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 | |
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Scientific 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
- 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.