Pteridium aquilinum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Polypodiales

Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn, Reis. Ost-Afr. 3(3; Bot.): 11. 1879.

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