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Histiopteris incisa (Thunb.) J. Sm.

Bat’s wing fern, water fern, fern mata, batwing fern

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Histiopteris incisa (bat’s wing fern, water fern, fern mata, batwing fern)

9/18/2017 · Purgatory Falls, Mont Vernon, New Hamp­shire · ≈ 10 × 6″ (24 × 15 cm)

Histiopteris incisa (bat’s wing fern, water fern, fern mata, batwing fern)

9/18/2017 · Purgatory Falls, Mont Vernon, New Hamp­shire · ≈ 12 × 8″ (31 × 20 cm)

KingdomPlantaePlants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
SubkingdomTracheobiontaVascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
DivisionPteridophytaFerns
ClassFilicopsida“Leptosporangiate” (has to do with how their spores form) ferns—includes most ferns
OrderPolypodialesPolypod ferns
FamilyDennstaedtiaceaeAfter August William Dennstedt (1776-1826), German physician and botanist, burgomaster of Magdala, director of the Belvedere garden near Weimar, and author of a work entitled Hortus Belvedereanus, a compilation of some 1500 plants. I have no information as to why the family name is spelled differently than his name
GenusHistiopterisFrom Greek histion and pteris, ”webbed fern,,“ referring to the netted veins of the leaves
Speciesincisaincised, deeply or irregularly cut

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Histiopteris incisa description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.

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