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Athyrium filix-femina
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Athyriaceae
Genus: Athyrium
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Illustration Athyrium filix-femina0
19th-century illustration of A. filix-femina

Athyrium (lady-fern) is a genus of about 180 species of terrestrial ferns, with a cosmopolitan distribution. It is placed in the family Athyriaceae, in the order Polypodiales. Its genus name is from Greek a- ('without') and Latinized Greek thyreos ('shield'), describing its inconspicuous indusium (sorus' covering). The common name "lady fern" refers in particular to the common lady fern, Athyrium filix-femina.

Athyrium species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the small angle shades and Sthenopis auratus.

Species

There are about 180, including:

  • Athyrium adpressum
  • Athyrium alpestre
  • Athyrium angustum
  • Athyrium anisopterum
  • Athyrium araiostegioides
  • Athyrium arisanense
  • Athyrium asplenioides
  • Athyrium atkinsonii
  • Athyrium attenuatum
  • Athyrium auriculatum
  • Athyrium austro-orientale
  • Athyrium austro-yunnanense
  • Athyrium biseralatum
  • Athyrium bomicola
  • Athyrium brevifrons
  • Athyrium brevisorum
  • Athyrium bucahwangense
  • Athyrium caudipinna
  • Athyrium chingianum
  • Athyrium christensenii
  • Athyrium clarkei
  • Athyrium clivicola
  • Athyrium criticum
  • Athyrium cryptogrammoides
  • Athyrium delavayi
  • Athyrium delicatulum
  • Athyrium densisorum
  • Athyrium dentilobum
  • Athyrium devolii
  • Athyrium dissitifolium
  • Athyrium distentifolium
  • Athyrium drepanopterum
  • Athyrium dubium
  • Athyrium duthiei
  • Athyrium epirachis
  • Athyrium erithrocaulon
  • Athyrium erythropodum
  • Athyrium fallaciosum
  • Athyrium fangii
  • Athyrium filix-femina
  • Athyrium fimbriatum
  • Athyrium fissum
  • Athyrium flabellulatum
  • Athyrium flavicoma
  • Athyrium flexile
  • Athyrium fragile
  • Athyrium fujianense
  • Athyrium giganteum
  • Athyrium goeringianum
  • Athyrium guangnanense
  • Athyrium haleakalae
  • Athyrium himalaicum
  • Athyrium hirtirachis
  • Athyrium huhsienense
  • Athyrium imbricatum
  • Athyrium iseanum
  • Athyrium kanghsienense
  • Athyrium kenzo-satakei
  • Athyrium kuratae
  • Athyrium leiopodum
  • Athyrium liangwangshanicum
  • Athyrium mackinnonii
  • Athyrium macrocarpum
  • Athyrium medium
  • Athyrium medogense
  • Athyrium melanolepis
  • Athyrium mengtzeense
  • Athyrium multidentatum
  • Athyrium nakanoi
  • Athyrium nephrodioides
  • Athyrium nigripes
  • Athyrium niponicum
  • Athyrium nyalamense
  • Athyrium oppositipinnum
  • Athyrium otophorum
  • Athyrium pachyphlebium
  • Athyrium pachyphyllum
  • Athyrium pachysorum
  • Athyrium parapellucidum
  • Athyrium pectinatum
  • Athyrium pellucidum
  • Athyrium pseudo-filix-femina
  • Athyrium pubicostatum
  • Athyrium rachidosorum
  • Athyrium reflexipinnum
  • Athyrium roseum
  • Athyrium rotundilobum
  • Athyrium rubripes
  • Athyrium rupicola
  • Athyrium sessile
  • Athyrium sikkimense
  • Athyrium silvicolum
  • Athyrium sinense
  • Athyrium stenopodum
  • Athyrium strigillosum
  • Athyrium submacrocarpum
  • Athyrium subrigescens
  • Athyrium supraspinescens
  • Athyrium tenuicaule
  • Athyrium tenuifolium
  • Athyrium tibeticum
  • Athyrium tozanense
  • Athyrium vidalii
  • Athyrium tripinnatum
  • Athyrium viviparum
  • Athyrium wallichianum
  • Athyrium wardii
  • Athyrium wuliangshanense
  • Athyrium yokoscense
  • Athyrium yui
  • Athyrium yunnanense

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Athyrium para niños

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