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Polystichum  Roth
Taxonomic Serial No.: 17674

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Christmas fern [English]
  
    sword fern [English]
  
    hollyfern [English]
  
    holly fern [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2011   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionPolypodiophytina   
                   ClassPolypodiopsida  – leptosporangiate ferns  
                      SubclassPolypodiidae   
                         OrderPolypodiales   
                            SuborderPolypodiineae   
                               FamilyDryopteridaceae  – wood ferns, woodferns  
                                  SubfamilyDryopteridoideae   
                                     GenusPolystichum Roth – Christmas fern, sword fern, hollyfern, holly fern  
    Direct Children:  
                                        SpeciesPolystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott – Christmas fern 
                                        SpeciesPolystichum aculeatum (L.) Roth  
                                        SpeciesPolystichum aleuticum C. Chr. – Aleutian shieldfern, Aleutian hollyfern, Aleutian shield-fern 
                                        SpeciesPolystichum andersonii Hopkins – Anderson's hollyfern 
                                        SpeciesPolystichum bonseyi W.H. Wagner & Hobdy – Bonsey's hollyfern 
                                        SpeciesPolystichum braunii (Spenn.) Fée – Braun's hollyfern 
                                        SpeciesPolystichum calderonense Proctor – Monte Guilarte hollyfern 
                                        SpeciesPolystichum californicum (D.C. Eaton) Diels – California swordfern 
                                        SpeciesPolystichum dudleyi Maxon – Dudley's swordfern, Dudley's sword fern 
                                        SpeciesPolystichum echinatum (J.F. Gmel.) C. Chr. – rusty swordfern 
                                        SpeciesPolystichum X hagenahii Cody – Hagenah's polystichum 
                                        SpeciesPolystichum haleakalense Brack. – island swordfern 
                                        SpeciesPolystichum hillebrandii Carruth. – Hillebrand's hollyfern 
                                        SpeciesPolystichum imbricans (D.C. Eaton) D.H. Wagner – narrowleaf swordfern 
                                        SpeciesPolystichum kruckebergii W.H. Wagner – Kruckeberg's hollyfern 
                                        SpeciesPolystichum kwakiutlii W.H. Wagner – Kwakiutl's hollyfern 
                                        SpeciesPolystichum lemmonii Underw. – Lemmon's hollyfern 
                                        SpeciesPolystichum lonchitis (L.) Roth – polystic faux-lonchitis, hollyfern, northern hollyfern 
                                        SpeciesPolystichum luctuosum (Kunze) T. Moore – Korean rockfern 
                                        SpeciesPolystichum microchlamys (Christ) Matsum. – Attu hollyfern 
                                        SpeciesPolystichum munitum (Kaulf.) C. Presl – western swordfern 
                                        SpeciesPolystichum muricatum (L.) Fée – West Indian hollyfern 
                                        SpeciesPolystichum platyphyllum (Willd.) C. Presl – flatleaf hollyfern 
                                        SpeciesPolystichum polyblepharum (Roem. & Kunze) C. Presl – Korean tasselfern 
                                        SpeciesPolystichum polystichiforme (Fée) Maxon – Antilles hollyfern 
                                        SpeciesPolystichum X potteri Barrington – Potter's polystichum 
                                        SpeciesPolystichum rhizophyllum (Sw.) C. Presl – tailed hollyfern 
                                        SpeciesPolystichum scopulinum (D.C. Eaton) Maxon – polystic des rochers, Eaton's hollyfern, mountain hollyfern 
                                        SpeciesPolystichum setigerum (C. Presl) C. Presl – Alaska hollyfern 
       

 References
       
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  Source: Dryopteridaceae s.l. of North America Update, database (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Polystichum   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Polystichum   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Polystichum   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Polystichum   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): The Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group   
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Systematics and Evolution, vol. 54, no. 6   
  Page(s): 563-603   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1759-6831   
  Notes: doi: 10.1111/jse.12229   
  Reference for: Polystichum   
       

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