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Pteridium aquilinum

(L.) Kuhn (1879)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Pteridophyta Class/Clade: Polypodiopsida Order: Polypodiales Family: Dennstaedtiaceae Genus: Pteridium

bracken fern, kīlau [kilau], kīlau pueo [kilau pueo], pai‘ā [paia]

Description

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Synonyms (48)

Allosorus acutifolius C.Presl (1836)
Allosorus aquilinus (L.) C.Presl (1836)
Allosorus capensis (Kaulf.) C.Presl (1836)
Allosorus tauricus C.Presl (1836)
Allosorus villosus C.Presl (1836)
Asplenium aquilinum (L.) Bernh. (1799)
Cincinalis aquilina (L.) Gled. (1765)
Cincinalis gleditschii Gueldenst. (1787)
Cincinalis lanuginosa Trevis. (1874)
Eupteris aquilina (L.) Newman (1845)
Filix aquilina (L.) Woyn. (1915)
Filix-foemina aquilina (L.) Farw. (1931)
Filix-foemina vulgaris Hill (1757)
Onychium capense Kaulf. (1824)
Ornithopteris aquilina (L.) J.Sm. (1875)
Paesia aquilina (L.) Keys. (1873)
Polypodium austriacum Jacq. (1764)
Pteridium aquilinum f. pubescens Hieron. (1909)
Pteridium aquilinum subsp. atlanticum C.N.Page (1989)
Pteridium aquilinum subsp. brevipes (Tausch) E.Wulff (1927)
Pteridium aquilinum subsp. fulvum C.N.Page (1994)
Pteridium aquilinum subsp. heredia (Colmeiro) Jermy (1987)
Pteridium aquilinum subsp. osmundaceum (Christ) P.D.Sell (2018)
Pteridium aquilinum subsp. tauricum (C.Presl) Gureeva & C.N.Page (2008)
Pteridium aquilinum subsp. typicum R.M.Tryon (1941)
Pteridium aquilinum var. glabrum (Hook.) Luerss. (1889)
Pteridium aquilinum var. osmundaceum Christ (1901)
Pteridium aquilinum var. umbrosum Luerss. (1889)
Pteridium ceheginense Joaquin (1912)
Pteridium heredia (Colmeiro) Joaquin (1912)
Pteridium pinetorum subsp. osmundaceum (Christ) C.N.Page (1994)
Pteridium pinetorum subsp. sajanense C.N.Page & R.R.Mill (2012)
Pteridium pinetorum subsp. sibiricum Gureeva & C.N.Page (2005)
Pteridium tauricum V.I.Krecz. ex Grossh. (1939)
Pteris aquilina L. (1753)
Pteris aquilina f. transcaucasica Rupr. (1845)
Pteris aquilina var. glabra Hook. (1858)
Pteris aquilina var. vera T.Moore (1848)
Pteris auriculata Goldm. (1843)
Pteris borealis Salisb. (1796)
Pteris brevipes Tausch (1836)
Pteris firma Wall. (1828)
Pteris foemina Gray (1822)
Pteris foemina var. minor Gray (1822)
Pteris gardneri Ettingsh. (1864)
Pteris heredia Colmeiro (1867)
Pteris nudicaulis Gueldenst. (1787)
Pteris recurvata Wall. (1828)

Uses and Culture

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Statewide Status

Indigenous

Island Status

Kaua'i Indigenous

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Bibliography

Name Published In: O.Kersten, Reis. Ost-Afrika 3(3): 11 (1879)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Pteridium aquilinum Hanalei District. Honpu, west of National Guard station. Acaia koa-Metrosideros polymorpha with matting ferns of Dicranopteris linearis, Diploterygium pinnatum, sticherus owhyhensis, mesic to transitional wet forest and forest and drainages with bobea brevipes, Ilex anomala, wikstroemia furcata, Claoxylon sandwicensis, polyscias waimeae, melicope anisata, M. barbigera, Kadua affinis, Psychotria greenwelliae, P. hexandra, Planchonella san. Preserved_Specimen Wood, K.R. 15788 Kauai BISH 2014-01-12
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