Summary description from Wikipedia:

Pteridium esculentum in languages:

English

Austral Bracken

English

Bracken Fern

English

Common Fern

English

Rarahu

English

Bracken

Māori

Aruhe

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Parent Taxon

• Pteridium

Sibling Taxa

• Pteridium aquilinum
• Pteridium arachnoideum
• Pteridium brownseyi
• Pteridium caudatum
• Pteridium centrali-africanum
• Pteridium esculentum
• Pteridium falcatum
• Pteridium feei
• Pteridium latiusculum
• Pteridium lineare
• Pteridium pinetorum
• Pteridium revolutum
• Pteridium semihastatum
• Pteridium tauricum
• Pteridium yunnanense

Child Taxa

• Pteridium esculentum arachnoideum
• Pteridium esculentum esculentum

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