, Asia and Africa. The fern grows to 75 cm...
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Cyrtomium falcatum (redirect from Japanese holly fern)
Cyrtomium falcatum is a species of fern, commonly known as house holly-fern and Japanese holly fern, in the wood fern family Dryopteridaceae. It is native...
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Polystichum acrostichoides (redirect from Christmas Fern)
Polystichum acrostichoides, commonly denominated Christmas fern, is a perennial, evergreen fern native to eastern North America, from Nova Scotia west to...
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Asplenium nidus (redirect from Hawai'i birdnest fern)
Asplenium nidus is an epiphytic species of fern in the family Aspleniaceae, native to tropical southeastern Asia, eastern Australia, Hawaii (ʻēkaha in...
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contains a number of rare and endangered species of plants.[3] [4] The following list of clubmosses, spikemosses, horsetails and ferns comes from the publications...
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Osmunda (redirect from Flowering Ferns)
Osmunda is a genus of primarily temperate-zone ferns of family Osmundaceae. Five to ten species have been listed for this genus. Completely dimorphic...
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Asparagus setaceus (redirect from Common Asparagus Fern)
Asparagus setaceus, commonly known as common asparagus fern, asparagus grass, lace fern, climbing asparagus, or ferny asparagus, is a climbing plant in...
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Lygodium japonicum (redirect from Japanese climbing fern)
Lygodium japonicum is a species of fern that is known by the common names vine-like fern and Japanese climbing fern. It is native to eastern Asia, including...
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Marattiaceae (redirect from Marattioid fern)
Marattiaceae is the only family of extant (living) ferns in the order Marattiales. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), Marattiales...
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