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Athyrium niponicum
Japanese painted fern
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Pteridophyta | Ferns |
| Class | Filicopsida | “Leptosporangiate” (has to do with how their spores form) ferns—includes most ferns |
| Order | Polypodiales | Polypod ferns |
| Family | Dryopteridaceae | Wood ferns (about 70% of the ferns) |
| Genus | Athyrium | From Greek a, “without,” and thurium, “shield,” (or thura, “door”), from the shape of the sori |
| Species | niponicum | “From Japan” |
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Athyrium niponicum description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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8/16/2009 · Joan & Jim’s, Mansfield, Massachusetts
≈ 14 × 9" (35 × 23 cm)  ID is uncertain 
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