PLANTS Profile for Thelypteris kunthii (Kunth's maiden fern)

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Thelypteris kunthii (Desv.) Morton
Kunth's maiden fern

Symbol:

THKU

Group:

Fern

Family:

Thelypteridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		I
PR		N
VI		N

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Thelypteris kunthii (Desv.) Morton

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Synonyms:
Thelypteris kunthii (Desv.) Morton

	DRNO3	Dryopteris normalis C. Chr.
	DRSA2	Dryopteris saxatilis (R.P. St. John) Broun
	THMA6	Thelypteris macrorhizoma E.P. St. John
	THNO2	Thelypteris normalis (C. Chr.) Moxley
	THSA4	Thelypteris saxatilis R.P. St. John
	THUN	Thelypteris unca R.P. St. John

Distribution:
Thelypteris kunthii (Desv.) Morton


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USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, HI, LA, MS, NC, SC, TX), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Thelypteris kunthii (Desv.) Morton

View 6 genera in Thelypteridaceae, 72 species in Thelypteris

Classification:
Thelypteris kunthii (Desv.) Morton

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class	Filicopsida
Order	Polypodiales
Family	Thelypteridaceae – Marsh Fern family
Genus	Thelypteris Schmidel – maiden fern
Species	Thelypteris kunthii (Desv.) Morton – Kunth's maiden fern

Introduced Information:
Thelypteris kunthii (Desv.) Morton

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Thelypteris kunthii (Desv.) Morton

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Reg. 0

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More Accounts and Images:
Thelypteris kunthii (Desv.) Morton

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17258.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

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