Arachniodes aristata is a species of fern in the family Dryopteridaceae. It is a glossy fern with fronds up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) long. The type specimen was collected by George Forster at an unknown island in the Pacific Ocean, when travelling on the second voyage of James Cook. This plant was first formally named Polypodium aristatum in 1786 in the Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus, published by his father Johann Reinhold Forster.[1][2] The specific epithet "aristata" derives from Latin, meaning "bearing a bristle".[3]

Arachniodes aristata
At Sherwood Nature Reserve, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Arachniodes
Species:
A. aristata
Binomial name
Arachniodes aristata
Synonyms

Polypodium aristatum G.Forst.

References

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  1. ^ "Arachniodes aristata (G.Forst.) Tindale". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  2. ^ Peter G. Wilson & D.L. Jones. "Arachniodes aristata ". PlantNET, New South Wales Flora Online. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  3. ^ Wilhelm, Gerould; Rericha, Laura (2017). Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis. Indiana Academy of Sciences.