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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Marattia

Hierarchical position of the Genus Marattia

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  Ophioglossopsida Thom� pub. 1874       Subclassis  Marattiidae Cronquist pub. Takht. & Zimmerm., Taxon 15: 133. Apr 1966.    Ordo  Marattiales Prantl pub. Lehrb. Bot.: 115, 119. 1874.    Familia  Marattiaceae Bercht. & J. Presl pub. Prir. Rostlin: 272. 1820.    Subfamilia  Marattioideae C. Presl pub. Suppl. Tent. Pterid.: 8. late 1845.    Tribus  Marattieae Bory ex Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 67. 1829.    Genus  Marattia Sw. pub. (1788) common name: potato fern

Named members of the Genus Marattia

1	Species  douglasii (K. Presl) Baker common name: Hawai'i potato fern
2	Species  kaulfussii J. Sm. syn. Marattia laevis
3	Species  laevis Sm. common name: smooth potato 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.