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Taxon: Polystichum munitum (Kaulf.) C. Presl

Genus: Polystichum
Family: Dryopteridaceae.
Nomen number: 412421
Place of publication: Tent. pterid. 83. 1836
Name verified on: 29-Jan-1999 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 16-Mar-2009
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:

  • common sword fern   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  • western sword fern   (Source: F Canada ) – English

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
    Subarctic America: Canada - Yukon Territory; United States - Alaska
    Western Canada: Canada - British Columbia
    North-Central U.S.A.: United States - South Dakota
    Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington
    Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California
    Mexico [Guadalupe Is.]

      Naturalized:
  • naturalized elsewhere

References:

  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
  • Hultén, O. E. G. 1968. Flora of Alaska and neighboring territories. (F AlaskaHult)
  • Mickel, J. T. & A. R. Smith. 2004. The pteridophytes of Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 88:1-1054. (Ferns Mexico)
  • Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. (F Canada)
More:

Synonyms:


Check other databases for Polystichum munitum (Kaulf.) C. Presl:

  • Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • 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.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Images 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.

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?412421 (09 February 2010)

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