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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Acrostichum

Hierarchical position of the Genus Acrostichum

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  Parkeriales A.B. Frank in Leunis pub. Syn. Pflanzenk., ed. 2, 3: 1453. 1877.       Familia  Pteridaceae E.D.M. Kirchn. pub. Schul-Bot.: 109. 1831. common name: brake fern, maidenhair fern       Subfamilia  Acrostichoideae Link pub. Fil. Sp.: 147. 3-10 Sep 1841.    Tribus  Acrosticheae C. Presl pub. Abh. K�nigl. B�hm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 4, 5: 228. ante 2 Dec 18    Subtribus  Acrostichinae Payer pub. Bot. Crypt.: 197. 1850.    Genus  Acrostichum L. pub. (1753) common name: leatherfern

Named members of the Genus Acrostichum

1	Species  aureum L. common name: golden leatherfern
2	Species  danaeifolium Langsd. & Fisch. common name: inland leatherfern
3	Species  excelsum Maxon syn. Acrostichum danaeifolium
4	Species  longifolium Jacq., non Burm. syn. Elaphoglossum longifolium

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.