Anemia mexicana
| Anemia mexicana | |
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| Mexican flowering fern (A. mexicana) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Schizaeales |
| Family: | Anemiaceae |
| Genus: | Anemia |
| Species: | A. mexicana
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| Binomial name | |
| Anemia mexicana Klotzsch
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Anemia mexicana, the Mexican flowering fern, is a fern species in the genus Anemia, sometimes called flowering ferns. It is native to much of Mexico and the Edwards Plateau and Trans-Pecos regions of Texas. The "flowers" are upright fertile fronds that can be mistaken for true flowers.[1][2]
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- ^ Mickel, John T. (1981). "Revision of Anemia subgenus Anemiorrhiza (Schizaeaceae)". Brittonia. 33 (3): 413–429. doi:10.2307/2806431. JSTOR 2806431. S2CID 84353348.
- ^ Diggs Jr., George M.; Lipscomb, Barney L. "Anemia mexicana". Ferns of Texas: A web portal for "The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas.". Botanical Research Institute of Texas. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
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