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PTERIDIUM
(
G
)
Bracken (
Le
)
Family:
DENNSTAEDTIACEAE
pteron, = a feather, wings; pteris, = fern; -idium, = diminutive. (fronds resemble a bird’s wing)
(
LS
,
Ro
,
BL
,
Le
)
Pteridium aquilinum subsp. aquilinum
(
La
)
Bracken(
Ro
) Brake(
PS
) Adelaarsvaring Brackenfern Eagle Fern
Location: (
F
,
K
,
P
)
aquilia, = an eagle -inus, = indicating material or colour, hence possession or resemblance. aquilinus, = of or pertaining to the eagle, aquiline.
(
ld
,
BL
)