Tectaria cicutaria, the button fern,[1] is a species of fern in the family Tectariaceae, native to the Antilles. It has thin, soft, triangular fronds up to about 3.5 feet in length; blades are once- or twice-pinnate with the final segments pinnately-lobed. The rhizome is short and erect.

Tectaria cicutaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Tectariaceae
Genus: Tectaria
Species:
T. cicutaria
Binomial name
Tectaria cicutaria
(L.) Copeland

References

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  1. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Tectaria cicutaria​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  • GBIF entry
  • USDA PLANTS Profile entry
  • Phil. Journ. Sci. 2C. 410, 1907.
  • Thomas H. Everett, The New York Botanical Garden illustrated encyclopedia of horticulture, Taylor & Francis, 1982, pages 3307–3308. ISBN 978-0-8240-7240-7.
  • Prem Khare, "On the morphology and anatomy of Tectaria cicutaria (L.) Copel.", Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Section B, Volume 60, Number 6 / December, 1964.
  • Proctor, G.R. 1989. Ferns of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 53: 1–389.