Species
Athyrium americanum (American alpine lady fern)
Athyrium americanum. Photo: (c) Morgan Stickrod, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Athyrium (lady-fern) is a genus of about 180 species of terrestrial ferns, with a cosmopolitan distribution. It is placed in the family Athyriaceae, in the order Polypodiales. Its genus name is from Greek a- (‘without’) and Latinized Greek thureos (‘shield’), describing its inconspicuous indusium (sorus’ covering). The common name “lady fern” refers in particular to the common lady fern.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
- Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
- Class: Polypodiopsida (Ferns)
- Subclass: Polypodiidae (Leptosporangiate ferns)
- Order: Polypodiales
- Suborder: Aspleniinae (Eupolypods ii)
- Family: Athyriaceae (Ladyferns and allies)
- Genus: Athyrium (Lady ferns)
- Species: Athyrium americanum (American alpine lady fern)
- Genus: Athyrium (Lady ferns)
- Family: Athyriaceae (Ladyferns and allies)
- Suborder: Aspleniinae (Eupolypods ii)
- Order: Polypodiales
- Subclass: Polypodiidae (Leptosporangiate ferns)
- Class: Polypodiopsida (Ferns)
- Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)




