Cyclosorus interruptus (Willd.) H. Ito
Dryopteris gongylodes (Schkuhr) Kuntze
Thelypteris gongylodes (Schkuhr) Small
Thelypteris totta (Thunb.) Schelpe
Thelypteris interrupta (Willd.) K. Iwats.
Willdenow’s maiden fern, Hottentot fern, spready tri-vein fern, neke
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4/11/2015 · Big Cypress Bend, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida · ≈ 2 × 1½′ (70 × 53 cm) 
4/11/2015 · Big Cypress Bend, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida · ≈ 2 × 1′ (59 × 39 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Pteridophyta | Ferns |
| Class | Filicopsida | “Leptosporangiate” (has to do with how their spores form) ferns—includes most ferns |
| Order | Polypodiales | Polypod ferns |
| Family | Thelypteridaceae | A family of about 900 species, most of which are tropical, and most of which grow on rocks |
| Genus | Thelypteris | From the Greek thelys, “female,” and pteris, “fern” |
| Species | interrupta | Interrupted in some fashion |
Thelypteris interrupta description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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