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Vittaria

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Vittaria, the shoestring ferns, is a genus of ferns in the Vittarioideae subfamily of the family Pteridaceae. [1]

48 relations: Adiantaceae, Anthony Huxley, Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée, Botanical name, Bunzō Hayata, Carl Christensen (botanist), Carl Linnaeus, Carl Ludwig Blume, Carl Ludwig Willdenow, Christian Schkuhr, Circumscription (taxonomy), Epiphyte, Etymology, Family (biology), Fern, Friedrich Adalbert Maximilian Kuhn, Frond, Gardening, Genus, Georg Friedrich Kaulfuss, Georg Hans Emmo Wolfgang Hieronymus, Georg Heinrich Mettenius, George Henry Kendrick Thwaites, Gustav Kunze, Haplopteris, Haplopteris elongata, Heinrich von Handel-Mazzetti, Indian Ocean, Indigenous (ecology), James Edward Smith, Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, Johann Friedrich Klotzsch, John Gilbert Baker, Konrad H. Christ, Latin, Neotropical realm, Nicaise Auguste Desvaux, Olof Swartz, Phytotaxa, Pteridaceae, Ren-Chang Ching, Richard Eric Holttum, Sensu, Species, Tomitaro Makino, Tropical Africa, Vittaria longipes, Vittarioideae.

Adiantaceae

Adiantaceae (as construed here, sensu stricto, not a synonym of Pteridaceae) is a family of ferns in the order Pteridales.

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Anthony Huxley

Anthony Julian Huxley (born 2 December 1920; died 26 December 1992 in Surbiton, Surrey) was a British botanist.

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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.

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Botanical name

A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN) and, if it concerns a plant cultigen, the additional cultivar or Group epithets must conform to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP).

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Bunzō Hayata

was a Japanese botanist noted for his taxonomic work in Japan and Formosa (Taiwan).

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Carl Christensen (botanist)

Carl Frederik Albert Christensen (16 January 1872 – 24 November 1942) was a Danish systematic botanist.

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement as Carl von LinnéBlunt (2004), p. 171.

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Carl Ludwig Blume

Charles Ludwig de Blume or Karl Ludwig von Blume (9 June 1796, Braunschweig – 3 February 1862, Leiden) was a German-Dutch botanist.

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Carl Ludwig Willdenow

Carl Ludwig Willdenow (22 August 1765 – 10 July 1812) was a German botanist, pharmacist, and plant taxonomist.

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Christian Schkuhr

Christian Schkuhr (14 May 1741, Pegau – 17 July 1811, Wittenberg) was a German gardener, artist and botanist.

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Circumscription (taxonomy)

In biological taxonomy, circumscription is the definition of a taxon, that is, a group of organisms.

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Epiphyte

An epiphyte is an organism that grows on the surface of a plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it.

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Etymology

EtymologyThe New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time".

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Fern

A fern is a member of a group of vascular plants that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers.

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Friedrich Adalbert Maximilian Kuhn

Friedrich Adalbert Maximilian Kuhn (3 December 1842 – 13 September 1894) was a German botanist, who specialized in the field of pteridology.

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Frond

A frond is a large, divided leaf.

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Gardening

Gardening is the practice of growing and cultivating plants as part of horticulture.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Georg Friedrich Kaulfuss

Georg Friedrich Kaulfuss (8 April 1786 – 9 December 1830) was a professor at Halle.

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Georg Hans Emmo Wolfgang Hieronymus

Georg Hans Emmo Wolfgang Hieronymus (1846–1921) was a European botanist of German extraction.

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Georg Heinrich Mettenius

Georg Heinrich Mettenius (24 November 1823 – 18 August 1866) was a German botanist born in Frankfurt am Main.

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George Henry Kendrick Thwaites

George Henry Kendrick Thwaites (9 July 1812, Bristol – 11 September 1882, Kandy) was an English botanist and entomologist.

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Gustav Kunze

Gustav Kunze (4 October 1793, Leipzig – 30 April 1851, Leipzig) was a German professor of zoology, an entomologist and botanist with an interest mainly in ferns and orchids.

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Haplopteris

Haplopteris is a genus of vittarioid ferns, a member of subfamily Vittarioideae and family Pteridaceae.

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Haplopteris elongata

Haplopteris elongata, commonly known as the tape fern, is a species of epiphytic fern.

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Heinrich von Handel-Mazzetti

Heinrich Raphael Eduard Freiherr von Handel-Mazzetti (February 19, 1882 in Vienna – February 1, 1940) was an Austrian botanist best known for his many publications on the flora of China and botanical explorations of that country.

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Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering (approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface).

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Indigenous (ecology)

In biogeography, a species is defined as indigenous to a given region or ecosystem if its presence in that region is the result of only natural process, with no human intervention.

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James Edward Smith

Sir James Edward Smith (2 December 1759 – 17 March 1828) was an English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society.

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Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent

Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent (6 July 177822 December 1846) was a French naturalist.

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Johann Friedrich Klotzsch

Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805, Wittenberg – 5 November 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist.

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John Gilbert Baker

John Gilbert Baker FRS (13 January 1834 – 16 August 1920) was an English botanist.

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Konrad H. Christ

Konrad Hermann Heinrich Christ (12 December 1833 in Basel – 23 November 1933 in Riehen), often known in citations as just "Christ" or "H.

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Neotropical realm

The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface.

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Nicaise Auguste Desvaux

Nicaise Auguste Desvaux (28 August 1784 – 12 July 1856) was a French botanist.

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Olof Swartz

Olof Peter Swartz (September 21, 1760 – September 19, 1818) was a Swedish botanist and taxonomist.

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Phytotaxa

Phytotaxa is a peer-reviewed scientific journal for rapid publication on any aspect of systematic botany.

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Pteridaceae

Pteridaceae is a family of ferns in the order Polypodiales., including some 1150 known species in ca 45 genera (depending on taxonomic opinions), divided over five subfamilies.

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Ren-Chang Ching

(15 February 1898 – 22 July 1986) was a botanist and a specialist in ferns.

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Richard Eric Holttum

Richard Eric Holttum (20 July 189518 September 1990) was an English botanist and author.

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Sensu

Sensu is a Latin word meaning "in the sense of".

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Tomitaro Makino

Tomitaro Makino was a pioneer Japanese botanist noted for his taxonomic work.

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Tropical Africa

Although tropical Africa is most familiar in the West as depicted by its rain forests, this ecozone of Africa is far more diverse.

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Vittaria longipes

Vittaria longipes is a fern species in the subfamily Vittarioideae of the family Pteridaceae.

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Vittarioideae

Vittarioideae is a subfamily of the Pteridaceae family of ferns, in the order Polypodiales, class Polypodiopsida.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittaria

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