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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Lygodium

Hierarchical position of the Genus Lygodium

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  Schizaeales A.B. Frank in Leunis pub. Syn. Pflanzenk., ed. 2, 3: 1453. 1877.       Subordo  Schizaeineae Bessey pub. Bot. High Schools: 377. Mai-Sep 1880.       Familia  Schizaeaceae Kaulf. pub. Wesen Farrenkr.: [119]. Jul-Sep 1827. common name: Climbing Ferns       Tribus  Lygodieae Le Maout & Decne. pub. Trait� G�n. Bot.: 657. Jan-Apr 1868.    Genus  Lygodium Sw. pub. (1801) common name: climbing fern

Named members of the Genus Lygodium

1	Species  japonicum (Thunb. ex Murr.) Sw. common name: Japanese climbing fern
2	Species  microphyllum (Cav.) R. Br. common name: small-leaf climbing fern
3	Species  palmatum (Bernh.) Sw. common name: American climbing fern

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.