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Onoclea fecunda

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Onocleaceae

Taxonomy
Caulinites fecunda was named by Lesquereux (1872). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Onoclea fecunda by Knowlton (1898), Knowlton (1919).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. hebridica
Entered
by B. Allen on 2022-02-03

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Caulinites fecunda Lesquereux
1898Onoclea fecunda Knowlton
1919Onoclea fecunda Knowlton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
RankNameAuthor
subclassPolypodiidae()
orderPolypodiales
suborderAspleniineaeSchneid and Rothf
familyOnocleaceaePichi-Sermolli 1970
genusOnoclea
speciesfecunda(Lesquereux 1872)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Onoclea fecunda Lesquereux 1872
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"superp
Created: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Modified: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Source: superp = superphylum
Reference: Kenrick and Crane 1997
Collections
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