Matteuccia

Matteuccia
	Ostrich fern in Stouffville (Ontario, Canada).
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Aspleniineae
Family:	Onocleaceae
Genus:	Matteuccia; Tod.
Species:	M. struthiopteris
Binomial name
	Matteuccia struthiopteris; (L.) Tod.
Synonyms
	List of synonyms Matteuccia pensylvanica (Willd.) Raymond ; Matteuccia pennsylvanica (Willd.) Raymond (common misspelling) ; Onoclea struthiopteris L. ; Pteretis nodulosa ; Matteuccia nodulosa Fernald ; Matteuccia struthiopteris subsp. pensylvanica (Willd.) Á. Löve & D. Löve ; Onoclea pensylvanica (Willd.) Sm. ; Pteretis pensylvanica (Willd.) Fernald ; Pteretis struthiopteris var. pensylvanica (Willd.) Farw. ; Struthiopteris nodulosa Desv. ; Struthiopteris pensylvanica Willd. ; Struthiopteris filicastrum All. ; Pteris sinuata Thunb. ;

Matteuccia is a genus of ferns with one species: Matteuccia struthiopteris (common names ostrich fern, fiddlehead fern, or shuttlecock fern). The species epithet struthiopteris comes from Ancient Greek words στρουθίων (strouthíōn) "ostrich" and πτερίς (pterís) "fern".

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