flowering fern

1. Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds (synset 112982639)
   is a type of: fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
   belongs to: genus helminthostachys, helminthostachys - one species: terrestrial fern of southeastern Asia and Australia
   same as: helminthostachys zeylanica
2. Any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes;
   Naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters (synset 112973966)
   is a type of: fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
   subtypes:

   • ditch fern, french bracken, king fern, osmunda regalis, royal fern, royal osmund - large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds
   • interrupted fern, osmunda clatonia - North American fern having tall erect pinnate fronds and a few sporogenous pinnae at or near the center of the fertile fronds
   • cinnamon fern, fiddlehead, fiddlehead fern, osmunda cinnamonea - New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible
   belongs to: genus osmunda - type genus of the Osmundaceae
   same as: osmund

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