Osmundaceae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Osmundaceae

buckhorn
fern
fiddleheads
osmunda

Hierarchical position of the Family Osmundaceae

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Polypodiophyta Cronquist
syn. Filicinophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm., Taxon 15: 133. Apr 1966.
common name: ferns
  
   Subdivisio  Polypodiophytina Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
  
   Classis  Polypodiopsida Cronquist
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm., Taxon 15: 133. Apr 1966.
  
   Subclassis  Polypodiidae Cronquist
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm., Taxon 15: 133. Apr 1966.
  
   Ordo  Osmundales Bromhead
pub. Edinburgh New Philos. J. 24: 408. Apr 1838.
  
   Subordo  Osmundineae Bessey
pub. Bot. High Schools: 377. Mai-Sep 1880.
  
   Familia  Osmundaceae Bercht. & J. Presl
pub. Prir. Rostlin: 272. 1820.
common name: Cinnamon Ferns
  

Named members of the Family Osmundaceae

1
   Genus  Aphyllocalpa Lag., D.Garcia & Clemente
syn. Osmunda L.
2
   Genus  Leptopteris C.Presl
3
   Genus  Osmundastrum C.Presl
syn. Osmunda L.
4
   Subfamilia  Osmundoideae R. Br. ex Sweet
pub. Hort. Brit.: 460. Sep-Oct 1826.
  
 
5
   Tribus  Osmundeae Hook. ex Duby
pub. Bot. Gall. 1: 536. 12-14 Apr 1828.
  
 
6
   Genus  Osmunda L.
pub. (1753)
common name: osmunda
  
7
   Genus  Plenasium C.Presl
syn. Osmunda L.
8
   Genus  Struthopteris Bernh.
syn. Osmunda L.
9
   Genus  Todea Willd. ex Bernh.

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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