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Woodwardia gravida

Polypodiopsida - Blechnaceae

Taxonomy
Woodwardia gravida was named by Hickey (1977) [The following spores from the holotype: USNM 43429 (x, y coordinates, -27.8, 13.5), 43430 (-28.7, 7.4), 43431 (-27.2, 7.8), and 43432 (-41.6, 8.2); PU 20093 (-12.1, 12.0) and 20094 (-30.2, 9.2). Paratype: USNM 43428.]. Its type specimen is USNM 43427. Its type locality is North of Lost Bridge (USNM 14121), which is in a Wasatchian channel sandstone/shale in the Golden Valley Formation of North Dakota.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Woodwardia gravida Hickey

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumPteridophyta
RankNameAuthor
classPolypodiopsida
familyBlechnaceaeCopeland
subfamilyWoodwardioideaeGasper et al. 2016
genusWoodwardiaSmith 1793
speciesgravida

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†Woodwardia gravida Hickey 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available