Wagneriopteris nipponica

(No common name)

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
- Phylum: Magnoliophyta - Flowering Plants
  - Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
    - Order: Rutales
      - Family: Pteridophyta
        Genus: Wagneriopteris
        Specific epithet: nipponica (Franch. & amp; Sav.) Ã.LÃ¶ve & D.LÃ¶ve
        Botanical name: Wagneriopteris nipponica (Franch. & amp; Sav.) Ã.LÃ¶ve & D.LÃ¶ve

Physical Description

Family Pteridophyta:

(Gr. pteris: kind of fern; phyton: plant) In traditional classification systems, a division of the plant kingdom that included ferns, horsetails, and clubmosses, i.e. the nonseed-bearing tracheophytes. These are now classified as separate phyla: Filicinophyta (ferns), Sphenophyta (horsetails), Lycophyta (clubmosses), and Psilophyta.

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Members of the genus Wagneriopteris:

There are approximately 7 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus: W. angulariloba · W. beddomei · W. formosa · W. japonica · W. nipponica · W. ogasawarensis · W. simulata

Members of the genus Revwattsia:

There are approximately 1 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus: R. fragilis

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Identifiers:

Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3915437

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Last Revised: April 28, 2008