BioImages (UK)
BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
PTERIDOPHYTA
(ferns and allies)
PTEROPSIDA
(leptosporangiate ferns)
DRYOPTERIDACEAE
(buckler ferns)
Polystichum
(shield-ferns)
Polystichum
is also a member of:
Macrophytes
(via Pteridophyta)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Polystichum (shield-ferns)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs
Species Polystichum aculeatum (L.) Roth (Hard Shield-fern) 11   9  
Hybrid Polystichum aculeatum x setiferum (P. x bicknellii) (Christ) Hahne (a buckler-fern) 5      
Species Polystichum lonchitis (L.) Roth (Holly Fern)     4 1
Species Polystichum setiferum (Forsskaol) Moore ex Woynar (Soft Shield-fern) 10 3    

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Jermy, A.C. & Camus, J.M., 1998 Polystichum

Polystichum may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 PLANTAE
(plants)		 PTERIDOPHYTA
(ferns and allies)		 PTEROPSIDA
(leptosporangiate ferns)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 15 feeding and other relationships of Polystichum (shield-ferns)

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