Species Pteridium aquilinum
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Location unknown
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Etymology of Pteridium:
Gk. pteridion = a small fern; referring to the fronds, small, wing-like.
Etymology of aquilinum:
From the Latin ‘aquilinus’ / ‘aquilinum’ meaning ‘eagle-like’
Scientific name:
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn
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Unknown
Protologue:
Bot. Ost-Afrika 3(3): 11 (1879)
Synonym status:
Perennial with subterranean rhizome. Fronds erect, to 1.5 m long, stipe glabrous at maturity, lamina deltate, 3- or 4-pinnate, pinnule segments deeply pinnatifid into obtuse, oblong lobes, glabrous or thinly pubescent above, densely pubescent-tomentose beneath. Sori elongate, submarginal, pseudo-indusium ciliate. Fynbos and forest margins, to 1000 m, NW, SW, KM, LB, SE (Gifberg to Europe).
Observations of Taxon
Pteridium aquilinum
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Name of observer:
CE van Ginkel or CJ Cilliers (David)
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Date observed unknown
Pteridium aquilinum
Name of observer:
Anne Bean & Amida Johns (David)
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Date observed unknown
Pteridium aquilinum
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N Crouch, R Klopper, J & S Burrows (David)
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Date observed unknown
Pteridium aquilinum
Name of observer:
N Crouch, R Klopper, J & S Burrows (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Pteridium aquilinum
Name of observer:
N Crouch, R Klopper, J & S Burrows (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
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