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Athyrium niponicum var. pictum
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 | “Of or from Japan” |
| var. | pictum | |
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Athyrium niponicum var. pictum description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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5/27/2016 · Acton Arboretum, Acton, Massachusetts
≈ 21 × 14" (52 × 34 cm) 
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