Dennstaedtia is a primarily tropical genus of fern

Fern

A fern is any one of a group of about 12,000 species of plants belonging to the botanical group known as Pteridophyta. Unlike mosses, they have xylem and phloem . They have stems, leaves, and roots like other vascular plants...

s with some 59 species (some say 80 species). Its best-known member is probably the temperate North-American hay-scented fern (pictured in the taxobox), which forms extensive clonal ground-cover colonies on level surfaces in the Appalachian area.

Full list of Dennstaedtia species:

Dennstaedtia ampla (Bak.) Bedd. Dennstaedtia anthriscifolia (Bory) Moore Dennstaedtia antillensis (Jenm.) C.Chr. Dennstaedtia appendiculata (Wall. ex Hook.) J.Sm. Dennstaedtia arborescens (Willd.) E.Ekman ex Maxon Dennstaedtia bipinnata Dennstaedtia bipinnata Dennstaedtia bipinnata common names the Cuplet Fern, Cuplet Hay-Scented Fern is a species of fern in the family Dennstaedtiaceae.-Distribution:... (Cav.) Maxon Dennstaedtia canaliculata Alderw. Dennstaedtia cicutaria (Sw.) T.Moore Dennstaedtia coronata (Sod.) C.Chr. Dennstaedtia cuneata (J.Sm.) Moore Dennstaedtia d'orbignyana Kuhn Dennstaedtia davallioides Dennstaedtia davallioides Dennstaedtia davallioides, commonly known as the lacy ground fern, is a species of fern native to eastern Australia, from the Bunya Mountains in central Queensland south through eastern New South Wales, and into Victoria southwest to the Otway Ranges.It requires some shelter when cultivated, as... (R.Br.) Moore Dennstaedtia delicata (F.v.Muell.) Alston Dennstaedtia dennstaedtioides Copel. Dennstaedtia deparioides Rosenst. Dennstaedtia dissecta (Sw.) Moore Dennstaedtia distenta (Kunze) T.Moore Dennstaedtia elmeri Copel. Dennstaedtia flaccida (Forst.) Bernh. Dennstaedtia fluminensis (Fée) C.Chr. Dennstaedtia fusca Copel. Dennstaedtia glabrata (Ces.) C.Chr. Dennstaedtia glauca (Cav.) C.Chr. Dennstaedtia globulifera (Poir.) Hier. Dennstaedtia hirsuta (Sw.) Mett. ex Miq. Dennstaedtia hooveri Christ Dennstaedtia incisa (Fée Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée was a French botanist who was born in Ardentes, 7 November 1789, and died in Paris on 21 May 1874. He was the author of works on botany and mycology, practical and historical pharmacology, Darwinism, and his experiences in several regions of Europe.-Biography:Fée... ) Kuhn Dennstaedtia inermis (Baker) Brownlie Dennstaedtia kalbreyeri Maxon Dennstaedtia leptophylla Hayata

Dennstaedtia lindsayiformis (Fée) C.Chr. Dennstaedtia macgregori Copel. Dennstaedtia madagascariensis (Kunze) Tardieu Dennstaedtia magnifica Copel. Dennstaedtia melanostipos Ching Dennstaedtia merrillii Copel. Dennstaedtia munchii Christ Dennstaedtia novoguineensis (Rosenst.) Alston Dennstaedtia obtusifolia (Willd.) T.Moore Dennstaedtia parksii Copeland ex Morton Dennstaedtia penicillifera Alderw. Dennstaedtia philippinensis Copel. Dennstaedtia producta Mett. Dennstaedtia punctilobula Dennstaedtia punctilobula Dennstaedtia punctilobula is a species of fern native to eastern North America, from Newfoundland west to Wisconsin and Arkansas, and south in the Appalachian Mountains to northern Alabama; it is most abundant in the east of its range, with only scattered populations in the west.It is a deciduous... (Michx.) Moore Dennstaedtia remota (Christ) Diels Dennstaedtia resinifera (BI.) Mett. ex Kuhn Dennstaedtia rufidula C. Chr. Dennstaedtia samoensis (Brackenr.) Moore Dennstaedtia scabra (Wall. ex Hook.) Moore Dennstaedtia shawii Copel. Dennstaedtia smithii (Hook.) Moore Dennstaedtia spinosa Mickel Dennstaedtia sprucei Moore Dennstaedtia sumatrana Alderw. Dennstaedtia terminalis Alderw. Dennstaedtia tripinnatifida Copel. Dennstaedtia vagans (Bak.) Diels Dennstaedtia wercklei (H. Christ) R.M.Tryon Dennstaedtia williamsii Copel.

External links

• Genus Dennstaedtia world species list:

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