Taxon: Osmunda regalis L.

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See also subordinate taxa:

• Osmunda regalis var. brasiliensis (no accessions)
• Osmunda regalis var. regalis (no accessions)
• Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis (no accessions)

Common names:

• flowering fern   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English   [Osmunda regalis var. regalis]
  
• royal fern   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• royal fern   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English   [Osmunda regalis var. regalis]
  
• royal fern   (Source: Native Pl Database ) – English   [Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis]
  
• safsa   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Canada
  Mexico
  United States [e.]
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Bahamas; Bermuda; Cuba; Hispaniola; Jamaica
  Mesoamerica: Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua
  Northern South America: Venezuela
  Brazil: Brazil
  Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
  Southern South America: Argentina; Paraguay; Uruguay
• widespread in temperate regions

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963–. Flora of southern Africa.
• Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993. Flora of North America. 2:109.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Johns, R. J. 1991. Pteridophytes of Tropical East Africa.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Mickel, J. T. & A. R. Smith. 2004. The pteridophytes of Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 88:1-1054. [mentions].
• Tryon, R. M. & R. G. Stolze. 1989. Part I. (1. Ophioglossaceae - 12. Cyatheaceae). In: Tryon, R. M. & R. G. Stolze, eds., Pteridophyta of Peru. Fieldiana, Botany new ser. 20:21.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Osmunda regalis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Osmunda regalis.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Osmunda regalis.

Synonyms:

• Osmunda spectabilis Willd. [≡ Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis]
  
• Osmunda spectabilis var. brasiliensis Hook. & Grev. [≡ Osmunda regalis var. brasiliensis]
  

Check other web resources for Osmunda regalis L.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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