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Matteuccia is a genus of ferns with one species: Matteuccia struthiopteris (common names ostrich fern, fiddlehead fern, or shuttlecock fern). [4] The species epithet struthiopteris comes from Ancient Greek words στρουθίων ( strouthíōn ) "ostrich" and πτερίς ( pterís ) "fern".
Cinnamon fern or buckhorn fern, Osmunda cinnamomea, found in the eastern parts of North America, although not so palatable as ostrich fern. Royal fern, Osmunda regalis, found worldwide; Midin, or Stenochlaena palustris, found in Sarawak, where it is prized as a local delicacy [5] [6] Zenmai or flowering fern, Osmunda japonica, found in East Asia
Pentarhizidium orientale, the Oriental ostrich fern, is a fern native to China, Japan, and the Himalayas. It grows to about 0.6 m (2 ft) in height by 0.6 m (2 ft) wide. It was formerly included in the genus Matteuccia, but phylogenetic studies mandated that it and Pentarhizidium intermedium be moved to a new genus.
The young fronds are stir-fried and used in salads. [6] [7]They may have mild amounts of fern toxins but no major toxic effects are recorded. [8]It is known as pakô ("wing") in the Philippines, [6] pucuk paku and paku tanjung in Malaysia, sayur paku or pakis in Indonesia, phak koot (Thai: ผักกูด) in Thailand, rau dớn in Vietnam, dhekia (Assamese: ঢেঁকীয়া) in ...
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Onocleaceae is a small family of terrestrial ferns in the order Polypodiales. [1] It is placed in the suborder Aspleniineae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). [ 2 ] Alternatively, the family, along with Blechnaceae , may be placed in a very broadly defined family Aspleniaceae as the subfamily Blechnoideae. [ 3 ]
Dryopteris goldieana, commonly called Goldie's wood fern, or giant wood fern is a fern native to the eastern United States and adjacent areas of Canada, from New Brunswick to Ontario and Georgia. [3] It is the largest native North American species of Dryopteris and along with ostrich fern it is one of the largest ferns in eastern North America.
Struthiopteris spicant, syn. Blechnum spicant, is a species of fern in the family Blechnaceae, known by the common names hard-fern [3] or deer fern. It is native to Europe, western Asia, northern Africa, and western North America. [1] [4] Like some other species in the family Blechnaceae, it has two types of leaves.