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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Nephrolepis

Hierarchical position of the Genus Nephrolepis

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  Aspleniales Pic. Serm. ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 72. 29 Apr 1996.       Familia  Oleandraceae (J. Sm.) R.C. Ching ex Pic. Serm. pub. Webbia 20: 745. 20 Dec 1965.    Tribus  Nephrolepideae F�e ex Pfeiff. pub. Nomencl. Bot. 1(1): 628. Sep-Nov 1872.    Genus  Nephrolepis Schott pub. (1834) common name: swordfern

Named members of the Genus Nephrolepis

1	Species  biserrata (Sw.) Schott
	2    Varietas  furcans hort. ex Bailey syn. Nephrolepis falcata
3	Species  cordifolia (L.) K. Presl common name: narrow swordfern
4	Species  exaltata (L.) Schott common name: Boston swordfern
5	Species  falcata (Cav.) C. Christens. common name: fishtail swordfern
6	Species  hirsutula (J.R. Forst.) K. Presl common name: scaly swordfern
7	Species  laurifolia (Christ) Proctor common name: laurel-leaf swordfern
8	Species  multiflora (Roxb.) Jarrett ex Morton common name: Asian swordfern
9	Species  occidentalis Kunze syn. Nephrolepis undulata
10	Species  rivularis (Vahl) Mett. ex Krug common name: streamside swordfern
11	Species  undulata (Afzelius ex Sw.) J. Sm. common name: annual swordfern
12	Species  x averyi C.E. Nauman

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.