Jepson Interchange: Manual Name Data Retrieval

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Common (vernacular) names applied to California vascular plants

compiled by Elizabeth Painter

up to date as of May 1, 2016

Common names (also referred to as vernacular names) are applied differently at different times and places by different users. This list is compiled from many sources and is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. It is not intended to indicate which common name is correct or preferred. Please send comments about this page to Elizabeth Painter (beth.painter.48@gmail.com).

Taxon	Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum
group	Ferns
Family	Woodsiaceae
Family common name(s)	wood fern; cliff-fern; cliff fern
Genus common name(s)	lady-fern; lady fern; ladyfern
Species common name(s)	common lady-fern; common lady fern; common ladyfern; western lady-fern; western lady fern; western ladyfern

Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets	southwestern lady fern [var. californicum]; southwestern lady-fern [var. californicum]; coastal lady fern [var. sitchense]



Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc	Dryopteridaceae; subsp. cyclosorum (Rupr.) C. Chr.; var. californicum Butters; subsp. californicum (Butters) Hult√©n; var. sitchense Rupr.