Dryopteris cognata, the large kidney fern, is a herbaceous plant, a member of the Dryopteridaceae family.[1]

Dryopteris cognata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Dryopteris
Species:
D. cognata
Binomial name
Dryopteris cognata
O. Kuntze

Distribution

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It is an endemic species to St. Helena.[2][3]

Taxonomy

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It was named by Otto Kuntze, in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 812 in 1891.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "PteridoPortal - Dryopteris cognata". www.pteridoportal.org. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
  2. ^ "Dryopteris cognata (C.Presl) Kuntze | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
  3. ^ "Dryopteris cognata - Specimen Viewer - Henry William Ravenel - Plants and Planter". plantsandplanter.org. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
  4. ^ "Dryopteris cognata Kuntze — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
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