Histiopteris incisa (Thunb.) J. Sm.
Bat’s wing fern, water fern, fern mata, batwing fern
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9/18/2017 · Purgatory Falls, Mont Vernon, New Hampshire · ≈ 10 × 6″ (24 × 15 cm) 
9/18/2017 · Purgatory Falls, Mont Vernon, New Hampshire · ≈ 12 × 8″ (31 × 20 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| 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 | Dennstaedtiaceae | After 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 |
| Genus | Histiopteris | From Greek histion and pteris, ”webbed fern,,“ referring to the netted veins of the leaves |
| Species | incisa | incised, deeply or irregularly cut |
Histiopteris incisa description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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