Athyrium (
Lady-fern) is a genus of about 180 species of terrestrial
fernA fern is any one of a group of about 20,000 species of plants classified in the phylum or division Pteridophyta, also known as Filicophyta. The group is also referred to as Polypodiophyta, or Polypodiopsida when treated as a subdivision of tracheophyta...
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cosmopolitan distributionIn biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is a state of being found almost anywhere around the world. A cosmopolitan biological category, e.g. genus, may be called a cosmopolite.Examples of cosmopolitan species:* Humans* House dust mite...
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Athyrium (
Lady-fern) is a genus of about 180 species of terrestrial
fernA fern is any one of a group of about 20,000 species of plants classified in the phylum or division Pteridophyta, also known as Filicophyta. The group is also referred to as Polypodiophyta, or Polypodiopsida when treated as a subdivision of tracheophyta...
s, with a
cosmopolitan distributionIn biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is a state of being found almost anywhere around the world. A cosmopolitan biological category, e.g. genus, may be called a cosmopolite.Examples of cosmopolitan species:* Humans* House dust mite...
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Athyrium species are used as food plants by the
larvaA larva is a young form of animal with indirect development, going through or undergoing metamorphosis ....
e of some
LepidopteraLepidoptera is an order of insects that includes moths and butterflies. It is one of the most speciose orders in the class Insecta, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies...
species including
Small Angle ShadesThe Small Angle Shades is a moth of the family Noctuidae. it is distributed throughout Europe.As the common name suggests, this species is closely related to the Angle Shades and is considerably smaller but it does not especially resemble that species...
and
Sthenopis auratusSthenopis is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are eight described species found in North America and China.-Species:*Sthenopis argenteomaculatus - Canada/United States*Recorded food plants: Alnus, Betula, Salix...
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Selected species:
- Athyrium adpressum
- Athyrium alpestre
- Athyrium anisopterum
- Athyrium araiostegioides
- Athyrium arisanense
- Athyrium asplenioides
Athyrium asplenioides, or Southern lady fern, is a species of the family Athyrium. It is a deciduous fern and reaches a height between 1 and 3 feet...
- Athyrium atkinsonii
- Athyrium attenuatum
- Athyrium auriculatum
- Athyrium austro-orientale
- Athyrium austro-yunnanense
- Athyrium biseralatum
- Athyrium bomicola
- Athyrium brevifrons
- Athyrium brevisorum
- Athyrium bucahwangense
- Athyrium caudipinna
- Athyrium chingianum
- Athyrium christensenii
- Athyrium clarkei
- Athyrium clivicola
- Athyrium criticum
- Athyrium cryptogrammoides
- Athyrium delavayi
- Athyrium delicatulum
- Athyrium densisorum
- Athyrium dentilobum
- Athyrium devolii
- Athyrium dissitifolium
- Athyrium distentifolium
Athyrium distentifolium commonly known as Alpine Lady-fern is a fern found in widely in the Northern Hemisphere.It is a common upland variety above 600 metres in the Highlands of Scotland, with more than 10% of the UK population being found in the Cairngorm mountains, especially on scree...
- Athyrium drepanopterum
- Athyrium dubium
- Athyrium duthiei
- Athyrium epirachis
- Athyrium erithrocaulon
- Athyrium erythropodum
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Athyrium fallaciosum
Athyrium fangii
Athyrium filix-feminaAthyrium filix-femina is a large, feathery species of fern native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, where it is often abundant in damp, shady woodland environments and is often grown for decoration.The plant is caespitose Athyrium filix-femina (Lady Fern or Common Lady-fern)...
Athyrium fimbriatum
Athyrium fissum
Athyrium flabellulatum
Athyrium flavicoma
Athyrium flexileAthyrium flexile commonly known as Newman's Lady-fern is a fern endemic to Scotland.It is an upland variety typically found above 750 metres on screes made up of siliceous rocks such as quartzite and granite in the Highlands where it is found at only four sites...
Athyrium fragile
Athyrium fujianense
Athyrium giganteum
Athyrium goeringianum
Athyrium guangnanense
Athyrium himalaicum
Athyrium hirtirachis
Athyrium huhsienense
Athyrium imbricatum
Athyrium iseanum
Athyrium kanghsienense
Athyrium kenzo-satakei
Athyrium kuratae
Athyrium leiopodum
Athyrium liangwangshanicum
Athyrium mackinnonii
Athyrium macrocarpum
Athyrium medogense
Athyrium melanolepis
Athyrium mengtzeense
Athyrium multidentatum
Athyrium nakanoi
Athyrium nephrodioides
Athyrium nigripes
Athyrium niponicumAthyrium niponicum is a species of fern in the genus Athyrium, native to eastern Asia in Japan, northern China, Korea and Taiwan.It is a deciduous herbaceous plant, with a whorl of fronds growing from the basal rootstock...
Athyrium nyalamense
Athyrium oppositipinnum
Athyrium otophorum |
Athyrium pachyphlebium
Athyrium pachyphyllum
Athyrium pachysorum
Athyrium parapellucidum
Athyrium pectinatum
Athyrium pellucidum
Athyrium pseudo-filix-femina
Athyrium pubicostatum
Athyrium rachidosorum
Athyrium reflexipinnum
Athyrium roseum
Athyrium rotundilobum
Athyrium rubripes
Athyrium rupicola
Athyrium sessile
Athyrium sikkimense
Athyrium silvicolum
Athyrium sinense
Athyrium stenopodum
Athyrium strigillosum
Athyrium submacrocarpum
Athyrium subrigescens
Athyrium supraspinescens
Athyrium tenuicaule
Athyrium tenuifolium
Athyrium tibeticum
Athyrium tozanense
Athyrium vidalii
Athyrium tripinnatum
Athyrium viviparum
Athyrium wallichianum
Athyrium wardii
Athyrium wuliangshanense
Athyrium yokoscense
Athyrium yui
Athyrium yunnanense |