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hay-scented fern

Dennstaedtia punctilobula
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Hay-scented Fern

Sitobolium is a genus of ferns described as a genus in 1827. It is distributed across tropical and eastern Asia and temperate North America. Long sunk into Dennstaedtia, it was revived in 2023 on the basis of phylogenetic evidence.

List of species

As of October 2025, the following species are accepted in the genus as currently circumscribed by the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World: Sitobolium appendiculatum (Wall.) L.A.Triana & Sundue Sitobolium hirsutum (Sw.) L.A.Triana & Sundue Sitobolium punctilobulum (Michx.) Desv. Sitobolium wilfordii (T.Moore) L.A.Triana & Sundue Sitobolium zeylanicum (Sw.) L.A.Triana & Sundue

References

Observations

Pelham, MA, US ·

Northampton, MA, US ·

Taxonomy

  1. Plants (Kingdom Plantae) Planten
  2. Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta) Vaatplanten
  3. Ferns (Class Polypodiopsida) Leptosporangiate Varens
  4. Leptosporangiate Ferns (Subclass Polypodiidae)
  5. Order Polypodiales
  6. Suborder Dennstaedtiineae
  7. Bracken Family (Family Dennstaedtiaceae) Adelaarsvarenfamilie
  8. Genus Dennstaedtia
  9. Hay-scented Fern (Dennstaedtia punctilobula)